Books & Bagels (2027)

Get your copy – Please aim to have your copy of the book before the first session. You can order it online or pick one up from your local bookshop.

Save the dates – We meet on Thursday 21 January, Thursday 11 February and Thursday 18 March, from 1.15pm–2.15pm.

Read at your own pace – Whether you finish the book, read a few chapters or dip in and out, you're welcome to join the conversation.

Bring a friend – Know someone who enjoys reading and lively discussion? We'd love to welcome them too.

Come along for engaging conversation, fresh perspectives, delicious bagels and a warm, friendly atmosphere. We look forward to reading with you! 

Natalie Perman is a writer and editor based in London. She has a BA and Master’s in English and Modern Languages from Oxford, where she won a Gibbs Prize and was a Lidl Graduate Scholar. A Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writer 2022-23 and Roundhouse Collective Poet 2024-25, she was recently third-prize winner of The London Magazine Poetry Prize. Her writing appears the Financial Times, The Telegraph and Literary Review, with poetry in The White Review and Harvard Review. She has just finished her debut poetry collection, FISHY, with the support of a DYCP Arts Council England Grant.