An Evening with Local Bestselling Author Mary Lawson
2022-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We’re unbelievably excited to be hosting an evening at the bookshop with Booker Prize-nominated local author Mary Lawson!
Join us on Friday 26 March 7-9pm at Parade’s End Books for a brilliant discussion with Mary Lawson, author of bestsellers such as Crow Lake, Road Ends and The Other Side of the Bridge. Take the opportunity to ask her all of your burning questions, and to get your hands on a signed copy of her most recent Booker-nominated novel A Town Called Solace, which will be newly published in paperback. There will also be alcoholic refreshments, soft drinks and nibbles on hand – don’t miss this truly delightful evening.
You can book your free tickets by ordering in the store, ringing us on 020 85495425 or emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis so book now to secure your place. See you there!

Book club meeting 12
2022-04-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Slow Horses by Mick Herron
The book begins at Slough House, Regent’s Park: a graveyard for members of the intelligence service no longer in the game – the slow horses. A motley crew of criminals, abusers and troubled souls, banished for various crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal – they all belong to Jackson Lamb.
Jackson Lamb’s misfits may be highly trained but they don’t run ops, they push paper. But when a boy is kidnapped and held hostage, a chance opens up for the slow horses to redeem themselves…
Slow Horses is also now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman, so we thought it’d be the perfect time to read it!
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 27 April @ 7pm – if this sounds up your street, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along.

Book club meeting 13
2022-05-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022, The Island of Missing Trees is a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature, and, finally, renewal.
It is set between present-day London and 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place: it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows. In the centre of the tavern, growing through a cavity in the roof, is a fig tree.
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 25 May @ 7pm – if this sounds up your street, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along.

Book signing: Only Heroes and Horses
2022-05-29 14:30 - 16:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us on Sunday 29th May at 2pm for a very special book signing with local writer Natalie O’Rourke MBE, author of Only Heroes and Horses: the heart-warming true story of the Park Lane Stables. Come along to get to know the author, grab your copy of the newly-released book, and hopefully to meet a special four-legged star guest…
Natalie O’Rourke was once an ordinary little girl from Birmingham in all respects save one: she was lonely. When she discovered how much she loved horses, she decided she wanted to grow up and run a riding stables. But this would not be your average stables: she wanted hers to cater for children and adults with disabilities, additional needs and anyone who needed a friend – people who you might not expect to find riding, but who she knew could find happiness through horses, because she had.
Full of guts and optimism, Natalie fought tooth and nail to achieve that dream in the face of some hefty tragedy, heartbreak and hardship. Even the Covid-19 crisis couldn’t slow her or her league of fearless Park Lane colleagues down – despite barely surviving financially in lockdown, the stables’ ‘Pavement Ponies’ paid visits to the community on a mission to cheer their neighbours up, and tirelessly supported the NHS.
But when the news came that the landlord was selling the stables, and that the Park Lane horses and their humans would be evicted unless they found a whopping £1,000,000 to buy the plot, it seemed a mountain too high even for this plucky team to climb. Could they win the support of the nation and with it their fight to save the stables?
Only Heroes and Horses is a book infused with love, strength and hope on every page – a testament to human kindness that won’t fail to leave its readers uplifted or with a tear in their eye. We’re really excited to host this spectacular book signing, so do come along!

An evening with bestselling local author Anne Sebba
2022-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for an incredible evening with local author and presenter Anne Sebba (author of the bestselling biography That Woman: a life of Wallis Simpson), to celebrate the paperback release of her new book Ethel Rosenberg : The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother. Anne will discuss her new masterfully-researched and deeply moving biography, described by Hadley Freeman as ‘a heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history’. Afterwards, there will be time for you to ask Anne all your burning questions, and get your hands on a signed copy – don’t miss out on what promises to be an unmissable and captivating evening!
You can book your free tickets by ordering in the store, ringing us on 020 85495425 or emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis so book now to secure your place. See you there!

Book club meeting 14
2022-06-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
More darkly humorous than the title suggests, Drive Your Plow is a subversive, entertaining noir novel. In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she’s unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken.
When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved in the investigation…
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 29 June @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Weekly Hatha Yoga Class - for Beginners and Beyond!
2022-07-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We’re excited to announce a new yoga class at Parade’s End Books on Wednesday mornings! All are welcome to drop into classes, which are on Wednesday mornings.
In our beautiful bookshop setting, come along for yoga on Wednesdays: from 9am – 9.50am every Wednesday, George will be leading Hatha Yoga for beginners and beyond. Classes are £10 and you can bring cash or use PayPal (byGeorgeYoga). You can email or WhatsApp on the number above for more information. See you there!

Book club meeting 15
2022-08-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce.
Set in 1950, the book follows Margery Benson as she abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation…
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 3 August @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Event! Celebrate 50 years of The Summer Book with Sophia Jansson
2022-09-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s classic novel The Summer Book, we are
hosting an online event with Tove’s niece Sophia Jansson – the inspiration for the character of ‘Sophia’ in the book.
The event takes place online on Thursday, September 1st at 7pm, with Sophia in conversation with bookseller Fleur Sinclair.
Event free when you buy any of Tove Jansson’s books written for adults! We will send the link on the day.

Book club meeting 16
2022-09-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Women’s Prize Winner The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.
The book follows fourteen-year-old Benny Oh, who begins to hear voices after the tragic death of this father. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous.
So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it…
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 7 September @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Book signing with author Emma Burstall
2022-09-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
“A tale of family secrets, sibling rivalry and summer romance. When their grandmother leaves them her house in her will, sisters Sophie and Celia return to Rockaway, but they cannot agree on anything. It seems they will never see eye to eye, until Sophie makes a chance discovery which will make her question everything…”
Join us on Saturday 10th September at 11am for a signing with local author Emma Burstall to celebrate her new release, The House on Rockaway Beach! Emma is a top-10 bestselling author whose Tremarnock series, set in Cornwall, has been praised for its storytelling and characterisation. The House on Rockaway Beach is perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.
See you there!

The Story of Art Without Men with Katy Hessel (Virtual Event)
2022-09-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?
On Tuesday, September 13 @ 7pm join us for an online event with art historian, curator and author Katy Hessel, to discuss her latest book, The Story of Art Without Men.
Discover the glittering Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century USA and the artist who really invented the Readymade. Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of post-War artists in Latin America and the women artists defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the story of art for our times – one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists.
Event free to anyone who pre-orders or buys a copy of the book from us (click here) or instore! A link to the event will be sent on the day.

The Night Ship with author Jess Kidd
2022-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We are incredibly excited to welcome Jess Kidd to Parade’s End Books, to talk about her brilliant new novel, The Night Ship and to sign copies. Jess is a Costa Award winning author whose previous books include Things in Jars. Now she returns with The Night Ship, a novel that weaves the infamous shipwreck of the Batavia with the tale of one young boy more than three hundred years later – it’s an imaginative historical epic of shipwreck, mutiny, fate and friendship. Jess will be talking about this truly stunning novel and we hope you can join us for what will be a special event.
You can book your free tickets by ordering in the store, ringing us on 020 85495425 or emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis so book now to secure your place. See you there!

Book club meeting 17
2022-10-05 19:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading seasonal classic The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff.
The book’s premise is brilliantly simple and filled with charming detail. It follows Mr. Stevens, an office clerk, his sweet but nervous wife Flossie, and their three children—Dick, who works for an auctioneer; Mary, a dressmaker’s assistant; and schoolboy Ernie—as they ready themselves for their summer holiday and take the train from London to the coast, where romance, adventure and freedom from humdrum work await them.
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 5 October @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Book Launch Event with Local Author Emma Burstall
2022-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us in the bookshop on Friday 28th October, 7-9pm, for an enchanting evening with local bestselling fiction author Emma Burstall to celebrate the launch of her latest book, The House on Rockaway Beach.
A tale of family secrets, sibling rivalry and summer romance. When their grandmother leaves them her house in her will, sisters Sophie and Celia return to Rockaway, but they cannot agree on anything. It seems they will never see eye to eye, until Sophie makes a chance discovery which will make her question everything…
Emma is a top-10 bestselling author whose Tremarnock series, set in Cornwall, has been praised for its storytelling and characterisation. The House on Rockaway Beach is perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.
As we celebrate this new release, there will be the opportunity for a Q&A where you can ask all of your burning questions. Discussions will be followed by a chance for you to buy the books and get them signed while enjoying drinks and canapés.
Registration Required
Book your free tickets in advance by ordering in the store, ringing us on 020 85495425 or emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis. We look forward to seeing you there!

Chekhov and Tolstoy, and Why We Need to Keep Reading Russian Literature
2022-11-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for an engaging evening talk with incredible local author Rosamund Bartlett, on Saturday 5 November, 7-9pm.
Tolstoy is one of the world’s greatest novelists, but during his lifetime he was better known for his promotion of non-violence, and for his campaign against the Russian government and the Orthodox Church. Chekhov, father of the modern short story, was deeply influenced by Tolstoy’s moral philosophy and social activism. This talk will discuss their unusual friendship and the continuing importance of their humanitarian mission.
Rosamund Bartlett is a writer and translator whose books include Tolstoy: A Russian Life, longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and Chekhov: Scenes from A Life. She is the translator of the Chekhov anthology About Love and Other Stories, shortlisted for the Weidenfeld Prize, and Chekhov: A Life in Letters. Her new edition of Anna Karenina was published in 2014. She grew up in Ham.
You can book your free tickets by ordering in the store, ringing us on 020 85495425 or emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so book now to secure your place.

Book Signing with Estelle Day
2022-11-12 11:30 - 12:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us on Saturday 12th November at 11.30am for a signing with acclaimed artist and author Estelle Day, to celebrate the release of her book Easy Oil Painting!
In her unique introduction to oil painting, Estelle demonstrates everything you need to embark on your oil painting journey, and the book includes illustrations and outlines for you to trace so you can get started right away. We can’t wait!

Jazz Night at Parade's End Books
2022-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We’re so excited to announce that Noa and her band are back for another jazz night! Join us on Saturday 19 November for a themed evening of live music – Noa and her jazz band perform jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, beautiful ballads and cheeky 1950s numbers, as well as latin bossa nova grooves, where Noa draws inspiration from her Spanish roots. You can check out noasingsjazz.com to learn more about Noa and to have a listen to this wonderful performer.
Featuring a local jazz quartet:
Noa Alvarez – vocals
Meredith White – keys
Dave Jones – double bass
Tormod Sund – trumpet
Tickets – SOLD OUT
Tickets can be bought inside, or online. You can also order by emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. The last jazz evening sold out quickly so we’d advise booking ahead to avoid disappointment!

Online Event: An Evening with Maggie O'Farrell
2022-12-01 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
We’re pleased to announce a special live event with the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Maggie O’Farrell, in partnership with Bookshop.org. Maggie will discuss her latest novel, The Marriage Portrait. We will be selling copies of the book, which will act as a ticket to join the hybrid event.
The event will take place on Thursday 1 December at 6.30pm, streaming live from the beautiful Alnwick Gardens, Northumberland, chaired by New Writing North’s Claire Malcolm. Maggie will be discussing the inspiration behind her beautiful novel, what she discovered about the real Lucrezia de’ Medici during her research and shedding new light on a familiar story, as she did with her previous book Hamnet.
If you buy a copy of The Marriage Portrait you will receive an event link emailed to you on the day.

Book Signing with Richard E. Grant
2022-12-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We are so excited to announce a special book signing with actor and author Richard E. Grant, to celebrate the release of his new memoir A Pocketful of Happiness. Don’t miss this chance to come along and get your copy of this brilliant, funny and moving biography signed by a local legend.

Book club meeting 19
2022-12-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Matrix by Lauren Groff.
The book follows Marie de France, a woman from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, as she is sent to Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey. Marie begins her work establishing a female utopia in this ‘modern masterpiece’ with a medieval setting.
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 7 December @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Festive Late Evening
2022-12-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us on the next two Thursday evenings for special late openings to celebrate the season and say a massive thank you to you all for your support year round!
We will be open late, 6-8pm, Thursday 15th and 22nd December ✨
Just come on down anytime between 6pm and 8pm and let us help you find the perfect read for everyone on your list with free fizz, festive nibbles and complimentary gift wrapping!

Book club meeting 20
2023-01-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart.
The book follows a group of friends and friends-of-friends as they gather in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next six months, new friendships and romances will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge, forcing each character to reevaluate whom they love and what matters most.
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 18 January @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Secret Spitfires: An Evening with Author Gavin Clarke
2023-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for an engaging evening with author Gavin Clarke on Saturday 28 January, 7.30-9pm. Gavin will be discussing his book Secret Spitfires – the remarkable true story of the hidden army of women who assembled in WW2 to build spitfires in secret. See you there!
September 1940: In the midst of the Second World War, The Luftwaffe unleashed a series of devastating raids on Southampton, all but destroying its Spitfire factories.
But production didn’t stop. Instead, manufacturing of this iconic fighter moved underground, to secret locations staffed by women, children and non-combatant men. With little engineering experience between them, they built a fleet of one of the greatest war planes that has ever existed.
This is their story.
You can book your free tickets by ordering in the store, ringing us on 020 85495425 or emailing orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so book now to secure your place.

Jazz Night
2023-02-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Parade’s End live music is back! Join us on Friday 10th February, 7.30pm, for an evening of chamber jazz with the Serkan Trio. The group will play a mixture of instantly recognised classics interspersed with less familiar compositions and improvisation. There will be drinks and non-alcoholic refreshments on sale.
Book your free ticket now instore, by emailing us at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk or ringing us on 020 8549 5425. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Book club meeting 21
2023-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa.
The book follows a Professor with a peculiar problem – ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory – and a sensitive but astute young housekeeper who is entrusted to take care of him. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles – based on her shoe size or her birthday – and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son.
We’ll meet for the book club in the shop on Wednesday 22nd February @ 7pm – everyone is welcome and we encourage newcomers, just drop us an email at orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk to come along!

Frog's Bog Author Read and Crafts
2023-03-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
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Join us for a fun reading of children’s picture book Frog’s Bog.
Author Marielle Bayliss will be in the store from 11.00 on March 12th and the reading will be followed by some fun froggie crafts.
Children of all ages (and adults who are young at heart) are welcome to join us. The event is free, just register above if you’d like to come along.

Lore Segal in Conversation
2023-03-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
We are excited to announce a virtual event with Pulitzer nominated author, Lore Segal on
14 March at 7pm. Segal will be discussing her new book of short stories, Ladies’ Lunch.
Publication date is 9 March. Anyone pre-ordering or buying a copy of Ladies’ Lunch, will receive a link to watch on the
day of the event, 14 March.
About Lore Segal
Lore Segal was born in Vienna in 1928, and is a renowned American author. She won an
American Academy Award (for Her First American), the O. Henry Award and was nominated
for a Pulitzer (for Shakespeare’s Kitchen). She was first published in The New Yorker in
1958 and remains a regular contributor in her nineties.
Lore Segal’s novel Other People’s Houses (1964), based on her experience in Britain as a
kindertransport refugee, was republished by Sort of Books in 2018.

Book Club Meeting 22
2023-03-22 19:00 - 20:00
This month we are reading Leviathan by Rosie Andrews.
This debut novel is set in Norfolk in 1643 and is a sinister, twisting tale with a harrowing yet satisfying conclusion.
The book is now available to buy in store and we welcome current members and new to join us at the store on March 22nd.
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