Heffers of Cambridge: books, stationery, games and music

Join the enigmatic Brian Bilston, who has been described as 'the Banksy of poetry' and 'Twitter's unofficial Poet Laureate', as he visits Heffers with his first novel, 'Diary of a Somebody'.

Heffers is delighted to welcome UK artist Charlie Mackesy to sign copies of 'The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse'- his new book which serves as a beautiful reminder of the most important things in life.

Heffers and Cambridge University Scientific Society are delighted to present an evening with Randall Munroe as he talks about his new book 'How To: the world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide'. This event will be held at Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre.

Heffers is thrilled to be expecting a visitation from Laura Purcell, queen of chilling historical fiction, and Ruth Ware, mistress of suspense, the night before Hallowe'en, when they will be talking about their latest atmospheric novels, 'Bone China' and 'The Turn of the Key'.

We are pleased to welcome journalist Amelia Gentleman to Heffers, where she will discuss her new book, 'The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment.'

Join a panel of renowned authors at Heffers for a celebration of modern Slovak literature.
Ivana Dobrakovová, Uršuľa Kovalyk and Balla will discuss their award-winning works of fiction with Diána Vonnák. Also taking part will be their English translator, Julia Sherwood.

Join Barry Forshaw and friends at Heffers for an evening in celebration of his new book 'Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide'. Joining Barry in conversation will be crime authors Christopher Fowler, (Bryant and May series) Kate Rhodes (Alice Quentin and Ben Kitto series') and Nicola Upson (Josephine ...

Join Professor David Runciman at the Cambridge Union Society as he talks about his new book 'Where Power Stops: The Making and Unmaking of Presidents & Prime Ministers'. The discussion will be chaired by Christopher Clark, author of 'The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914', and it will ...

Join us in the Old Library at Emmanuel College, Cambridge for a day of talks by some of the top names in the world of classics, including Paul Cartledge (Thebes: the Lost city of Ancient Greece?), Armand D'Angour (Socrates in Love), Daisy Dunn (In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny), Nicola ...