• Chit-Chat with the Author

    Welcome to our Chit-Chat with the Author!

    This is your opportunity to meet and talk with the person behind your (next) favourite book. Take this chance to talk with an author in real life and let them introduce you to a brand new genre. In our Chit-Chat with the Auhor you will be able to get to know the process authors go through to create their storys, to discover new ways to consider your every-day-life and to just chat and gossip with the author about their favourite coffe flavour or their own favourites authors. 

    The event consist in a little presentation of the book, a reading of some of the highlights of the story, and an informal signing of the book for those interested. This November we will be having Alain Xalabarde, who will challenge our perspective of our 21st century life in the presence of artificial intelligence, population control, selective breeding, sexuality, veganism, privacy laws, immigration, freedom and will take us to a travel through the future of Europe in searching for a true identity and purpose.

    Do not miss these november's session of the Chit-Chat with the Author!

    Language: English
    Novembe's Book: Euroky by Alain Xalabarde.
    Date: Thursday, November 12th.*
    Time: 18:30h - 20h
    Location: Come In Bookstore, C/ Balmes 129 Bis
    To book a place: HERE

    *check our Instagram profile to be updated.

    **The bookshop reserves the right to postpone the event due to circumstances beyond its control (e.g. bad weather, the facilitator's illness or if there are not enough people signed up).**

  • About 2026 November's Author:

    What does it mean to be human in a future where our species may struggle to find a meaningful role? 

    Alain Xalabarde is an award-winning film director, award-winning game designer and a published author born in the Basque Country, raised in South África, made in New York and now he is here in Barcelona! Best known for his controversial stories that challenge standard conceptions on our everyday values, like: Human Gods, an intriguing reflection on religion, exploring its origins and controversial interpretations; The Berlín Paradox: Chronicles of a Soviet Time Traveler, a novel that blends alternate history, espionage, and real-world historical locations throughout mid-20th-century Europe; or Alien's Guide to Being Human, a satirical- philosophical look at humanity through the eyes of an outsider.


    In his last book, EUROKY: A COLLECTION OF TALES AND AXIOMS FROM FUTURE PAN-EUROPEAN FOLKLORE, Alain throught though-provoking short stories captures the zeitgeist of today's western European conflicts and aspirations, and touches on a variety of subjects ranging from artificial intelligence, population control, selective breeding, sexuality, veganism, privacy laws, immigration, freedom and the distortion of human identity itself

    Alain is regarded by those who know him as a citizen of the world, with a thirst for knowledge and a constant spark of creativity. His work demonstrates a masterful command of his art, as well as a genuine style that resonates with his audience.

    Come in to the Chit-Chat with the Author and travel with us through the future of Europe in searching for a true identity and purpose.

  • About May's Author: Anne Cécile Ville

    Anne-Cécile Ville is ready to take us on a journey to re-discover ourselves!

    As a French-born, now Barcelona-based filmmaker, scriptwriter, and founder Anne-Cécile Ville is here now with her well-received new creative self-help book, Reboot Your Story. Through her newly rebranded independent Film Production studio and Community Plataform, BF Media Lounge (BFML), Anne-Cécile is redefining how women see themselves. BFML is a bold, truth-telling plataform dedicated to reshaping women's narratives with humor, healing, and unapologetic honesty.
    Reboot Your Story invites women to challenge the invisible scripts that have shaped their lives for too long. Written with warmth, wisdom, and a bit of wit, it guides readers to unlearn limitations and craft a freer and truer story. Blending mindset tools, emotional intelligence, neuroscience, and soul-deep honesty, Anne-Cécile shares lessons from years of navigating burnout, trauma, and the silent chaos of perimenopause. Built around six empowering pillars- Rewrite, Adapt, Heal, Positivity, Connect, and Empower, the book provides a clear pathway to reinvention. Readers also gain support from a personalized AI thread designed to help them understand triggers and uncover the truth of their inner voice, offering guidance to write a new, empowered narrative. 

    Come in to the Chit-Chat with the Author and enjoy a very meaningful and inspirational workshop with Anne-Cécile and her book, Reboot Your Story.

  • About 2026 April's Author: Annie Summerlee

    Annie Summerlee lives in Spain with her partner, two cats, and a foster dog. She has a degree in History of Art, and is currently studying to be a history teacher. Her short stories have been featured in 404 Ink, Litro, So To Speak, as well as other magazines and anthologies. She also writes in Catalan and Spanish, and has been shortlisted for the Premis Literaris Ciutat de Tarragona as well as the Premis Ploma els 4 Gats.

    Praise for The Book of Blood and Roses:-

    A thrilling and addictive adventure, this debut tackles all my favorite vampire tropes and makes them new again by centering a steamy and heartwarming lesbian love story. Fans and haters of vampire books will find something to love in this stunning tale. Kamilah Cole, Lodestar Award finalist and bestselling author of the Divine Traitors duology

    "Vampires are so back but this time, make them sapphic! Summerlee s debut is dripping with blood, secrets, and enough forbidden desire to sink your teeth into.

    I relished every decadent bite and am clamoring for more" Catelyn Wilson, author of All The Devils

    '    Thrilling and sexy    , The Book of Blood and Roses is bringing vampires back in all the best ways, with a seductive, heartfelt sapphic romance at its core. Buffy Summers eat your heart out! Georgia Summers, Sunday Times bestselling author of The City of Stardust

    Come in to the Chit-Chat with the Author and enjoy a very fun and magical time with Annie Summerlee.

  • About 2026 January's Author: Tim Parfitt

    Tim Parfitt is back - and Madrid is at the centre of the crime!

    Tim Parfitt is a writer and producer. He heads up Nevision Films & TV, SL in Spain, part of the Nevision Group. Tim previously worked in the media in London, Madrid and Barcelona, predominantly for Condé Nast, where he ran the Spanish company, helping to launch Vogue España and eventually launching GQ in Spain, among other titles.His time in Madrid is described in the bestselling A Load of Bull – An Englishman’s Adventures in Madrid.

    He has also worked for the Press Association, La Vanguardia and Grupo Planeta, editing, publishing, launching and re-launching titles in Spain as diverse as Lonely Planet and Playboy. Having also worked in radio (launching a show called The Weekly Noticias), he has reported from Spain for Sky News, BBC Radio, LBC, Talk Radio, Canada’s CTV News and Turkey’s TRT, among others.

    More recently, he is the founder of the Spain in English news site, and collaborates regularly with Talk Radio Europe, chatting about the news in Spain each week. He performed stand-up comedy about 45 times in Barcelona, Madrid, London, Edinburgh and New York – but finally realised he wasn’t very funny. Having also blogged about that experience, he now occasionally co-hosts comedy nights. His crime-thriller The Barcelona Connection was published in April 2023. The sequel The Madrid Connection was published in November 2025.

    His Letter from Spain blog can be found on Substack. Tim lives near Barcelona. You can find more information about him, here:TIM PAFITT

    If you are interested come in and explore the connection between Madrid, art, the mafia and football corruption through the eyes of Tim Parfitt in his new crime novel, “The Madrid Connection”.

  • About 2025 October's Author: Benjamin Gorman

    Benjamin Gorman is an award-winning high school English teacher, political activist, author, poet, and publisher at Not a Pipe Publishing. He lives in Independence, Oregon with bibliophile and guillotine aficionado Chrystal, his favorite son, Noah, and his dog, E.V. (External Validation). His novels are The Sum of Our Gods, Corporate High School, The Digital Storm: A Science Fiction Reimagining of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and The Convention of Fiends, Book 1: Don’t Read This Book and Book 2: Your Were Warned. His poetry collections are When She Leaves Me and This Uneven Universe. He believes in his students and the future they'll create if given the chance.

    Praise for The Convention of Fiends saga:

    “Don't Read This Book is a whimsical, fast-paced, delight; snappily written, deliciously funny and smart, and full of affection for its characters.  Benjamin Gorman may be the coolest high school English teacher ever. Just reading this book taught me how to write better dialogue.”

    - New York Times bestseller Chelsea Cain, author of Heartsick, Mockingbird, and Gone

    "At once hilarious and heartbreaking, fantastical and ripped-from-the-internet real. DO read this book, if you dare!"

    -Karen Eisenbrey, author of Daughter of Magic and The Gospel According to St. Rage

    “Witty, sinister, and smart as hell. ...a hot, bloody, socially conscious riot with a Black, Latinx, lesbian, atheist protagonist at the heart of it, and a book within itself that may eat your mind.”

    -Charles Austin Muir, author of This is a Horror Book

    For his third release in his The Convention of Fiends saga, Benjamin Gorman comes to our store to have a fun and scary signing event. Dare to come to the store dressed in your Halloween costume, and have a memorable evening!. For more information of the event you can go: @teachergorman

  • About 2025 October's Author: Len Leatherwood

    Len Leatherwood is an award-winning author of flash fiction and memoir, a multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, and a nationally recognized writing instructor. educator, and licensed professional counselor living in Ojai, California. She have published across genres in literary journals nationwide and serve as Education Coordinator for Story Circle Network, a national organization supporting women writers. Hope in a Time of Dying is her first novel. She is also a dedicated blogger, consistently sharing her daily musing on her "20 Minutes a Day" blog (almost) every day since 2011.

    Praise for Hope in a Time of Dying:
    A compelling story of a family's hope in a time of heartbreaking loss and a woman - Hope - learning who she is and who she can be, finding her voice and giving voice to those who are suffering. Richly authentic, uplifting, and deeply imagined, from a writer to watch. - Susan Wittig Albert, NYT's bestselling author and author of Someone Always Nearby: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot

    Len Leatherwood's Hope in a Time of Dying is a beautifully crafted, deeply moving novel that transports readers to the devastating era when AIDS was a death sentence, reshaping families, relationships, and entire communities. With a keen eye for detail and an open heart, Leatherwood explores the intricate bonds of love, loss, and resilience through the unforgettable character of Hope. Leatherwood's storytelling is both tender and unflinching, capturing the complexities of family dynamics with authenticity and grace. - Grace Sammon, award-winning novelist, radio host, and the 2025 recipient of the Indies United Publishing Inspirational Woman in Literature, Media, and Publishing Award.

    Len Leatherwood, an accomplished writer, author, therapist, and nationally known, award-winning writing coach, explores vulnerability and courage in Hope in a Time of Dying. Just as she lives from her heart, she writes from the heart in this debut novel. Markedly universal in nature, the story involves complex family dynamic amidst the wreckage of betrayal, illness, and loss, revealing the transformative power of love even when challenges seem insurmountable. - Jeanne Guy, award-winning novelist and Kindle #1 Best Seller of You'll Never Find Us: A Memoir.

    Join us and the author of “Hope in a Time of Dying”, the LGBTQ+ Historical Fiction awarded story, on a special event where she will be reading and signing her heartbreaking but hopeful story.

  • About 2025 April's Author: Alejandra Banca

    Alejandra Banca studied literature at Andrés Bello University in Caracas. Fleeing Venezuela’s collapse, she emigrated to Spain and lives in Barcelona. Her poetry has appeared in various anthologies. From Savagery is her first book.

    And this event is organized by Girl Gone International, an international group of women (one million+ members) who are all anglophone expats living around the world in various cities. Each city has a GGI book club where members meet regularly to discuss their local book club pick. There are GGI groups in Barcelona, Madrid, and elsewhere in Spain.

    GGI's founder, Anne Scott, lives in the Balearics. She grew up as the daughter of a well-known bookstore owner in Scotland. When she became an expat for the first time in Venezuela (2014), she started GGI as a source of community and support. The organisation has grown exponentially with book clubs at its core for in-person events.

    This year, after the success of the local book clubs, GGI is launching its first ever global book club events. Three books are selected per year, with in-person and online events for each global pick. The series begins in April.     After a months-long selection process to find the title that represents the membership best, FROM SAVAGERY by Alejandra Banca has been chosen as the first GGI global book club pick. Obviously this is extremely exciting!

    Praise for FROM SAVAGERY:
    “Electric, defiant, and singing with melancholia, Banca’s devastating debut throws its arms around a displaced generation of young Venezuelan migrants, revelling in the clamour and beauty of their day-by-day survival.” —Latin American Literature Today

    “Banca’s characters grab you by the heart. Visceral, unflinching, ferocious, unashamed—an important and much-needed entry to the world’s literature.” —Jade Song, author of Chlorine

    “FROM SAVAGERY is not only a book, it’s a global situation . . . Alejandra Banca is brave!” —Jan Queretz, Casapaís

    Come In and explore the lives of the expats through the eyes of Alejandra Banca.

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