BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Parade's End Books - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Parade's End Books X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Parade's End Books REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241121T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20241029T201929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T201929Z UID:19660-1732215600-1732222800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Tasting Evening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tasting of delicious Beaujolais Nouveau wines. Cost is just £20pp and includes five sample wines and cheese nibbles. Get your ticket here. \nAbout the wines:\nBeaujolais Nouveau owes its easy drink-ability to a wine-making process called carbonic maceration\, also called whole berry fermentation. This technique preserves the fresh\, fruity quality of the wine\, without extracting bitter tannins from the grape skins. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/beaujolais-nouveau-wine-tasting-evening LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wine-tasting-evening.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241113T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241113T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20241103T210552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T211055Z UID:19670-1731524400-1731528000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 41: After the Funeral DESCRIPTION:This month we are reading After the Funeral by Tessa Hadley \nIn these twelve short stories\, Hadley plumbs the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. \nAll are welcome! Contact us if you’d like to come along. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-41-after-the-funeral LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/9781529922691.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241024T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241024T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20241003T195444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T195444Z UID:19588-1729796400-1729801800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Mischief Makers DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Elizabeth Gifford to hear about her new book The Mischief Makers – an enthralling and brilliantly conceived historical novel exploring the troubled inner world of Daphne Du Maurier.  \nAbout THE MISCHIEF MAKERS: \nShe wrote her stories in his shadow. Now Daphne’s past is catching up with her… \nIn a beautiful house in the wilds of Cornwall\, Daphne du Maurier is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Tangled in a self-destructive love affair that threatens to unravel her marriage\, she is also distracted by worry for the family friend whose shadow looms over her childhood: J. M. Barrie\, author of Peter Pan. \nDaphne tries to escape into writing her new book\, but the line between fiction and reality blurs dangerously when her own characters start manifesting before her eyes – in particular a woman called Rebecca who looks suspiciously like her husband’s alluring ex-girlfriend. \nDaphne must confront the dark truth that lurks beneath the fantasy of Peter Pan and the secret life that has plagued her since she found fame. Unless she can solve these mysteries and reckon with who she truly is as an artist\, her next great work may be lost to history… \nBook your FREE ticket to the event here.  URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-launch-the-mischief-makers LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/03-_MischiefMakers-cover_social-media_cover_book_launch.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241019T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241019T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20241003T200830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T062540Z UID:19594-1729364400-1729371600@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Jazz Evening DESCRIPTION:[THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT] \nLive music @ Parade’s End is back! Join us for an unmissable evening with Green St. Jazz with Rebecca T. Sit back\, relax\, and let the music carry you away… \nTickets are £15. \nAlcoholic and soft drinks will be available to purchase throughout the evening. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/jazz-evening LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241016T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241016T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20241003T200205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T200205Z UID:19591-1729105200-1729108800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 40: North Woods DESCRIPTION:This month we are reading North Woods by Daniel Mason \nOver four centuries\, Mason charts the story of a single house deep in the woods of New England: home to runaways and visionaries\, inseparable twins\, a lovelorn painter\, a desperate mother and a ruthless conman… \nAll are welcome! Contact us if you’d like to come along. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-40-north-woods LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/9781399809306.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240928T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240928T170000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240606T151106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T121833Z UID:19094-1727532000-1727542800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Gyles Brandreth Book Signing DESCRIPTION:Come along to Parade’s End Books on Saturday September 28th for your chance to meet one of the UK’s most loves national treasures and raconteur Gyles Brandreth. \nGyles will be signing copies of his new book Prose & Cons from 2pm and we are sure he will have some great anecdotes for you! \nYou can pre-order your copy here and collect for signing on the day. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/gyles-brandreth-book-signing LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GylesB-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240923T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240923T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240606T144829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T115137Z UID:19089-1727116200-1727123400@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Food for Menopause with Dr. Linia Patel DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Dr.Linia Patel as we discuss the impact of nutrition and diet on women going through menopause and perimenopause \nGet your ticket here \n£5 ticket price can be used against purchase of this or any other book on the night. \n  \n  \nFood for Menopause by Dr Linia Patel is packed with 80 super tasty\, appealing recipes – perfect for busy lives.\nYou might already know a bit about menopause symptoms or you might believe it’s something to think about some time in the future. But studies show that there’s lots you can do from your thirties to make your menopausal years easier. \nDr Linia Patel’s friendly\, authoritative cookbook explains how to make your menopause work for you by setting out the impact of nutrition on the body. It’s about mastering your mid-life body by knowing exactly what to put on your plate. For example\, why do you get brain fog\, hot flushes or mood swings\, which nutrients should you be getting more of to combat these\, and what recipes can you make to pack in more of those nutrients? There’s so much you can factor into your diet to see you through perimenopause\, menopause and beyond and crucially to enable you to THRIVE\, not just survive. \nPart 1: Understanding your body and your symptoms\nPart 2: Eating for success\nPart 3: Living for success\nPart 4: Recipes for success – breakfast\, lunch\, snacks\, dinner\, weekend meals\, sides and extras\, sweet treats and drinks URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/food-for-menopause-with-dr-linia-patel LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/food-for.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240917T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240917T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240430T140656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T115042Z UID:18892-1726597800-1726605000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:A Memoir and Manifesto about Autism DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Virginia Bovell as she discusses her memoir Danny’s People. \nVirginia’s son Danny has a way of lighting up a room. He’s warm\, personable and has an infectious laugh. He forms lasting relationships and has known his best friend since they were little. He is also nonverbal and autistic\, and requires round-the-clock care and a liquid diet. And for this reason\, there are many people who would rather not encounter Danny. \nFighting against a view that autism is something which needs to be ‘cured’\, Virginia Bovell testifies to the battles to obtain support\, the dismissive attitude of some professionals\, and chronic underfunding faced by families at every turn. Passionate and unapologetic\, Danny’s People draws on Virginia’s experience as both a mother and activist to offer a compelling argument for change. \nGet your ticket here. \n£5 ticket cost can be used against purchase of this or any other book on the night URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/a-memoir-and-manifesto-about-autism LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dannys.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240911T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240911T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240903T183940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T183940Z UID:19517-1726081200-1726084800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 39: In the Blink of an Eye DESCRIPTION:This month we are reading In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan \nDCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother\, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock\, Kat’s instincts come up against Lock’s logic. But when the two missing person’s cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active\, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal.  \nAll are welcome! Contact us if you’d like to come along. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-39-in-the-blink-of-an-eye ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/9781398511194.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240908T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240908T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240806T121449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T121649Z UID:19455-1725791400-1725798600@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Frog in a Fog Reading and Activities DESCRIPTION:Join Marielle Bayliss for this fun activity for kids aged 2 to 6. \nThere will be a reading of Frog in a Fog followed by a frog warm up\, fun facts and activities. \nBook your FREE place here. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/frog-in-a-fog-reading-and-activities LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FroginaFogCOVER_1024x1024@2x.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240822T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240822T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240724T164132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T165231Z UID:19410-1724353200-1724358600@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Art Classes with Lucy Smith - 22nd August DESCRIPTION:Throughout August Lucy Smith will be hosting art classes for beginners or those wishing to improve their art skills. The classes are inspired by her book Botanical Sketchbooks: An Artist’s Guide to Plant Studies. \nYou can sign up for as many of the classes as you like. Each class is £30 per person and includes tea or coffee. \nINTRODUCTION TO BOTANICAL ART \nIn these sessions\, botanical artist Lucy T. Smith will introduce you to botanical art techniques and approaches by showing you how to observe and record plants using sketchbook studies. \nEach 1.5 hour session can be taken as a stand-alone class\, but they work even better if you take all four\, with time to practice techniques in between! \nSESSION 4 – FREEHAND SKETCHING \nPencil\, pen & ink\, watercolour: how to make loose sketches of plants using mixed media. \nBook your place here URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/art-classes-with-lucy-smith-4 LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Botanicla.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240815T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240815T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240724T163954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T165147Z UID:19408-1723748400-1723753800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Art Classes with Lucy Smith - 15th August DESCRIPTION:Throughout August Lucy Smith will be hosting art classes for beginners or those wishing to improve their art skills. The classes are inspired by her book Botanical Sketchbooks: An Artist’s Guide to Plant Studies. \nYou can sign up for as many of the classes as you like. Each class is £30 per person and includes tea or coffee. \nINTRODUCTION TO BOTANICAL ART \nIn these sessions\, botanical artist Lucy T. Smith will introduce you to botanical art techniques and approaches by showing you how to observe and record plants using sketchbook studies. \nEach 1.5 hour session can be taken as a stand-alone class\, but they work even better if you take all four\, with time to practice techniques in between! \nSESSION 3 – BOTANICAL PEN AND INK \nPen and Ink: Discovering pen and ink techniques for drawing plants using line\, how to add shading in ink using stipple and hatching. \nBook your place here URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/art-classes-with-lucy-smith-3 LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Botanicla.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240808T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240808T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240724T163739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T165045Z UID:19406-1723143600-1723149000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Art Classes with Lucy Smith - 8th August DESCRIPTION:Throughout August Lucy Smith will be hosting art classes for beginners or those wishing to improve their art skills. The classes are inspired by her book Botanical Sketchbooks: An Artist’s Guide to Plant Studies. \nYou can sign up for as many of the classes as you like. Each class is £30 per person and includes tea or coffee. \nINTRODUCTION TO BOTANICAL ART \nIn these sessions\, botanical artist Lucy T. Smith will introduce you to botanical art techniques and approaches by showing you how to observe and record plants using sketchbook studies. \nEach 1.5 hour session can be taken as a stand-alone class\, but they work even better if you take all four\, with time to practice techniques in between! \nSESSION 2 – WATERCOLOUR FOR BOTANICAL SUBJECTS \nWatercolour: mixing watercolour to match botanical subjects and adding colour to pencil sketchbook drawings. \nBook your place here URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/art-classes-with-lucy-smith-2 LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Botanicla.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240801T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240801T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240724T163615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T164429Z UID:19403-1722538800-1722544200@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Art Classes with Lucy Smith - 1st August DESCRIPTION:Throughout August Lucy Smith will be hosting art classes for beginners or those wishing to improve their art skills. The classes are inspired by her book Botanical Sketchbooks: An Artist’s Guide to Plant Studies. \nYou can sign up for as many of the classes as you like. Each class is £30 per person and includes tea or coffee. \nINTRODUCTION TO BOTANICAL ART \nIn these sessions\, botanical artist Lucy T. Smith will introduce you to botanical art techniques and approaches by showing you how to observe and record plants using sketchbook studies. \nEach 1.5 hour session can be taken as a stand-alone class\, but they work even better if you take all four\, with time to practice techniques in between! \n  \nSESSION 1 – DRAWING PLANTS IN PENCIL \nGraphite pencil: How to make accurate pencil drawings of flowers\, fruits and seeds using line to describe shapes\, and tone to depict three-dimensional form. \nBook your place here. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/art-classes-with-lucy-smith LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Botanicla.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240717T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240717T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240623T154403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T154403Z UID:19230-1721242800-1721248200@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 37: Forbidden Notebook DESCRIPTION:This month we are reading Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Cespedes \nOut running an errand\, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse – she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary in secret\, recording her concerns about her daughter\, the constant churn of the domestic routine and her fears that her husband will discover her new habit. With each entry Valeria plunges deeper into her interior life\, uncovering profound dissatisfaction and restlessness. As she finds her own voice\, the roles that have come to define her-as wife\, as mother\, as daughter-begin to break apart. \nForbidden Notebook is a rediscovered jewel of Italian literature\, published here in a new translation by the celebrated Ann Goldstein and with a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri. A captivating feminist classic\, it is an intimate\, haunting story of domestic discontent in postwar Rome\, and of one woman’s awakening to her true thoughts and desires. \nAll are welcome! Contact us if you’d like to come along. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-37-forbidden-notebook LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/9781782278221.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240712T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240712T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240628T100632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240628T135435Z UID:19257-1720812600-1720818000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with Mima Biddulph and Adam Collier-Woods DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of making something out of nothing and flying by the seat of your pants. \nMima Biddulph’s debut book\, ‘ Playing it By Ear\, Adam’s recycled build on a budget’. \nBook for event here \n  \n  URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-mima-biddulph-and-adam-collier-woods LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MimaBiddulph-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240711T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240711T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240618T090412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T090849Z UID:19190-1720722600-1720729800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:School of Life Conversation - Getting Over Your Parents DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of conversation presented by The School of Life. The topic will be Getting Over Your Parents – based on the book which is an insightful and illuminating guide to understanding the psychological legacy left to us by our parents. \n  \nOur parents are a huge deal: no matter our relationship to them\, who we are today (what love stories we get into\, our attitudes to work\, our self-esteem) is crucially determined by our relationships with our origin families. \n  \nFollowing on from the bestselling How To Overcome Your Childhood\, Getting Over Your Parents is a practical guide on how to navigate the complex legacies left to us by our parents. By exploring different types of parents\, such as “The Preoccupied Parent”\, “The Overprotective Parent”’ and “The Controlling Parent”\, it gives us a vocabulary with which to understand some of the stranger and more difficult things that parents sometimes do to their children\, as well as advice on how to move forward from our puzzles or confusions. The emphasis is never on blame\, always on understanding. \nOffering constructive solutions for dealing with the symptoms of a difficult childhood\, this book helps us to explore the past so that we can avoid the mistakes our parents made\, and secure for ourselves the more creative\, calm and loving future we deserve. \n  \nThe event is FREE and all are welcome. Tea and coffee will be available for purchase on the evening. Register your place HERE URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/school-of-life-conversation-getting-over-your-parents LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/getting.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240622T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240622T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240517T130652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T130652Z UID:19018-1719077400-1719082800@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Perfect Guest DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to welcome local author Ruth Irons to celebrate the launch of her unputdownable thriller The Perfect Guest. \nFree event – come along on the evening!  URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-launch-the-perfect-guest LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9781785306785-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240612T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240612T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240517T131005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T131005Z UID:19021-1718218800-1718222400@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 36: Cloudstreet DESCRIPTION:This month we’re reading Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. \nCloudstreet is Tim Winton’s great family drama\, a twenty-year story of life and love\, full of boisterous energy\, joy and heartbreak. His visceral evocation of the Australian landscape is nowhere more extraordinary than in this classic. \nEveryone is welcome to the book club and we encourage newcomers. Contact us to join. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-36-cloudstreet LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9781447275305.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240607T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240607T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240516T161140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T112943Z UID:18999-1717786800-1717794000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Georgina Moore and Kirsty Capes In Conversation DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening in conversation with two fantastic authors: Georgina Moore\, author of The Garnett Girls\, and Kirsty Capes\, author of recently released Girls. Both explore sisters\, dysfunctional families and absent mothers in their dazzling novels. \nBook your free place here. \n  \nAbout The Garnett Girls: \nTangled relationships\, family secrets and the unbreakable bond between sisters \nMeet the Garnett Girls… \nThree sisters living in the shadow of their parents’ glorious failed marriage. \nRachel\, desperate to return to London\, but tied to the beautiful crumbling house they grew up in on the Isle of Wight. \nImogen\, with a devoted fiancé and a fledgling writing career\, feeling a powerful connection to a beautiful stranger. \nAnd wild\, passionate Sasha\, trapped between her sisters and her husband\, hiding a secret that could shake their family to the core… \n  \nAbout Girls: \n\n\nEveryone has heard of Girls.\nBut what happened to the women they became?\nAt the time of her death\, the press wrote many things about Ingrid Olssen: \nShe was a brilliant artist. She was a terrible mother to her girls\, Mattie and Nora. And that her legacy would live on forever. \nEven so\, it’s unlikely the world will ever see another Ingrid Olssen exhibition – her last request to her daughters was to throw her ashes in the canyon and her paintings in the sea. \nBut as Mattie and Nora reluctantly embark on an all-or-nothing trip to fulfil her wishes\, they start to unpick the painful scars of their past. \nAnd soon they begin to realise that the ties that bound them\, might also break them… URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/georgina-moore-and-kirsty-capes-in-conversation LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/oRDER-YOUR-TICKET-NOW-INSTORE-BY-PHONE-OR-EMAIL-OR-HERE-ON-WEBSITE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240601T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240601T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240510T180136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T180136Z UID:18962-1717268400-1717275600@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with Tom Shakespeare DESCRIPTION:Join BBC Radio 4 presenter\, sociologist and comedian Tom Shakespeare for an evening celebrating the release of his fiction debut\, The Ha-Ha. You’ll be able to hear more about Tom’s writing\, ask all your burning questions\, purchase books and get them signed. \nThis event is FREE to attend and you can book your spot here:\nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Event *Let us know which event you would like to register forSubmit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-tom-shakespeare LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/parades-end-poster-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240515T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240515T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240505T144429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T144510Z UID:18948-1715799600-1715803200@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 35: The House of Doors DESCRIPTION:This month we’re reading The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. \nIt is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang\, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie\, an old friend of Robert’s\, comes to stay. \nWillie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage\, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons\, Lesley confides secrets of her own\, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen\, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. And more scandalous still\, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts – a tragedy drawn from fact\, and worthy of fiction. \nEveryone is welcome to the book club and we encourage newcomers. Contact us to join \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-35-the-house-of-doors LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9781838858339.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240427T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240427T210000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240329T120229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T080023Z UID:18651-1714244400-1714251600@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Live! Folk Music Trio - SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:***SOLD OUT***\nJoin us for an evening of live folk music with:\nDave Stenhouse – A true troubadour with his roots in the London 60s folk scene brings new and old classic to life\nRob Hughes – Immaculate finger-style guitarist plays and sings his original songs and unique arrangements of familiar gems.\nBeth Jakob – Beth’s simple melodies and raw lyrics will take you on a story telling journey. \nBook your place here URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/live-folk-music-trio LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Live-music.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240417T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240417T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240320T121705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T121934Z UID:18108-1713380400-1713384000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club 34 DESCRIPTION:This month we are reading In Memoriam by Alice Winn \nIn 1914\, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They’re too young to enlist\, and anyway\, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle – an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy\, poetic Ellwood – not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him\, always has been. \nWhen Gaunt’s mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks\, he signs up immediately\, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him into the horrors of trenches. Though Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another\, their friends are dying in front of them\, and at any moment they could be next. \nEveryone is welcome to the book club and we encourage newcomers. Contact us to join \n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-34 LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/In-Memoriam.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240404T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240404T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240320T120849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T120849Z UID:18105-1712255400-1712262600@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Floored Book Launch DESCRIPTION:Join us for the book launch of “Floored” – the debut romcom from Chrissie Harrison. Browse the bookstore\, mingle\, and enjoy free fizz! \n“In order to expose her sexist boss\, sparky but socially anxious Hannah must hope her daring scheme to bug the office lift doesn’t backfire. However\, when she accidentally gets talking to lovelorn accountant Drew\, she becomes distracted with the impossible dream of romance. \nIf she can summon the courage to meet him in person\, perhaps together they can catch the preying boss without being discovered… and without damaging their fledgling relationship.” \nFLOORED is a charming romantic comedy guaranteed to give you a lift. \nThis wonderful\, laugh-out-loud\, will-they-won’t-they romcom is perfect for those who loved Beth O’Leary’s “The Flatshare”\, Laura Jane Williams’ “Our Stop”\, or Sally Thorne’s “The Hating Game”. \nThis book is the debut of Chrissie Harrison\, the pen name of Chris Towndrow who has published a dozen novels over the last decade. \nNo need to book – just turn up! URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/floored-book-launch LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/floored.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240314T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240314T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240209T105343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T105343Z UID:17812-1710441000-1710448200@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with Claire Martin DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Claire Martin as she discusses her book Heirs of Ambition – the making of the Boleyns. \nThis is a free to attend event and you can book your place Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Event *Let us know which event you would like to register forSubmit \nHeirs of Ambition: The Making of the Boleyns uncovers the story and the family behind England’s most obsessed-over queen\, Anne Boleyn. \nFrom the fields of Norfolk to the royal court\, via city commerce\, local government\, liberal education and numerous wedding bells\, the Boleyns emerge as just one of many newly prosperous and ambitious families seeking to make the best of a changing world. As they struggle upwards\, England is visited by famine\, plague\, revolt and civil war – but also opportunity. \nStruggling peasants in dirt-floored cottages scratch a living on tiny scraps of land. More than half are swept away by plague while revolt soaks the south-east in blood\, but hope lies in the teeming\, timber-framed streets of London amongst ambitious merchants who speculate and scheme. Meagre rations become venison pasties and straw-filled mattresses\, featherbeds\, but some things remain the same. Disease has no respect for gold and silver; war takes sons whose lives have barely begun. While the Boleyns’ new-found wealth delivered power and status\, they still lived in a violent world and life could be precarious\, even for a queen. \nFrom steady climb to bone-breaking fall\, the Boleyns’ story is medieval life at its messy\, prejudiced and unstable best. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-claire-martin LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Claire-Martin-Parades-End.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240313T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240313T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240225T165354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240225T165354Z UID:17914-1710356400-1710360000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting 33 DESCRIPTION:This month we are reading The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. \nJoin us for a darkly humorous feminist revenge thriller. Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband – a rumour she hasn’t bothered trying to correct. Life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife… until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows\, too.  \nEveryone is welcome to the book club and we encourage newcomers. Just drop us an email to join. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-meeting-33 LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9781838957179.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240224T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240224T213000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240129T160448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T160448Z UID:17761-1708803000-1708810200@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Serkan Trio Jazz Evening DESCRIPTION:Some tunes you know and some improvisation you don’t! \nDon’t miss this evening of chamber jazz with the Serkan Trio. \nSerkan Cakit – keyboard\, vocals\nAndrew Blake – sax\, flute\, vocals\nAlan Durant – double bass \nThis is a highly popular event so book your place here to avoid disappointment! URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/serkan-trio-jazz-evening LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Serkan-Trio-poster-for-24-2-24.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240211T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240211T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240117T122200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240117T125512Z UID:17690-1707652800-1707667200@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Dog Days! DESCRIPTION:We want to celebrate our doggie customers so pop in to see us with (or without) your pooch for our first Dog Day! \nWe will have Stephanie Howard who is a renowned pet sketch artist and she will be in the shop from 12.00-16.00 to create amazing sketches of your dog. \nWe will also have highly acclaimed dog trainer Aftab Ahmed with us from 14.00. Aftab has written a book on training called To Be Frank and you can pop in to ask him about any issues you have with your dog\, plus learn more about his book. \nAll dogs who come to see us will get treats from The Four Legged Foodies. \nThe event is free but there is a £25 charge for dog sketch which you can order here. We will then contact you to arrange for you to submit a photo to use as the sketch. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/dog-days LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bookshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240207T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240207T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T062540 CREATED:20240112T151239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T151239Z UID:17688-1707332400-1707336000@paradesendbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting 32 DESCRIPTION:This month we will be reading Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin. \nAn extraordinary story of the journey of one young family through love\, loss and unwavering hope. \nEveryone is welcome to the book club and we encourage newcomers. Just drop us an email to join. URL:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/book-club-meeting-32 LOCATION:Parade’s End Books\, 406 Richmond Road\, KT2 5QF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/9780008528812.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR