It has been announced that the h Club in London will be hosting a special online event to mark World Book Night on the 23rd April.

To celebrate World Book Night, h Club in London will be hosting a range of authors and celebrities online who will read passages from much-loved and upcoming books to attendees. This will be the first time that the event will be available to both members and non-members.

The confirmed celebrities who will be reading passages from their favourite books is set to include Gavin & Stacey actress Alison Steadman; Guardians of the Galaxy actress Ophelia Lovibond; Fleabag actor Anthony Welsh; comedian Ronni Ancona; The Young Ones actor Nigel Planer; Sex Education actress Simone Ashley and Sex Education actor George Robinson.

Meanwhile, there will also be readings from authors, who will be offering readings from their recently released or soon to be published books. The authors taking part in the event are set to include: Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love); Joanna Trollope (Mum and Dad); Mike Gayle (All The Lonely People to be released in July); Ruth Hogan (Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel); John Niven (The F*ck-it List); Lucy Diamond (An Almost Perfect Holiday); Sophie Ward (Love and Other Thought Experiments) and Derek Owusu (That Reminds Me).

h Club’s special World Book Night event will take place on the 23rd April at 7pm. For those interested in the event you will need to register at  https://hclub.com/general/event/booking/2389 and will be sent a link to virtually attend the event.