welcome

The Swedenborg Society is a publisher, library and bookshop. We organize events: lectures, conferences, exhibitions, performances and film screenings; and we print a large selection of literature relating to the work of the philosopher, scientist, inventor, astronomer, mathematician, parliamentary figure and visionary, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). The Society's grade II listed premises in Bloomsbury are also available for private hire.

EVENTS | poetry reading

HOMERO ARIDJIS | poetry reading with ALI SMITH

Thursday 24 May 2012 | 7.00 pm | admission free but booking advised

Award-winning Mexican poet and reader of Swedenborg Homero Aridjis will join Ali Smith on stage in Swedenborg Hall to celebrate the launch of A TIME OF ANGELS (City Lights, 2012). Booking now open.

Further information.

BOOKS | news

BLAKE'S LONDON: THE TOPOGRAPHIC SUBLIME by Iain Sinclair is now available to download for KINDLE e-reader on Amazon.co.uk. In this small and specially-designed volume, Iain Sinclair takes the reader on a discursive journey through BLAKE’S LONDON showing how, in Blake’s vast and rich poetry, language and imagination conjoin to delineate a profound engagement with place. This is is the perfect introduction to Blake’s singular experience of the city, his relation to Swedenborg, and to a visionary tradition of poets from John Clare to Allen Ginsberg.

This volume is available to download electronically and is also printed as a limited-edition pocket hardback. It is the first in series of volumes edited by Stephen McNeilly making available talks, photographs and and other items from the Swedenborg Archive. BUY THIS BOOK.

NEWS | staff blog

The Society now has a Wordpress Blog, featuring news and reviews from the Society. We encourage you to read these informal updates, written by Nora (publicist and assistant curator), Alex (assistant librarian), James (librarian and assistant editor) and Holly (publishing intern). We will also be uploading images from events, reviews from other sources and much much more. The point of the blog is that it is totally interactive; we welcome you to contribute towards it and comment on our posts!

View the Swedenborg Society Wordpress Blog.

EVENTS | hire

The Swedenborg Society offers competitive rates for meeting space in Central London. Swedenborg House is a grade II listed 18th century townhouse, situated on the edge of Bloomsbury. Three of its function rooms are available for hire, 9 am - 10 pm Monday to Friday and 9 am - 6 pm on Saturday.

You do NOT need to be a member of the Society to hire a room. The following institutions, among many others, hire our rooms on a regular basis: Kingston University; Faber & Faber; Oxford University Press; Society for Theatre Research; Society of Young Publishers; The Biographers’ Club; Timeline Auctions; Wagner Society; BBC television.

Find more information and hire rates here. If you need to enquire about availability, please contact Richard via richard@swedenborg.org.uk.