Parade’s End Books

'Metabolic Shift' book launch
2025-11-16 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Parade’s End Books, 406 Richmond Road, KT2 5QF, United Kingdom
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Parade's End 5th Birthday Celebration!
2025-11-20 10:00 - 19:00
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
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
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
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
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
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!

Festive Lates
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00
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

'Maremma Mia' author event with Nicholas Hopton
2026-01-15 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for an author event with Nicholas Hopton, to celebrate his new book ‘Maremma Mia’. Leave the chills of English January for an evening, and treat yourself instead to a discussion of the delights and demands of life in the beautiful Tuscan countryside. There will also be a Q&A and a chance to get a signed copy of the book.
Tickets are £5 – get yours here. Ticket price is redeemable against purchase of the book on the night.
About the book:
Part memoir, part history, Maremma Mia is a spellbinding love letter to Italy. At the centre of this book is the chronicle of the Hopton family’s adventure as they transform an old farmhouse, “I Cipressi”, in the rural Maremma region of Tuscany into their home. The narrative unfolds across the changing seasons, capturing the unique beauty and unpredictability of their new lives in Tuscany. Through these experiences, Hopton reveals both the joys and challenges of rural life, painting a detailed picture of the local customs and traditions.
About the author:
Nicholas Hopton studied Italian at Cambridge University. His dissertation Sicilianità – on Twentieth Century Sicilian literature – won the Peskett Modern Languages prize. He also studied at the British Institute of Florence and La Sapienza University in Rome. His first published novel was In Pieces, which The New York Post described as ‘A wry, intelligent story of London life in the nineties’. He served as a diplomat for 35 years, including at the British Embassy in Italy and as UK Ambassador to Libya, Iran, Qatar and Yemen. He now lives in Twickenham and spends as much time as possible with his wife and five children at their house in Tuscany.

An evening with Anthony Gardner, author of 'All God's Creatures'
2026-01-29 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for an evening with Anthony Gardner, who will talk about his new book ‘All God’s Creatures’. Perfect for fans of Evelyn Waugh and Tom Sharpe, the book is a gentle, satirical novel about the madness of cancel culture. There will also be a Q&A and a chance to get a signed copy of the book.
Tickets are £5 – get yours here. Ticket price is redeemable against purchase of the book on the night.
About the book:
When mild-mannered editor Ben Fairweather loses his job after being branded a “petphobic bigot” by a fanatical religious movement that believes animals are closer to God than humans, he stumbles into a new life as a nightclub pianist. But soon he is drawn into a world of spies, art forgery, sinister oligarchs, AI and murder.
All God’s Creatures is Anthony Gardner’s ingenious caper: part madcap farce, part sharp-eyed satire in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh and Tom Sharpe, and an unsettling mirror of our own age of chaos.
About the author:
Author, journalist, and former editor of the Royal Society of Literature Review, Anthony Gardner has written for The Sunday Times Magazine, Irish Times, and The Economist. He is the author of two previous novels (The Rivers of Heaven, Fox) and two collections of poetry, one of which was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.
