diff --git a/waku/src/events/mod.rs b/waku/src/events/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d859d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/src/events/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// std
+use std::ffi::{c_char, CStr};
+// crates
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+// internal
+use crate::general::{PubsubTopic, WakuMessage};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Signal {
+    #[serde(alias = "type")]
+    _type: String,
+    event: Event,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "untagged", rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum Event {
+    WakuMessage(WakuMessageEvent),
+}
+
+/// Type of `event` field for a `message` event
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct WakuMessageEvent {
+    /// The pubsub topic on which the message was received
+    pubsub_topic: PubsubTopic,
+    /// The message id
+    message_id: String,
+    /// The message in [`WakuMessage`] format
+    waku_message: WakuMessage,
+}
+
+impl WakuMessageEvent {
+    pub fn pubsub_topic(&self) -> &PubsubTopic {
+        &self.pubsub_topic
+    }
+
+    pub fn message_id(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.message_id
+    }
+
+    pub fn waku_message(&self) -> &WakuMessage {
+        &self.waku_message
+    }
+}
+
+/// Register callback to act as event handler and receive application signals,
+/// which are used to react to asynchronous events in Waku
+pub fn waku_set_event_callback<F: FnMut(Signal)>(mut callback: F) {
+    let mut callback_wrapper = move |data: *const c_char| {
+        let raw_response = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(data) }
+            .to_str()
+            .expect("Not null ptr");
+        let data: Signal = serde_json::from_str(raw_response).expect("Parsing signal to succeed");
+        callback(data);
+    };
+    let mut callback_ptr: &mut dyn FnMut(*const c_char) = &mut callback_wrapper;
+    unsafe {
+        waku_sys::waku_set_event_callback(&mut callback_ptr as *mut &mut _ as *mut std::ffi::c_void)
+    };
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::events::waku_set_event_callback;
+
+    // TODO: how to actually send a signal and check if the callback is run?
+    #[test]
+    fn set_event_callback() {
+        waku_set_event_callback(|_signal| {});
+    }
+}
diff --git a/waku/src/general/mod.rs b/waku/src/general/mod.rs
index 3fbb5cd..edf2a50 100644
--- a/waku/src/general/mod.rs
+++ b/waku/src/general/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 // internal
 
+pub type PubsubTopic = String;
+pub type ContentTopic = String;
+pub type WakuMessageVersion = usize;
+
 /// JsonResponse wrapper.
 /// `go-waku` ffi returns this type as a `char *` as per the [specification](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/36/#jsonresponse-type)
 /// This is internal, as it is better to use rust plain `Result` type.
@@ -33,9 +37,9 @@ impl<T> From<JsonResponse<T>> for Response<T> {
 pub struct WakuMessage {
     payload: Box<[u8]>,
     /// The content topic to be set on the message
-    content_topic: String,
+    content_topic: ContentTopic,
     /// The Waku Message version number
-    version: usize,
+    version: WakuMessageVersion,
     /// Unix timestamp in nanoseconds
     timestamp: usize,
 }
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ pub struct DecodedPayload {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct ContentFilter {
     /// The content topic of a Waku message
-    content_topic: String,
+    content_topic: ContentTopic,
 }
 
 /// The criteria to create subscription to a light node in JSON Format
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ pub struct FilterSubscription {
     /// Array of [`ContentFilter`] being subscribed to / unsubscribed from
     content_filters: Vec<ContentFilter>,
     /// Optional pubsub topic
-    pubsub_topic: Option<String>,
+    pubsub_topic: Option<PubsubTopic>,
 }
 
 /// Criteria used to retrieve historical messages
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ pub struct FilterSubscription {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct StoreQuery {
     /// The pubsub topic on which messages are published
-    pubsub_topic: Option<String>,
+    pubsub_topic: Option<PubsubTopic>,
     /// Array of [`ContentFilter`] to query for historical messages
     content_filters: Vec<ContentFilter>,
     /// The inclusive lower bound on the timestamp of queried messages.
@@ -124,5 +128,5 @@ pub struct MessageIndex {
     /// UNIX timestamp in nanoseconds at which the message is generated by its sender
     sender_time: usize,
     /// The pubsub topic of the message at this [`MessageIndex`]
-    pubsub_topic: String,
+    pubsub_topic: PubsubTopic,
 }
diff --git a/waku/src/lib.rs b/waku/src/lib.rs
index 0d6c116..2c44c9a 100644
--- a/waku/src/lib.rs
+++ b/waku/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod general;
+mod events;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {