Welcome

New! Open on Mondays from 28 November to 19 December
from 9.30 am to 5 pm. Come and visit us!

Newham Bookshop
at Christmas Fairs

We’ll be selling books at The Christmas Market Trail, Leytonstone on Saturday 3 December from 11 am to 4 pm, and at the Winchelsea Christmas Fair on Sunday 4 December from 12 noon at The Wanstead Tap. Click on the posters for details.

Thursday 12 January at 4 pm at Newham Bookshop

Publication day book signing

Meet Nadiya Hussain at Newham Bookshop

We are delighted to welcome Nadiya Hussain to Newham Bookshop. Nadiya will be signing copies of her debut novel The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters. Order your copy now for £10 (rrp £12.99). Click for more details.

Buy tickets online safely and securely

You can now buy tickets online for Newham Bookshop’s events, and for some events in partnership with other organisations. Click on the logo, and you will be taken to secure website run for us by The Little Box Office Ltd, a British company which provides online ticketing for theatres, music and book festivals.

Newham Bookshop supports Children’s Book Week
with Cressida Cowell at Elmhurst Primary School

Children’s Book Week ran from 31 November to 4 October and is organised by BookTrust, the largest children’s reading charity in Britain. This annual event is intended to encourage more children to read for pleasure, and is aimed at primary school children. At Elmhurst Primary School, Forest Gate, on Monday 31 October. Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train your Dragon series, ran interactive workshops with 360 Elmhurst pupils. Read more.

Gary Younge reads Radio 4’s Book of the Week

Gary Younge reads an abridged version of his book, Another Day in the Death of America on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, now available on BBC iPlayer Radio. Our Gary Younge event at Stratford Picturehouse on Tuesday 22 November has now sold out – check for returns on the day.

West Ham fans queue to meet Sir Trevor Brooking for Farewell to Upton Park signing

More than 100 West Ham fans queued up outside Newham Bookshop on Sunday to get a copy of Farewell to Upton Park signed by Sir Trevor Brooking. Click here for more pictures.