Join us online this Earth Day (April 22) as Iceland MD Richard Walker - author of The Green Grocer - is joined by naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham to discuss the role corporate activism should play in the fight against climate change. Entrance to the event is free when you buy The Green Grocer : …

Join internationally bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel for this exclusive event on 6th May, where she will be speaking to author and journalist Anna James to launch the paperback of The Glass Hotel. Emily will discuss the inspiration behind her novels, writing dystopias, and the role of fiction during a pandemic. From the author …

For those of you who have joined our book club – our second meeting will be held on May 12th at 7pm. This month’s book is: Love After Love : Winner of the 2020 Costa First Novel Award  If you are interested in joining, please email: orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk

If you’ve ever wondered why dads make such bad jokes, or why there is an Essex, a Wessex, a Sussex but no Nossex, this is the event for you! Join Andrew Hunter Murray, Anne Miller and James Rawson for an evening online that will be unashamedly brainy, intriguing and funny. Entrance to the event is …

As part of #IBW2021, join Indie Book Award shortlisted authors Sarah Moss and IngridPersaud in conversation at a special online event on June 22nd at 7pm, chaired by bookseller Sally Pattle from Far From the Madding Crowd in Linlithgow. The event will be on the theme of “Family”. Sarah Moss and Ingrid Persaud will be …

On Thursday 24th June (7pm), non-fiction authors Grace Dent and Lemn Sissay will be discussing their memoirs Hungry and My name is why in a virtual panel event on the subject of “Childhood”. The chair for the event will be bookseller Betsy Tobin from Ink@84 bookshop in London. Access to the event is free when …

Discover local history! Support a local author! Patronise a local business!   Local author Gordon Elsden has teamed up with us to throw a public launch event for the release of Elsden's latest local history book: People of the Latchmere. On Saturday, July 3rd, from 10am - 4pm not only will the riveting read go on sale exclusively at Parade's …

Join us for an event with Brit Bennett, author of ‘The Vanishing Half’ We invite you to take part in an online event with bestselling author Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half. ‘The Vanishing Half’ weaves together multiple strands and generations of the Vignes family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s …

Join us for an evening at the store with three of our favourite local fiction authors: Louise Fein, author of People like us and the upcoming The Hidden Child Molly Gartland, author of The Girl from the Hermitage Andy Howden, author of Melting in the middle After a discussion about their experiences brainstorming, researching and …

For this month's book club we will be reading The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai. The Mountains Sing is an intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family’s battle to survive. One family, two generations of women and a war that will change their lives forever. Ha Noi, 1972. Huong …