Pre-order now, publishing 4 June 2026

The Lonely City at 10: An evening with Olivia Laing at the Union Chapel, London

The Lonely City by Olivia Laing

A beautiful 10th-anniversary hardback edition of the dazzling, taboo-breaking work that helped define contemporary hybrid non-fiction and established Olivia Laing as one of its essential voices

‘Wonderful and necessary’ ANNE ENRIGHT
‘Constantly surprising’ GUARDIAN
‘Stunning’ DEBORAH LEVY
‘Compulsively fascinating’ NEW STATESMAN
‘Beautiful’ HANYA YANAGIHARA
‘Daring and seductive’ NEW YORK TIMES