Newham Bookshop logo (2015)

Open Tuesday to Saturday from
10 am to 5 pm.

We can send books by post, usually £3 in the UK.
Newham Bookshop logo (2015) The Wanstead Tap logo
Newham Bookshop events at The Wanstead Tap, Spring/Summer 2024
  • Thursday 18 April at 7.30 pm

    Sarah Wise
    The Undesirables

  • Thursday 25 April at 7.30 pm

    Andrew Whitehead
    A Devilish Kind Of Courage

  • Thursday 16 May at 7.30 pm

    Viv Groskop
    One Ukrainian Summer

  • Wednesday 29 May at 7.30 pm

    Iain Sinclair
    Pariah Genius

  • Wednesday 5 June at 7.30 pm

    Laura Laker
    Potholes and Pavements




Newham Bookshop by Pete Fallan
Newham Bookshop, Pete Fallan, March 2021.


Sunday 11 February from 12.30 to 4.30 pm
at 4th Floor Studios,
255-259 Commercial Road E1 2BT


I Am Thunder
I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan
is published by Macmillan
Children’s Books
.

Victoria Princewill
In the Palace of Flowers by Victoria Princewill is published by Cassava Republic.

Hanna Ali
The Story of Us
by Hanna Ali
is published as an ebook by
Market FiftyFour.

Buy ticket online
Tickets £8.50 online
from Eventbrite

Literary Natives – Writers of Colour Meet Up

Literary Natives

Literary Natives will launch monthly events for writers of colour to discuss issues relating to writing, books, and the road to becoming a published author.

The day will include an interactive panel discussion with debut authors. We will be joined by Victoria Princewill, the author of In The Palace of Flowers, a newly-acquired historical novel. Also on the panel is Muhammad Khan, the author of the debut Young Adult (YA) novel I Am Thunder, soon to be published by Macmillan and featured on Apple iBook’s Hot List for 2018. Our third panelist is Sabeena Akhtar, the editor of a ground-breaking collection of essays entitled Cut From the Same Cloth by British Muslim women. And finally, Hanna Ali will join the panel to discuss her newly published short story collection The Story of Us.

Cut From the Same Cloth
British Muslim women with Sabeena Akhtar

There will also be performances and readings, and the opportunity to network with other writers of colour. Coffee and cakes will be served, and Newham Bookshop will have books on sale.

Watch out for online events


Family lessons for
Writing and Reading Newham
available here

On the Record logo

Interested in learning more about Newham Bookshop and some of the people connected with it? We have four lessons for classroom or family use developed from On the Record’s oral history project centered around Newham Bookshop, Writing and Reading Newham. Click here for full details.


LoveReading logo

Newham Bookshop is LoveReading’s
Bookshop of the Month

We are proud that Newham Bookshop is LoveReading’s Bookshop of the Month. The article features a Q&A with Vivian Archer, which you can read here.


Thank you poster