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SUMMARY:Meet the masterminds behind QI: the QI Elves
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEntrance to the event is free when you buy Funny You Should Ask from us – to purchase the book click here. Once you have purchased the book\, you will be emailed an invitation to the event on the day – 7 June 2021 @ 7pm – save the date and time in the meantime! \n  \n \nDive into this splendid collection of listeners’ unusual questions and some unexpected answers that are sure to make your head spin on topics ranging from goosebumps to grapefruit\, pizza to pirates and everything in-between. Generously sprinkled with extra facts and questions from the Elves\, Funny You Should Ask is essential reading for the incurably curious.
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/meet-the-masterminds-behind-qi-the-qi-elves
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SUMMARY:Book Club meeting 3
DESCRIPTION:For those of you who have joined our book club – our second meeting will be held on May 12th at 7pm. \nThis month’s book is: \nLove After Love : Winner of the 2020 Costa First Novel Award  \n \n\nIf you are interested in joining\, please email: orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-meeting-3
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Emily St. John Mandel in conversation with Anna James
DESCRIPTION: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 of Station Eleven\, The Glass Hotel is the story of the lives caught up in two very different tragedies: a woman disappearing from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme imploding in New York\, dragging countless fortunes with it.\n\nThe virtual event is free when you order a paperback copy of The Glass Hotel. \nTo order this title\, please follow this link: The Glass Hotel – *Pre-Order* – Parade’s End Books
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/emily-st-john-mandel-in-conversation-with-anna-james
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SUMMARY:The Environmental Future of Business with Richard Walker and Chris Packham
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEntrance to the event is free when you buy The Green Grocer : One man’s manifesto for corporate activism from us.  \nOnce you have purchased the book\, you will be emailed an invitation to the event on the day\, 22 April March 2021 – save the date in the meantime! \n  \nAbout the Speakers \nRichard Walker is the managing director of Iceland Foods\, a company that has led the way with ethical and eco business practices in the UK since the 1980s\, including replacing CFC gases\, recycling\, and launching eco-friendly “greenfreeze” technology. Richard is at the forefront of the sustainable business conversation\, being a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader\, a member of the DEFRA Council for Sustainable Business\, a Sustainable Business Ambassador for the HRH the Prince of Wales\, and a trustee of several leading environmental charities. He is a panellist on BBC’s Question Time and star of Channel 5’s recent TV series Inside Iceland.  \nChris Packham is one of the UK’s most popular TV naturalists and an award-winning conservationist\, photographer and author. He has always been fascinated by wildlife and\, as a young scientist at the zoology department of Southampton University\, he studied kestrels\, shrews\, and badgers. His TV career began with the award-winning Really Wild Show. His more recent work includes the critically acclaimed global series Secrets of our Living Planet\, and he is co-presenter of Springwatch\, Autumnwatch\, and Winterwatch. His 2017 memoir Fingers in the Sparkle Jar was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller. His most recent book\, written with Megan McCubbin\, Back to Nature: How to Love Life – and Save It published in November 2020. \nAbout the Host \nGeorgina Wilson Powell is on a mission to reduce overconsumption through positive storytelling. As the founder of pebble\, she has been inspiring consumer change through her much-loved magazine\, events\, and community for the last 4 years. She has 17 years’ experience as a magazine publisher and editor\, has worked with corporations and charities as an editorial and comms strategist and her first book\, Is It Really Green? Was published in
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SUMMARY:Book Club meeting 2
DESCRIPTION:For those of you who have joined our book club – our second meeting will be held on April 14th at 7pm. \nThis month’s book is: \nBefore the coffee gets cold: Tales from the Cafe – Parade’s End Books \n \nIf you are interested in joining\, please email: orders@paradesendbooks.co.uk
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-meeting-2
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SUMMARY:Klara and the Sun - an evening with Kazuo Ishiguro
DESCRIPTION:Klara and The Sun is the latest work of fiction by Kazuo Ishiguro – and we are delighted to be able to be holding this event\, giving us all an opportunity to discover the genius behind this gripping novel. \nKazuo Ishiguro will be in conversation with bookseller and former BA President Nic Bottomley to discuss Klara and the Sun\, and its themes of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the essence of humanity. \n  \nThis event is FREE to all people who have bought a copy of Klara and the Sun through us – if you have already purchased a copy\, please contact us and we will send you a link on the day of the event. If you are yet to have bought a copy and want to attend the event\, please do so here: Klara and the Sun – Parade’s End Books
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/klara-and-the-sun-an-evening-with-kazuo-ishiguro
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SUMMARY:World Book Day
DESCRIPTION:We are celebrating World Book Day until the 28th of March!\nWorld Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure\, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. The World Book Day £1 books and discounts are a gift from us to support this wonderful cause.  \nSo stop by with your £1 vouchers and exchange them for either: \nA) A £1 World Book Day Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat the Ladybird Heard – World Book Day \nWritten by: Julia Donaldson\nIllustrated by: Lydia Monks \n\n\nLittle Badman and the Radioactive Samosa – World Book Day\nWritten by: Humza Arshad and Henry White\nIllustrated by: Aleksei Bitskoff\n\n\nGigantosaurus: Dino-Spot – World Book Day\nWritten by: Jonny Duddle\nPublisher: Bonnier\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKill Joy – World Book Day \nWritten by: Holly Jackson\nFootball School – World Book Day \nWritten by: Alexander Bellos and Ben Lyttleton\nIllustrated by: Spike Gerrell\n\nSkulduggery Pleasant – World Book Day \nWritten by: Derek Landy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere’s a Wolf in Your Book – World Book Day\nWritten by: Tom Fletcher\nIllustrated by: Greg Abbott\n\n\nLuna Loves World Book Day – World Book Day\nWritten by: Joseph Coelho\nIllustrated by: Fiona Lumbers\n\n\nProtect the Planet – World Book Day\nWritten by: Jess French\nIllustrated by: Aleesha Nandhra\n\n\n\n\n  \nOr B) receive a £1 discount on any full price children’s book!\nWe have a large and varied collection of books for young people of all ages – from delightful board books and colourful picture books to gripping Young Adult fiction and enlightening non-fiction. Come by our store-front to browse!
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/world-book-day
LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Home Delivery Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are now offering Home Delivery to any UK address!
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/home-delivery-launch
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SUMMARY:The Grand Opening
DESCRIPTION:We are paying close attention to government guidelines. But if lockdown restrictions are indeed lifted\, we shall be eagerly opening our doors properly from December 2nd\, with longer hours (10:00 – 18:00 Monday – Saturday; 11:00 – 17:00 Sunday)\, and entry into the shop permitted – with masks and social distancing of course!
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/the-grand-opening
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SUMMARY:Click & Collect Launch
DESCRIPTION:We will be opening our doors for Click & Collect on Wednesday the 25th of November!\nPlease use our website to order books and then await our email confirmation telling you that your new book/s are ready waiting for you.\nThen stop by and pick up your package.\nHope to see you soon!
URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/click-collect-launch
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