EVENTS

October 16, 2026

Enter the shadowy world of international espionage with edge-of-your-seat thrillers from Charles Cumming, Frank Gardner and Charlie Higson. Hear from masters of their craft with their fingers firmly on the pulse of 21st‑century geopolitics as they explore the real‑world forces shaping modern spy craft from the Arctic Circle to the Saudi desert and beyond. Chaired by fellow thriller writer Ava Glass.

There is a book signing after this event.

Details and tickets available here.

It starts with a murdered agent in the Saudi desert.

Only a traitor could have known enough to bring him down.

But even James Bond can’t guess at the secret that was worth killing him to keep.

As Bond follows the trail across the globe, he doesn’t realise the countdown has already begun.

And hiding in the shadows is a man with more power than he could ever have imagined.

Prepare for a villain unlike any before. Prepare for KING ZERO.