Events

Join us in the bookshop for an enchanting evening with local bestselling fiction author Ellen Alpsten, author of Tsarina and The Tsarina's Daughter. Oozing with elegance and atmosphere, Alpsten’s alluring debut novel Tsarina reimagines the rags-to-riches journey of Catherine I of Russia, from lowly birth and work in servitude to becoming the second wife of Peter …

Join us for an online evening featuring novelist (and bookshop owner!) Ann Patchett in conversation with author Daisy Buchanan. This event is to coincide with the publication of These Precious Days, an irresistible collection of essays from Patchett, the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth. Patchett will discuss her new essay …

This month we're reading a novella for our festive December book club: Love by Hanne Ørstavik. Love is the story of Vibeke and Jon, a mother and son who have just moved to a small place in the north of Norway. It’s the day before Jon’s birthday, and a travelling carnival has come to the …

Fancy some festive fun for all the family? Join us for author book signings on our stall at Latchmere Christmas Market! Local authors who'll be bringing and signing their books include Booker-nominated Mary Lawson (“A Town Called Solace”), local historian and writer Gordon Elsden (“People of the Latchmere”) and fantastic children's writer Zoe Antoniades ("Invincible Voices" …

At Parade's End Books we are pleased to announce that Graham Clark, who many would only know by his nickname Gubba in the 1960s, will be in our shop to locally launch his recently published book, Coronation Baby, Council House Kid on Saturday 15th January between 11am until 1pm. It tells a story of a …

This month we're reading Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller - winner of the Costa Novel Award 2021! Unsettled Ground tells the story of twins Jeanie and Julius, who have always been different from other people. At 51 years old, they still live with their mother, Dot, in rural isolation and poverty. Inside the walls of their …

Join internationally bestselling author Hannah Kent for this exclusive event celebrating the launch of her latest novel Devotion, where she will be speaking to author Kiran Millwood Hargrave (The Mercies). Hannah will discuss the inspiration behind her novels, writing historical fiction, and why this novel may be her most personal. From the author of Burial …

This month we’re reading The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey The book begins in March 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of Black Conch. A fisherman sings to himself, waiting for a catch – but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn’t expect. A beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as …

We're unbelievably excited to be hosting an evening at the bookshop with Booker Prize-nominated local author Mary Lawson!  Join us on Friday 26 March 7-9pm at Parade's End Books for a brilliant discussion with Mary Lawson, author of bestsellers such as Crow Lake, Road Ends and The Other Side of the Bridge. Take the opportunity to ask her all …

This month we’re reading Slow Horses by Mick Herron  The book begins at Slough House, Regent’s Park: a graveyard for members of the intelligence service no longer in the game – the slow horses. A motley crew of criminals, abusers and troubled souls, banished for various crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal – …