🗣️📚 VOCE IS THREE YEARS OLD! 🙏 A huge thank you to all the customers, writers & publishers who have kept us alive. We wouldn’t be here without you ❤️

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Join Voce Writer-in-Residence @tayburns.bsky.social for BEFORE THE BOOK: PREPARING YOUR WORK FOR SUBMISSION—the first in his series of free writer drop-in sessions. 🎟️ Please reserve a space via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS OF THE MONTH, OCTOBER 2025

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 We are thrilled to be hosting acclaimed writer @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social as she heads to Voce to discuss her daring, multi-perspective debut novel of motherhood, class & money THE BENEFACTORS. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🎤 Join an electric line-up featuring author & translator POLLY BARTON, novelist TARIQ GODDARD, writer & performance artist SOPHIE SLEIGH-JOHNSON & Birmingham-based spoken word artist KESOMI for the final STORIE of 2025! 🎟️ Please reserve your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚🇮🇹 Vi aspettiamo in Allison Street per l’ultimo VOCE ITALIAN BOOKS (CLUB) del 2025. Parleremo di PIETÀ di ANTONIO GALETTA pubblicato da EINAUDI. 🎟️ Riservate il vostro posto su Eventbrite, link in bio.

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 We’ve teamed up with our friends @theemmapress.bsky.social to bring you London-based Malaysian author KWAN ANN TAN & her speculative, haunting new novel (with 12 different endings!), THE WAITER. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️♦️ Wow! From our first ever open subs call, five working-class writers stepped up to the mic to perform their own EXPERIMENTS IN WORKING-CLASS PROSE as part of this year's Birmingham Literature Festival. And what a night it was...?! Thank you to everyone who joined us 🙏 📸 REBEKAH LYNDON

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Introducing a special edition of the VOCE BOOKS (CLUB) where we'll be discussing ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, I & II translated from Danish by BARBARA J. HAVELAND, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social 🎟️ Please book your place via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 JEN CALLEJA: FAIR - THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2025 🎤 in conversation with MARIA LOMMUNO JUDD, published by PROTOTYPE 📸 REBEKAH LYNDON

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Explore local histories & personal narratives with lecturer & anarcho-flâneuse @thelrm.bsky.social as she navigates us through her new @plutopress.bsky.social book THE FEMINIST ART OF WALKING 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 ANTHONY CARTWRIGHT: NECROSMOLOGIES - THURSDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2025 🎤 in conversation with TAYLOR BURNS, published by THE BRAAG 📸 REBEKAH LYNDON

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Join Voce Writer-in-Residence @tayburns.bsky.social for BEFORE THE BOOK: PREPARING YOUR WORK FOR SUBMISSION—the first in his series of free writer drop-in sessions. 🎟️ Please reserve a space via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Hear from a true specialist of short-form fiction as Birmingham-based writer @alanbeard.bsky.social joins WENDY ERSKINE to launch his new @floodgatepress.bsky.social collection AFTERNOON DRINKING. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 We are thrilled to be hosting acclaimed writer WENDY ERSKINE as she heads to Voce to discuss her daring, multi-perspective debut novel of motherhood, class & money THE BENEFACTORS. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER FOR BIRMINGHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL PREP 🎟️ For this year's full festival line-up & to book your tickets, head to the link in our bio

🗣️📚 SASHA DEBEVEC-MCKENNEY: JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME - WEDNESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2025 🎤 in conversation with LUKE KENNARD, published by FITZCARRALDO EDITIONS 📸 REBEKAH LYNDON

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS OF THE MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2025

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Excited to welcome @jencalleja.bsky.social back to Voce with an invitation to join the book fair, art fair, (possibly fun fair?) where her new book FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION takes place. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣✒️ We are delighted to announce the appointment of Birmingham writer & @storiebrum.bsky.social co-curator TAYLOR BURNS as the inaugural VOCE BOOKS WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE. 🎟️ For more info & to book for Taylor’s writer drop-in sessions & workshop, please follow the link to Eventbrite in bio

🎤 Announcing the full line up for EXPERIMENTS IN WORKING CLASS PROSE: five writers selected from our first ever open submissions call. ✍️ UTTARAN DAS GUPTA, SOPHIE HUCKFIELD, SAM HUNT, JULIE IRIGARAY & SHARONA KENWRICK 🎟️ Please reserve your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 We are thrilled to host a visit from American poet SASHA DEBEVEC-MCKENNEY to unravel her intimate, unashamed & hilarious new @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social collection JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️♦️ We are absolutely thrilled to announce that STORIE has been awarded an Arts Council England Lottery Fund grant to support our work until June 2026! 🙏 Thank you @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for supporting experimental prose writing & writers in the West Midlands.

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚🇮🇹 Il VOCE ITALIAN BOOKS (CLUB) torna in autunno con un libro scritto da una delle nostre autrici italiane preferite: TUTTI I NOSTRI IERI di Natalia Ginzburg, pubblicato da EINAUDI. 🎟️ Riservate il vostro posto su Eventbrite, link in bio.

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Excited to welcome JEN CALLEJA back to Voce with an invitation for the book fair, art fair, (possibly fun fair?) where her new @prototypepubs.bsky.social book FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION takes place. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Submerge yourself in subterranean mirror-worlds with acclaimed Black Country author ANTHONY CARTWRIGHT & his brand-new @thebraag.bsky.social collection of speculative stories NECROSMOLOGIES. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 We are thrilled to host a visit from American poet SASHA DEBEVEC-MCKENNEY to unravel her intimate, unashamed & hilarious new @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social collection JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Join translator GEORGIA WALL at the VOCE BOOKS (CLUB) & unravel Italian author SUSANNA BISSOLI’s delicate family portrait STRUCK—the latest book from new publishers @lindeneditions.bsky.social 🎟️ Please book your place via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ AUTUMN/WINTER EVENTS AT KILDER BAR 🎤 Welcome back @storiebrum.bsky.social for a new season of experiments in prose & a line-up of exceptional Birmingham writers inc. JOEL BLACKLEDGE, GARETH GAVIN, ANDY HOWLETT & JESS SHANNON 🎟️ Please reserve your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ 📚 🍂 AUTUMN BEGINS AT VOCE BOOKS 🗓️ 12pm-6pm, Weds-Fri; 11pm-6pm, Sat; & 11am-4pm, Sun

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL 12PM ON WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS OF THE MONTH, JULY 2025

🗣️📚 We are extremely proud to announce yet another stunning season of events for Autumn/Winter 2025 here at Voce Books. 🎟️ For full details & to book/reserve tickets, please visit our Eventbrite page, link in bio.

🗣️🌞🍦😎 SUMMER SALE AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 While stocks last, get a hot 50% off a cool selection of titles: fiction, translation, politics, culture, poetry & more (you know what we do!) 🧊 Don't let the book bargains melt away...

🗣️ SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Join us for our summer session of the VOCE BOOKS (CLUB) where we'll be introducing WILD BOAR by Finland-Swedish author HANNAH LUTZ, trans. by ANDY TURNER & pub. by our friends @theemmapress.bsky.social 🎟️ Please book your place via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2025

🗣️🌞🍦😎 SUMMER SALE AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 While stocks last, get a hot 50% off a cool selection of titles: fiction, translation, politics, culture, poetry & more (you know what we do!) 🧊 Don't let the book bargains melt away...

🗣️ SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Join us for our summer session of the VOCE BOOKS (CLUB) where we'll be introducing WILD BOAR by Finland-Swedish author HANNAH LUTZ, trans. by ANDY TURNER & pub. by our friends @theemmapress.bsky.social 🎟️ Please book your place via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENT AT KILDER BAR 🎙️ More tickets just released for our summer @storiebrum.bsky.social feat. work from West Mids writers STUART KANE, ELIZABETH LEE & CHARLOTTE TAYLOR & Folkestone-based writer & prose night host JIMI ODELL. 🎟️ Please reserve your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Siamo felici di annunciare il secondo appuntamento del VOCE ITALIAN BOOKS (CLUB). Questa volta leggeremo e discuteremo GOTICO SALENTINO di MARINA PIERRI, pubblicato da EINAUDI. 🎟️ Riservate il vostro posto su Eventbrite, link in bio.

🗣️ SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Join us for our summer session of the VOCE BOOKS (CLUB) where we'll be introducing WILD BOAR by Finland-Swedish author HANNAH LUTZ, trans. by ANDY TURNER & pub. by our friends @theemmapress.bsky.social 🎟️ Please book your place via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2025

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Hear from novelist NATASHA BROWN as she discusses UNIVERSALITY—her eagerly-anticipated, voyeuristic new @faberbooks.bsky.social novel of language, power & the aftermath of a viral exposé. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENT AT KILDER BAR 🎙️ See out the second series of @storiebrum.bsky.social this summer with West Mids writers STUART KANE, ELIZABETH LEE & CHARLOTTE TAYLOR & Folkestone-based writer & prose night host JIMI ODELL. 🎟️ Please reserve your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Siamo felici di annunciare il secondo appuntamento del VOCE ITALIAN BOOKS (CLUB). Questa volta leggeremo e discuteremo GOTICO SALENTINO di MARINA PIERRI, pubblicato da EINAUDI. 🎟️ Riservate il vostro posto su Eventbrite, link in bio.

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS AT VOCE BOOKS 📚 Hear from novelist NATASHA BROWN as she discusses UNIVERSALITY—her eagerly-anticipated, voyeuristic new @faberbooks.bsky.social novel of language, power & the aftermath of a viral exposé. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS AT KILDER BAR 📚 Join us for an evening of folk retellings as walking artists HELEN BILLINGHURST & PHIL SMITH (aka CRAB & BEE) talk to ANDY HOWLETT about new @peakrillpress.bsky.social book MATTER OF BRITAIN. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENT AT KILDER BAR 🎙️ Shade yourself @storiebrum.bsky.social this summer with work from West Midlands writers STUART KANE, ELIZABETH LEE & CHARLOTTE TAYLOR & Folkestone-based writer & prose night host JIMI ODELL. 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio

🗣️📚 VOCE BOOKS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2025

🗣️ SPRING/SUMMER EVENTS AT NEXUS CAFE 📚 Join author S.J. KIM for an evening of discussion about the spaces we navigate & the absences within, & her new @andotherstories.bsky.social book THIS PART IS SILENT: A LIFE BETWEEN CULTURES 🎟️ Please book your ticket via Eventbrite, link in bio