Blog posts of '2025' 'October'

AN Editions & CentreHouse Press are launching new titles and paperbacks in The Library of the Society of Friends at The Quaker Centre.

AN Editions is the publishing arm of the Humane Socialist magazine, Ars Notoria. Launched in March this year, we’re proud to carry on our tradition of publishing the unusual, the progressive and the humane with our second season, which sees two new titles and the paperback versions of three of our four earlier hardbacks. The new titles we will be launching in collaboration with CentreHouse Press are by Norman B. Schwarz and Peter Cowlam, in addition to paperback editions of J.W. Wood’s Captcha This! And Peter Cowlam’s That Was Hugo Blythe MP.

We also look ahead to Spring 2026, when we welcome leading poet, novelist and essayist Richard Skinner to our ranks, as well as award-winning chef and writer Arun Kapil and recognised off-Broadway playwright, James McGuire. Paul Halas also has a new book coming out in Spring. In addition, in December, Ars Notoria Magazine will also be launching a print omnibus edition with highlights from the last four years of publication. The omnibus will be available on order from 3^rd November.

Date & time

Start: 17:30 on 12 NOVEMBER 2025

Finish: 19:00 on 12 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

Friends House
173 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ
United Kingdom

Hear Philip read and talk about this ongoing exploration, in conversation with Joe Jones, editor of The Friend, with space for your own questions and discussion at the end. 

Across 40 years of writing life, Philip Gross’ poems have been listening to many kinds of silence – never more so than in his latest book, The Shores of Vaikus, which inhabits the resonant forests and islands of Estonia. 

Date & time

Start: 17:30 on 6 NOVEMBER 2025

Finish: 19:00 on 6 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

Friends House
173 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ
United Kingdom

Chris Nickolay will read from his book, ‘Stories That Help’- including a Quaker story or two - and talk about story as a source of resilience, courage, hope and remembering.

'This is an evening of storytelling and conversation. Chris will read stories on themes of Earth, love, resistance and peace. Some of the stories will be retellings of Quaker stories, some are from other traditions and some are brand new. Stories are aids to resilience, courage and remembering. Story telling is a skill that everybody can develop. Chris will lead conversation on why stories matter.' 

Date & time

Start: 17:30 on 15 OCTOBER 2025

Finish: 19:30 on 15 OCTOBER 2025

Location

Friends House
173 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ
United Kingdom