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Luddites After Dark
Signing Session with Audrey Adelin
3 October 2026 - 16h
On October 3rd, from 16:00-16:45 Audrey Adelin (@audrey.schrijft) will be signing copies of her newest book, Liefs aan mijn exen, which won the Regenboogboek van het Jaar 2025 award for best new YA. It is from @bestofyabooks, and it is a queer YA novel that is set in our fine city; we are even featured in one of the scenes! It is a novel about messy exes, daring to open up, and second chances. Speaking of which, you’ll not be given a second one, so swing by and get your copy signed!
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Open Mic
10 October 2026
Missed your chance during our last open mic? Well, good news! We are back baby! Whether you are a musician, performer, stand-up comedian, writer, or just someone who likes to stare out at a crowd of people and hoping for applause, we have a second edition of our Luddites Open Mic coming your way. It's all happening Saturday, October 10th, from 20h30-22h30!
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Signing Session with Inge Sleegers
16 October 2026
On Thursday, October 16th, from 17h30 to 19h30, Inge Sleegers will be signing copies of her newest novel, Dans met het duister from @hamleybooks. The novel follows Lucy, who is invited onto a yacht called the Fortuna by its charismatic owner, a young man named Henry. However, once aboard the yacht, Lucy discovers not is all as it seems: the strange guests they meet at night are nowhere to be found in the morning. If that piques your interest, pick up your copy soon and swing by our bar on the 16th to get it signed!
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Book Club no. 35: Piranesi
22 and 23 October 2026
For our next book club, we will be studying another Ancient Greek invention: the labyrinth. However, this one was created by Susanna Clarke rather than Daedalus, so it will be exquisitely weird and tantalising. Piranesi shows Clarke’s vast imaginative reach, but also her meticulous composure, and the world she builds seems to suck you in so quickly, you’d be forgiven for thinking it has its own gravitational pull. What starts off as weird gets weirder, and you slowly start to wonder whether Piranesi really is a custodian of the labyrinth, or a prisoner of it. If this genre-bending psychological maze (and winner of the Woman’s Prize for Fiction in 2021) seems like something for you, then join us on 22 or 23 October.
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Midnight Release A Court of Splintered Harmony
27 October 2026 - Midnight
The stars have listened, and your dreams have been answered: on October 27th, Sarah J. Maas will drop the sixth installment in her ACOTAR series, A Court of Splintered Harmony, and boy is it hot! So hot, in fact, that we will be opening our doors at 23.00 on 26 October, so that you can purchase your copy just as the clock strikes midnight. If that sounds like your type of fun, we only ask that you confirm your attendance via the form. Worthy of note: What: The midnight release of A Court of Splintered Harmony Doors: 26 October @ 23.00 Release: 27 October @ 00.00 End: 27 October @ 01.00
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William Jack - Australian multi-style cellist
25 November 2026
William Jack is an Australian multi-style cellist and songwriter, based in London. He is best known for incorporating his jazz guitar background into an unconventional style of cello playing, with a passion for breaking boundaries between genres and cultures. Since his classical studies in Vienna, William has forged his own cello pathway. He has recently performed his solo compositions from his album collection ‘This Old Cello Box’ live on BBC Radio 3 and was selected to perform as a ‘New Folk’ songwriter at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. William is passionate about redefining the cello possibilities, bringing the instrument into exciting new territories. William is currently touring his new solo record, 'This Old Cello Box, Vol. 3'
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