Meet Alice Oseman, creator of the Heartstopper series, and celebrate the release of Heartstopper 5!

Meet Alice Oseman, the creator of the #1 bestselling Heartstopper series, at Gay's the Word bookshop and celebrate the release of Heartstopper Volume 5!

Ticket Price: £13.99 includes a copy of Heartstopper Volume 5 and the opportunity to meet Alice and have this signed. 

Any teen or under 16 year-old ticket holder may be accompanied by their parent or guardian. 

Queuing outside will be necessary, please come prepared for all weather conditions.

Please note: Tickets are timed for a queuing time slot, either: 4pm - 4.30pm / 4.30pm - 5pm / or 5pm - 5.30pm. Gay's the Word is a small bookshop on a busy street so we'd really appreciate it if you could attending in your given time slot. Thank you! 

About Heartstopper Volume 5: 

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love.

This is the fifth volume of the much-loved Heartstopper series, the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novels about life, love, and everything in between:

Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They’ve finally said those three little words, but with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

Created by the acclaimed author-illustrator Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, the Heartstopper series is a global phenomenon. The graphic novels have sold over 8 million copies worldwide, achieving instant #1 spots on both The Sunday Times and the New York Times bestseller lists. It is now an Emmy award-winning, BAFTA-nominated live-action Netflix adaptation starring Kit Connor and Joe Locke, written and executive produced by Alice Oseman.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter. 

Alice is the creator of LGBTQ+ YA romance comic HEARTSTOPPER, and the writer, creator, and executive producer for the Emmy Award-winning television adaptation for Netflix, produced by See-Saw. Alice has written every episode and been involved at every stage, from casting to music. Alice is the author of several YA contemporary novels about teenage disasters: SOLITAIRE (published when she was 19), RADIO SILENCE, I WAS BORN FOR THIS, and LOVELESS. Alice’s books have won, been shortlisted or nominated for a number of awards, including the YA Book Prize, the Inky Awards, the Carnegie Medal, and the Goodreads Choice Awards. Alice was named the Attitude Person of the Year 2023, and The British Book Awards Illustrator of the Year.