Join us for an evening of poetry, creativity, and community at Good Company Bookstore, with our welcoming host,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/angelique_neu" target="_blank">Angelique Neumann.</a>&nbsp;Whether you're a poet, a poetry lover, or simply curious, this is an opportunity to share words, listen, and connect with fellow literary enthusiasts.

The evening will begin with a few readings from Angelique before we open the floor to the open mic, for anyone who wishes to share their poetry in a warm and welcoming environment.

If you’d like to perform, please prepare 1 or 2 poems, ideally originals. Both English and Portuguese poetry are welcome. Not a performer? No problem! You’re more than welcome to attend and enjoy the readings as part of the audience.

This event is for anyone with a love of poetry - whether you’re a seasoned poet, an aspiring writer, or simply a poetry enthusiast who enjoys listening to spoken word.

This event is free to attend, but we ask that you register a free ticket in advance so we know how many people to expect. Seating is limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis.

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Open Mic Poetry

Join us for a laid-back evening of laughs in the cozy bookstore wine bar, Good Company Bookstore, hosted by the always-hilarious&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/actual.lx.standup/" target="_blank">Actual LX Standup</a>. It’s the kind of night where you can sip a glass of wine, nibble on some artisan snacks, and hear someone tell their first-ever joke - or their best one yet.

Our host, Gui Sancho, will open the floor and kick things off with a set. Then the mic will be open to anyone who wants to try some stand-up! Whether you’ve been doing comedy for years or it’s your first time touching a mic, you’re welcome here. Just show up and put your name in the hat.

Please Note: Open mic comedy events are a chance for aspiring comics to test new material, which means performers are not pre-screened and the material can vary. That said, we ask all comedians to be respectful and steer clear of potentially triggering topics. Absolutely no abusive, racist, homophobic, or discriminatory content is tolerated. We’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone.

Anyone who likes to laugh. Performers, friends of performers, book lovers, wine drinkers, curious wanderers - all welcome. No pressure, just good company and a good time!

This event is free to attend, but we ask that you <a href="https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/comedy-open-mic-good-company-bookstore-tickets-1735621333129">register a free ticket</a> in advance so we know how many people to expect. Seating is limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Good Company Books is an independent English Bookstore in Lisbon. Born from our love of global literature and our Portuguese heritage, we are crafting a space for people of all backgrounds to gather and enjoy the best books, events, coffee, and wine.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/goodcompanybookstore/" target="_blank">Find out more on our Instagram.</a>

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Comedy Open Mic

Join us for an evening of books, conversation, and community as we dive into recent works of contemporary fiction!

Book of the Month: <a href="https://goodcompanybooks.com/shop/product/annihilation/41608562573398" target="_blank">Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer</a>

About the Book: Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition.

The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

Get Your Copy: You can <a href="https://goodcompanybooks.com/shop/product/annihilation/41608562573398" target="_blank">purchase your book</a>&nbsp;on our website and choose in-store pickup or home delivery.

Love books and great discussions? Our book club is the perfect place to connect with fellow readers, share thoughts, and explore new perspectives. Whether you’re a lifelong bookworm or just getting back into reading, you’re welcome to join! 

Expect a cozy, welcoming atmosphere, good company, and engaging conversations over drinks. Grab your copy of the book and come along to listen and be part of the discussion!

The book club is free to attend, but we ask that you register a free ticket so we know how many people to expect.

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Contemporary Book Club

Join us for an evening of books, conversation, and community as we dive into a timeless literary classic!

This month, we'll be reading&nbsp;Mary Shelley‘s Frankenstein

About the Book:&nbsp;A twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction. Written after a nightmare when its author was only eighteen,&nbsp;Frankenstein&nbsp;gave birth to the modern science fiction novel.

Get Your Copy:&nbsp;You can&nbsp;<a href="https://goodcompanybooks.com/shop/product/frankenstein-1/41554294079574" target="_blank">purchase your book&nbsp;</a>on our website and choose in-store pickup or home delivery.

The book club is free to attend, but we ask that you <a href="https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/classics-book-club-good-company-bookstore-tickets-1735751913699">register a free ticket</a> so we know how many people to expect.

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Classics Book Club

Join us for an evening of books, conversation, and community as we celebrate books about, for and written by queer people.

This month, we'll be reading&nbsp;<a href="https://goodcompanybooks.com/shop/product/the-picture-of-dorian-gray/41340323496022" target="_blank">The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde</a>

About the Book:&nbsp;Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.&nbsp;The Picture of Dorian Gray&nbsp;was a&nbsp;succès de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.This definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality, and the introduction to the first Penguin Classics edition by Peter Ackroyd.

Get Your Copy:&nbsp;You can&nbsp;<a href="https://goodcompanybooks.com/shop/product/the-picture-of-dorian-gray/41340323496022" target="_blank">purchase the book on our website&nbsp;</a>and choose in-store pickup or home delivery.

What To Expect From Our Book Clubs

Love books and great discussions? Our book club is the perfect place to connect with fellow readers, share thoughts, and explore new perspectives. Whether you’re a lifelong bookworm or just getting back into reading, you’re welcome to join!

The book club is free to attend, but please register a free ticket so we know how many to expect.&nbsp;

Queer Book Club

Join us for an afternoon of creativity, storytelling, and speculative fiction. <a target="_blank" href="https://imaginauta.net/">Imaginauta</a>, a non-profit cultural association dedicated to speculative fiction, invites you to join their annual literary challenge It’s Alive! at Good Company Bookstore.

For one afternoon, writers and illustrators — amateur and professional alike — will come together to create original short stories and artworks inspired by speculative fiction.

The event takes its cue from the legendary night when Lord Byron challenged Percy and Mary Shelley and John Polidori to each write a horror tale — an evening that gave the world Frankenstein and other iconic works.

Now in its sixth edition, It’s Alive! continues this spirit of creativity, mixing the writing and illustration challenge with ice-breaker activities, literary games, and live readings. It’s both a celebration of Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction, and an opportunity to spark your own imagination.

Entrance is €7 (includes one non-alcoholic drink &amp; annual Imaginauta membership). Please register directly with Imaginauta via their <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwVOid-8lQom8PRFFZru4hAIne_Xh2eKwVyskf2WMXEO_u4A/viewform">Google Form.</a>

Participants should bring their own writing/illustration materials (computer, charger, notebooks, paper, pens, etc.). We recommend bringing laptops fully charged.

Good Company Books is an independent English Bookstore in Lisbon. Born from our love of global literature and our Portuguese heritage, we are crafting a space for people of all backgrounds to gather and enjoy the best books, events, coffee, and wine.&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/goodcompanybookstore/">Find out more on our Instagram.</a>

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Writing & Illustration Marathon by Imaginauta

Hours before performing at one of Europe's most iconic music festivals, Kalaf is detained on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Trapped in his precarity, his thoughts soon strum to the beat of kuduro, the blistering, techno-infused Angolan music which has taken him from Luanda to Kristiansund, Beirut to Lisbon. Shifting between his reflections while incarcerated, the stories of a friend at the heart of Lisbon's dance scene and those of the immigration policeman who holds Kalaf's fate in his hands, Whites Can Dance Too is at once an exhilarating novel and a transporting paean to cultural roots, to freedom and to love.

Join us on Saturday 18th October at 7pm for an evening with Kalaf Epalanga, which will include a reading performed by Sónia Balacó (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/soniabalaco/" target="_blank">@soniabalaco</a>) and Pedro Hossi (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pedro.hossi/" target="_blank">@pedro.hossi</a>), talk with the author, Kalaf, moderated by Ekua Yankah (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ekuayankah/" target="_blank">@ekuayankah</a>), following by Kalaf’s DJ Set full of Kuduro rhythms that will take over the floor in Good Company!

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kalafepalanga/" target="_blank">Kalaf Epalanga</a>&nbsp;is an Angolan musician and writer, currently based in Berlin. Known internationally for fronting the Lisbon-based band Buraka Som Sistema. He is a celebrated columnist in Angola and Portugal. Whites Can Dance Too is his acclaimed debut novel; it was first published in Portugal by Editorial Caminho in 2017 and translated into English by Daniel Hahn.

Anybody who reads in English or has had a chance to read the book in Portuguese! If you are interested in Lisbon's music and culture scene this event is for you!

Tickets for this event cost 10 euros and can be purchased <a href="https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/bilhetes-whites-can-dance-too-author-talk-dj-set-with-kalaf-epalanga-1739167730499">via Eventbrite here.</a> Tickets are&nbsp;limited so we recommend booking your place in advance to avoid disappointment.

Good Company Books is an independent&nbsp;English Bookstore&nbsp;in Lisbon. Born from our love of global literature and our Portuguese heritage, we are crafting a space for people of all backgrounds to gather and enjoy the best&nbsp;books,&nbsp;events, coffee,&nbsp;and&nbsp;wine.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/goodcompanybookstore/" target="_blank">Find out more on our Instagram.</a>

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Author Talk & DJ Set with Kalaf Epalanga

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