Berko Speakeasy

08/04/2024

If you like your crime fast-paced and satirical, with characters that leap off the page, Speakeasy alumunus Julie Mayhew will be chatting to Charlotte Vassell, author of the Caius Beauchamp books (THE OTHER HALF, and THE IN CROWD) on April 17th 2024, 7pm @ Waterstones, Berkhamsted. A perfect evening out for your book club... Booking essential.

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about The In-Crowd - an evening with Charlotte Vassell today.

11/03/2024

The Bibliophile is also available in man and lady version

04/12/2021

The Berko Speakeasy is back!

Join us on the 20th December at the The Kings Arms, Berkhamsted at 5pm or 7.45pm.

Tickets are £15, please email us at [email protected] to book.

We can't to see you there ☃️

25/10/2021

October is when the autumn weather arrives ….. follow a father and son as they search for tornados.

John Heffernan reads The Storm Chasers by Adam Marek.

Watch now: https://berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson

11/09/2021

For September, we're sharing one of Speakeasy's most remembered stories to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9/11.

Kelly Mengelkoch reads Lionel Shriver's powerful story, Prepositions.

Catch the story here: https://www.berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson

29/08/2021

A special Speakeasy treat for the summer...enjoy two stories this month!☀️
Things Which Are Not True by read by Rosie Cavaliero and Saving Butterfly McQueen by Megan Mayhew Bergman read by 🦋
https://www.berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson

22/07/2021

July is graduation season so for our Story of the Month, we welcome back the gorgeous Watson Rose reading Marina Keegan's 'The Opposite of Loneliness' her unforgettable graduation essay.

https://www.berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson

10/06/2021

Our new story for the month when the wonderful Claire Winsper reads Vanilla Slice by Julie Taylor for us once again . A quiet moment in the park in early summer leads to a strange encounter ...
https://berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson

11/04/2021

A new story of the month to remind us of when we were allowed to go on holidays with friends .... The Nettle Pit by Jonathan Coe read by Sebastian Armesto.
https://www.berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson

14/03/2021

A new story for the month where we celebrate mothers everywhere. History of History by Ali Smith performed once again (but this time online!) by the wonderful Alice Orr Ewing.

https://berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson.

14/02/2021

February is the month of love... here's our latest Story of The Month💕. The wonderful Paapa Essiedu reads an extract from Helen Simpson's Let Nothing You Dismay as we take a walk with young lovers on a frosty afternoon.

Click the link below to view
https://berkospeakeasy.co.uk/whatson