Storytime!
2025-04-27 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-11 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-25 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-06-08 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-06-22 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-06 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-10-12 10:00 - 10:30 UTC | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join Courtney as she reads classic children’s storybooks! This event is perfect for inspiring little ones.
Cost is £2 per child, redeemable against the purchase of any book. You can grab a ticket here or instore.

Book Club 47: Gabriel's Moon
2025-05-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd.
Gabriel Dax is an acclaimed travel writer by day, capturing changing landscapes in the grip of the Cold War. When he’s offered the chance to interview a political figure, his ambition leads him unwittingly into the shadows of espionage… now an accidental spy, we follow Gabriel from the vibrant streets of sixties London to the sun-soaked cobbles of Cadiz and the frosty squares of Warsaw.
All are welcome! Contact us if you’d like to come along.

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An Evening with A. D. Bergin, author of The Wicked of the Earth
2025-06-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us in welcoming fantastic author A. D. Bergin for an evening of historical intrigue as he discusses his debut historical thriller. There will also be a Q&A, the chance to get a signed copy of the book, and alcoholic and soft drinks available to purchase on the night.
Tickets are £5 and can be redeemed against the purchase of any book instore – get your ticket here!
About The Wicked of the Earth
We think you’ll love this pacy, twisting historical crime fiction based upon the true story of Britain’s biggest and most corrupt witch trial.
October, 1650. Traumatised Parliamentarian spy James Archer returns north seeking his sister Meg, missing in the aftermath of Newcastle’s recent witch trials. Aloof, enigmatic Elizabeth Thompson draws him to investigate the ongoing killing of women who had worked to free the accused. But when Elizabeth herself becomes hunted, the only chance of escape lies in Archer setting himself as bait…
Set against the backdrop of the greed and brutality of Interregnum England, The Wicked of the Earth is an historical thriller perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, S J Parris, or C J Sansom.

Book Club 48: The Heart in Winter
2025-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry.
“He was ready to die for love. He just needed to find the right girl.”
October, 1891. In Butte, Montana, a thunderbolt love affair takes spark. Tom and Polly strike out west on a stolen horse. But a posse of deranged Cornish gunsmen are in hot pursuit of the lovers, and closing in fast…
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.

Hair Rig by Toby Adams
2025-07-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Ever wondered why anglers go fishing?
Don’t worry. They’re wondering as well.
Toby Adams has been performing stand-up/spoken word for twenty years. Hair Rig is a new 45 minute gentle comedy about fishing the Thames.
Join us at Parade’s End for this summer comedy treat! Get your tickets online here, instore, or by phone at 020 8549 5425.
Praise for Toby’s previous shows:
‘A special experience.. I laughed a lot.’ – Stewart Lee
‘Quiet charisma… charming… treat yourself.’ – Chortle

Book Club 49: The Safekeep
2025-07-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden.
It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother’s country home. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel’s doorstep – as a guest, there to stay for the season… what happens between the two women leads to a revelation which threatens to unravel all she has ever known.
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.

Live Music Evening - Bamboo Nation
2025-07-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for a fantastic evening of live music with local band Bamboo Nation!
Tickets are £10 – get yours here or instore. There will also be alcoholic and soft drinks available to purchase on the night.
About the band:
Bamboo Nation are a guitar / vocal and cello duo who cover the much-loved classics. If you like Prince, Sting, Ray Charles and Pink Floyd, to name but a few, you will love this evening! They also play some original material – expect jazz and hits all night.

Book Club 50: Tell Me Everything
2025-08-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout.
A tale of human bonds and the search for the meaning of life, as Lucy Barton befriends the town lawyer who has become enmeshed in a murder investigation and finally also meets the legendary Olive Kitteridge.
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.

Through The Looking Glass
2025-08-20 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
A family interactive show based on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, that is as colourful as it is silly.
Have you ever stepped through a looking glass? Alice has. She stepped through her living room mirror on a spring day, and discovered a back to front world! Stop means go, forwards means backwards, and you can remember things before they’ve happened! Join Alice, as she meets some topsy-turvy characters living in a land where opposite day is every day!
Featuring some well known faces like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, The Mad Hatter, and the Talking Flowers, and some less known faces like, the White King and Queen, The Train Conductor and Humpty Dumpty!
The show is one hour long. Features a dress up parade at the end – adults and children, please feel free to dress up in your favourite Lewis Carroll character costumes, and the best ones will receive a prize!
Tickets are £10 for adults and £7 for children – get your tickets here.

[SOLD OUT] An Evening With Journalist and Author Karen Bartlett
2025-09-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We are so excited to be hosting an evening with bestselling journalist Karen Bartlett, who will talk about her book The Escape from Kabul: A True Story of Sisterhood and Defiance. There will also be a Q&A, and the opportunity to get yourself a copy of the book.
Tickets are FREE – book your spot here.
About ‘The Escape from Kabul’:
Combining moment-by-moment drama with an emotional story of friendship and bravery, The Escape from Kabul is also a searing insight into the captive fate of women in Afghanistan.
In the twenty years since 2001, Afghan women had obtained legal degrees, became judges and set out to transform their country – tackling corruption, and reducing horrifying levels of violence against women and children. These educated women of power were clear targets for the Taliban. But their friends – and sister judges – from the UK, Poland, USA and ANZ were not prepared to abandon them, using WhatsApp and sheer bloody-minded persistence, they found escape routes and new homes for family after family.
This is a heart-stopping story of rescue; but also a moving account of ambition, public service and the difficulties of having to build a new life abroad. Veteran, bestselling journalist Karen Bartlett’s compelling account also celebrates the capabilities and global power of united, working women and of the bond of a career spent in service to justice. Individuals who are often the last and only check to unbridled power, influence and violence.

Book Club 51: Homegoing
2025-09-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Spanning three continents and seven generations, the novel begins with Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader’s wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow.
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.

Live Music Evening: Songs inspired by Poems, Tales and Magical Islands
2025-09-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Nette Robinson returns to Parade’s End for an unmissable, intimate, evocative evening of songs inspired by stories, characters and places, as well as settings of sonnets and other poems, including Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Masefield…
Join acclaimed British jazz singer Nette Robinson, phenomenal saxophonist Tony Woods and compelling pianist Meredith White for a poetic & literary musical feast in the lovely setting of this cosy, independent bookshop.
Get your tickets here. Live music events tend to sell out, so book now to avoid disappointment!

Book Club 52: The Redemption of Galen Pike
2025-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This month we’re reading The Redemption of Galen Pike : and other stories by Carys Davies.
In a remote Australian settlement, a young wife with an untellable secret reluctantly invites her neighbour into her home. A Quaker spinster offers companionship to a condemned man in a Colorado jail. In the ice and snows of Siberia, an office employee from Birmingham witnesses a scene that will change her life. Spare, precise, charged with a prickly wit, the stories in Carys Davies’s sparkling second collection remind us how little we know of the lives of others.
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.

An Evening with Author Benjamin Wood
2025-10-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We are delighted to welcome Benjamin Wood, whose wonderful novel Seascraper has been longlisted for the Booker Prize! Join us for an evening with Benjamin as we delve into the world of Seascraper, along with a Q&A and the opportunity to get a signed copy of the book.
Tickets are £5 – get yours here.

'Burn the Rules' author event
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for an inspiring evening with Chet Hirani as we celebrate the launch of his new book Burn the Rules. Chet’s book is all about rethinking what real leadership looks like today, and will give great frameworks which can be applied to both your professional and personal life. There will be a Q&A and a chance to get a signed copy of the book.
This event is FREE – please sign up below to secure your place:

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About the book:
Burn the Rules isn’t just a book – it’s a bold leadership for today’s world. It dares leaders to break free from the noise of conventional leadership and reconnect with the way you wish you were led. No more shrinking dreams, following the script, or playing it safe. It’s about purpose, alignment, and unapologetic ownership of every aspect of your life. Burn the Rules dismantles the outdated beliefs that hold you back and challenges you to rise into leadership with courage, clarity and conviction.
Through his proprietary framework, the 5 states of optimisation, Chet equips leaders with the tools to master their energy, align their actions with their values, and create lasting impact in both their professional and personal lives.
Whether you’re building a business, chasing a dream, or stepping into your next chapter, this book will remind you who you are and unlock your path to being a true leader.
It’s time to burn the rules — and build something extraordinary.

Book Club 53: The Proof of My Innocence
2025-11-12 19:00 - 20:00
This month we’re reading The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe
Moving from contemporary politics to a literary enigma that is almost forty years old, The Proof of My Innocence darts between decades and genres as the protagonists try to solve a murder.
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.

'Metabolic Shift' book launch
2025-11-16 12:00 - 14:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
This event is FREE – please sign up below to let us know you’ll be coming:

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Parade's End 5th Birthday Celebration!
2025-11-20 10:00 - 19:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
It seems like only yesterday we were opening… but on 20th November, our beloved bookshop turns 5!
To mark the occasion, and to thank you all for your support over the years, we’re having a little celebratory day. Pop by that day to get 10% off books instore, and be treated to a free tea or soft drink 🎉

An Evening with Genevieve Marenghi, Author of 'No Oil Painting'
2025-11-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We are delighted to announce an evening with local author Genevieve Marenghi, reading from and discussing her novel No Oil Painting – a reverse art-heist set at Ham House. The book was listed for the inaugural Women’s Prize Trust and Curtis Brown’s Discoveries, and we can’t wait to hear more about it!
Tickets are FREE – get yours here.
There will also be a chance to get a signed copy of the book, and alcoholic and soft drinks will be available to purchase on the night.

An Evening with Julia Shaw, Author of Green Crime
2025-11-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for a scintillating evening with Dr Julia Shaw, a criminal psychologist at University College London, to discuss her new book Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet, and How to Stop Them. Hear more about the worst environmental crimes of our time, and the heroes bringing these criminals to justice — and for one night only, get a signed copy of the book with our special 10% discount!
Tickets are FREE – get yours here now.
Alcoholic and soft drinks will also be available to purchase on the night.

Festive Lates
2025-12-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for festive lates at Parade’s End! Drop by anytime between 6-8pm, and you will be treated to bubbly, mince pies, and recommendations for all your Christmas present-buying.
✨ During these evenings, we are offering our free gift-wrapping service ✨

Book Club 54: Night Swimmers
2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
We’ll be reading Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire for our last book club of 2025!
A coastal village in Northern Ireland, on the eve of lockdown: when Grace grudgingly saves Evan from drowning, they are startled into a reckoning with their past and a reconnection with the outside world.
Everyone welcome to join! Email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along.
Book club is £3, and there will be tea and festive snacks!

Wine Tasting Evening
2025-12-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Join us for a tasting of delicious and uncommon wines in the bookshop, guided by local wine merchant Taylor’s.
Cost is just £15 pp and includes four sample wines and cheese nibbles. Get your ticket here online or instore. We would recommend booking early, as tickets run out fast!
