Book Club 57: Old Filth
2026-03-05 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
This month we’re reading Old Filth by Jane Gardam.
This novel follows judge Sir Edward Feathers as he reckons with his own history and that of the 20th century: from his childhood in Malaya and early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, where he earned the nickname Old Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong), all the way to his return to England towards the end of the millennium.
Just email us to be added to the mailing list, then just get your copy of the book from the bookshop, and come along!

Games Night
2026-03-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
Love to relax & connect in person?
Then join us for Games Night (aka Digital Detox Club) at Parade’s End Bookshop: the club will run every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month – 7-9pm
What to expect? No phones. No screens. Just a peaceful, relaxed, social evening.
What we provide? Board games, cards, jigsaws, a free drink & nibbles.
What to bring? Just yourself, and maybe a craft or activity of your choice – be that knitting, a board game, or a musical instrument!
£12 a time or £30 for 3 nights. Either book online here, instore or pay on the night!

Anuradha Roy - Called by the Hills
2026-03-13 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for an evening with Anuradha Roy, to hear her speak about her new book, Called By the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya: the captivating story of building a home and a garden on the edge of the Himalayan wilds. Written with unsentimental clarity, humour and poignancy, Called By the Hills is an account of profound transformations.
When novelist Anuradha Roy and her husband stumble upon a derelict cottage in the hill station of Ranikhet, they decide it is where they will now live. Leaving behind the freneticism of Delhi, Roy is initially bemused by the gentle pace of life in the mountains. Before long, however, she is won over: spellbound by the landscape, taken to the heart of her sometimes recalcitrant neighbours, and adopted by four mountain dogs and counting.
Over twenty-five years, as Roy becomes accustomed to living among forests where leopards roam freely, she will come to encounter nature at its most fierce, beautiful and vulnerable – and bear witness to the destructive impact of global warming on the alpine ecosystem.
Anuradha Roy, is the author of five novels, including Sleeping on Jupiter, which won the DSC Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
