Established in 1810, the Swedenborg Society is a registered charity, academic publisher, museum, gallery and archive. We organize a wide range of FREE cultural events, lectures, exhibitions, educational workshops and film screenings.

#OnThisDay 23 January 1688: Birth of Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741), queen of Sweden who reigned between 1718-20. During her brief reign, she ennobled the Swedberg family, which gave Emanuel the amended surname of Swedenborg and a place in the Swedish House of Nobles

#OnThisDay 22 January 1849: Birth of August Strindberg (1849-1912), the great Swedish playwright. Strindberg's ‘Inferno’ period in the mid-1890s is imbued with Swedenborg. Image: The Town, August Strindberg, 1903, Photo: Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum

"There was a whole world of underground activity [in the period that birthed Lud Heat]. Those first years of the 70s were the best for it, because so much of the 60s had been taken up by psychedelic gangsters and chancers”' #IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50 buff.ly/x4m4wMR

The latest issue of the Swedenborg Review is out now! Featuring full-length articles as well as reviews of contemporary cultural events, books, exhibitions and more, plus a round-up of further activities. Available via our online bookshop - £1.95 (PLUS P&P): www.swedenborg.org.uk/product/swed...

ARCANA COFFEE is open on our premises Monday-Friday 8.30am-3pm:

Swedenborg House Bookshop will be open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5pm through to Friday 19 December 2025. The bookshop is then closed over the festive period, reopening on Monday 5 January 2026. Come and browse works by Swedenborg, classic novels, poetry, and more. We look forward to seeing you!

SFF2025 at CURZON SOHO* (*hired venue) on Saturday was a great success! The quality and variety of work made for a fascinating programme. We would like to thank everyone who submitted and in particular the shortlisted filmmakers. Our special thanks also to guest judges Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit.

Surprised and delighted to be alongside Philip Hoare as writing one of the New Statesman’s ‘Books of the Year 2025’, chosen by Geoff Dyer. Dyer is kind and generous to us both, characterising Hoare’s writing as ‘ecstatic, kaleidoscopic and visionary’, and mine as consistently thoughtful and moving.’

As part of an extended 12 hour continuous screening, please also join us for Swedenborg Film Festival 2025 on Monday 8 December between 10am-10pm at Swedenborg House. No booking is required (stay for as much as you like. Full programme available here: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/filmf...

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Friday 5 December 6.30pm-8.30pm where Ben Wickey will be discussing his debut graphic novel, 'More Weight: A Salem Story', with Alan Moore (joining by remote link), Iain Sinclair and Victor Rees. Followed by a book signing: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-weigh...

Due to exceptional demand - the shortlisted programme for SFF2025 taking place at CURZON SOHO* (*hired venue) on Saturday 6 December 2025, will now take place in Screen 1 at the updated time of 1.30pm-4.30pm (previously 6pm-9pm). FREE (£3 admin fee): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swedenborg...

Looking forward to this! Very exciting program. I’ll be speaking remotely on Friday morning. Attendance is free! 👇

BOOKING NOW OPEN for Swedenborg Film Festival 2025! Shortlisted films will be taking place at CURZON SOHO* on Saturday 6 December 2025, 6pm-9pm. FREE (£3 admin fee): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swedenborg... *Curzon Cinema has been hired as the venue and this is not part of the Curzon programme.

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Friday 7 November 2025 6.30pm-8.30pm where we will be launching the limited 50th anniversary edition of Iain Sinclair’s classic text, 'Lud Heat' (Swedenborg House Editions, 2025): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

London-based film-maker & writer John Rogers' latest film, 'Secret History of London's East End' is a walk through the hidden landscape of London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Iain Sinclair's groundbreaking book Lud Heat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvxE...

Please join us 6 to 8 November 2025 for 'Retracing Swedenborg: Texts, Contexts and Changing Perspectives' the first in a new bi-annual series of international academic conferences exploring the work and legacy of the polymath Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772): www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/acade...

Directed by artist & writer Stephen McNeilly, the publications of @swedenborghouse.bsky.social chart the legacy of Swedish scientist & philosopher, Emanuel Swedenborg, and include work from Alice Albinia, Gareth Evans and Iain Sinclair. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25, Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct

It's #smallpublishersfair25 in London this Fri/Sat! Here's a quick link to the PDF of the Fair programme, with details of all 66 UK & international publishers, special exhibition, readings & talks: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/wp-content/u... (Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 16 October 2025 6.30pm-9pm for the launch of the latest publication in the Swedenborg Archive Series: 'Hereafter', edited by Simon Moretti. For more information and to book your FREE place please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/herea...

#smallpublishersfair25 - our participation will promote the publication of Gifts Returned by the River, ed. Iain Sinclair (2025) in a new paperback edition, along with other recent titles such as Swedenborg’s Lusthus (2024) & the expanded paperback edition of Homero Aridjis, An Angel Speaks (2025).

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Friday 17 October 7pm-8.30pm for 'Close Readings Live: Fiction and the Fantastic'. Live podcast with Marina Warner, Adam Thirlwell and Edwin Frank: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/close... Image: Leonora Carrington,‘Dogs of the Sleeper’,1942.Courtesy of Viktor Wynd

Badbloodandsibyl is the imprint of artist Andrew Kötting, maker of films, performances, installations, bookworks, CDs, LPs, VR and music, often in collaboration with his daughter Eden or writer Iain Sinclair. At #smallpublishersfair25 Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October: smallpublishersfair.co.uk

Led by Hayfaa Chalabi, Miriam Elgon and Gareth Proscourine-Barnett, and previously home to the renowned MA Book Arts, Camberwell Press / MA Illustration present new publications from the in-house imprint of this London art college at #smallpublishersfair25. Discover their work on 24 & 25 October.

Please join us at Swedenborg House Wednesday 22 October 7pm-9pm for DEAD HAMLETS: PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY, IAIN SINCLAIR + LUD HEAT'. Tickets £12.50. Whilst the event is fully booked, please email [email protected] to be added to the waiting list. londonmonthofthedead.com/deadhamlets....

London-based @cbeditions.bsky.social (founded in 2007 by Charles Boyle) is a publisher of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, including work in translation. Find their books (including 'Ghost Stations' by Patrick McGuinness) at #smallpublishersfair25 on Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct: smallpublishersfair.co.uk

For the first time, Swedenborg House will be taking part in the Small Publishers Fair 2025 on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 11am-7pm! For more information please visit: smallpublishersfair.co.uk @smallpublishers.bsky.social

This year's exhibition at Small Publishers Fair (24 & 25 October) draws on several decades of work by artist and writer Erica Van Horn, who has been a participant at the Fair since the beginning. Details of the exhibition can be found here: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/exhibition-2...

Iain Sinclair & Stephen McNeilly @resonancefm.bsky.social Sunday 28 September 1pm-2:30pm Thames Festival Trust! thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/riv...

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 30 October 7pm-9pm (doors open 6.30pm) for 'MUSICAL DARK FAIRY TALES FROM VIKTOR WYND & THE BLACKSHORE COLLECTIVE'. Tickets £20: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/music...

Small Publishers Fair returns to London's Conway Hall next month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. More details soon. Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm) FREE, all welcome Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL smallpublishersfair.co.uk

A MYSTERY OF REMNANT by B. Catling is moving briskly. Don't be one of those people who balks and dithers and regrets later not picking up this limited edition for cover price. swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

You can buy a copy of B. Catling's A MYSTERY OF REMNANT here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

Review of A MYSTERY OF REMNANT "Every inclusion is thought-provoking in the true sense of the term; not merely contentious for the sake of it, but seeking to share & explore hidden or neglected aspects of our world. After this, Catling may well haunt me." suptales.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-my...

We are delighted to announce a new exhibition, 'Elective Affinities'. Friday 19 September until Friday 27 February 2026. Monday-Friday 10am-5pm. www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/elect...

LAST CHANCE! The deadline for submissions for Swedenborg Film Festival 2025 is Friday 19 September! Visit our Film Freeway page for more details: filmfreeway.com/SwedenborgFi...

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 18 September 6pm-9.30pm for the private view of our upcoming exhibition 'Elective Affinities'. www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/elect... All welcome, but RSVP required to [email protected]

We are delighted to announce writer and filmmaker CHRIS PETIT and Swedenborg Society’s President, the writer and chronicler of London, IAIN SINCLAIR as the judges for Swedenborg Film Festival 2025! Please visit our Film Freeway page for more details: filmfreeway.com/SwedenborgFi...

Please join us at Swedenborg House Wednesday 22 October 7pm-9pm for DEAD HAMLETS: PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY, IAIN SINCLAIR + LUD HEAT'. Tickets £12.50. Whilst the event is fully booked, please email [email protected] to be added to the waiting list. londonmonthofthedead.com/deadhamlets....

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 25 September 7pm-9pm (doors open 6.30pm) for 'BUILDING A WINDMILL | KEN WORPOLE & MELISSA BENN IN CONVERSATION.' FREE. For more information please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/build... @kgeorgew.bsky.social @littletollerbooks.bsky.social

As part of Totally Thames Festival 2025 join Iain Sinclair at Southwark Cathedral Thursday 4 September 6.30pm-7.30pm where he will discuss his latest collaboration with Swedenborg House, 'Gifts Returned by the River' (Swedenborg House Press, 2025). Tickets £5: thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/gif...

Swedenborg House is delighted to welcome aspiring writers to our fortnightly writing group in the Bookshop. Starting Tuesday 23 September 6pm-8pm. Whether you are a writer of short stories, novels, poetry or scripts, to register an interest please email Adam Skipper [email protected]

We are delighted to announce that Swedenborg House will participate in Open House 2025! On Saturday 13 September Swedenborg House will be open to the public from 10am-5pm. Free admission/no booking required! For more details please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/open-...

Submissions are now open for the Swedenborg Film Festival 2025! The Swedenborg Film Festival 2025 (SFF2025) invites entries of new films of 20 minutes or less from emerging & established independent filmmakers. Please visit our Film Freeway page for more details: filmfreeway.com/SwedenborgFi...

Swedenborg House is delighted to announce that Spiracle Audiobooks, in collaboration with the Swedenborg Society, will be releasing a free audiobook of the Swedenborg's Society title 'An Angel Speaks' by Homero Aridjis on Thursday 26 June: www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/audiob.../an...

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Friday 4 July 7pm-9pm (doors open 6.30pm) for the launch of the latest publication in the Three Impostors Press series, London Adventures: 'Haunting the Ghost; or, a Year in the City' by Victor Rees. More information here: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/three...

TONIGHT SPECIAL LATE NIGHT OPENING of our current exhibition, 'Hereafter', 10am-8pm Thursday 12 June 2025. www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/simon... Image: Simon Moretti, Double Vortex (after Emanuel Swedenborg), 2025. Neon, cables, transformer, 79 x 57 cm. Photo: Nick Malyon. Courtesy of the artist.

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Saturday 12 July 6.30pm-9pm (doors open 6pm) for an evening of music & poetry inspired by the vision and writings of Emanuel Swedenborg with the Alchemy collective. FREE - BOOK HERE: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/alche... Image: Kenny photographed by Azulible

Thank you to Iain Sinclair, contributors and everyone who attended the special book launch of 'GIFTS RETURNED BY THE RIVER EDITED BY IAIN SINCLAIR'. Order your copy here £20 (PLUS P&P): www.swedenborg.org.uk/product/gift...