Several pages of our website are now mobile-friendly. These include: our events at The Wanstead Tap; events run by organisations we support; our monthly featured books; and books of special interest. Click on any book for more details, to book tickets for future events, and to request a copy of a book. We will add more pages, and eventually tablet-friendly ones.
To order a featured book, click on the book and then click on “Order a copy now.” To request any other book, click on “Request a book.”
If you have any comments about our mobile website pages, or about our website in general, please email info@newhambooks.co.uk.
Ruth Jones and James Corden’s eagerly awaited book about the full story of Gavin and Stacey will be published in October 2025. Newham Bookshop will have a limited number of exclusive signed copies – signed by both Ruth and James.
Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. It takes us from years of Russification, to Olia’s grandmother’s deportation to snowy wastelands under Stalin, to her Aunt Zhenia’s school protest, to her own parents’ flight from Ukraine when their town was occupied in 2022.
Michael Rosen tells the true story of an escape from a convoy to Auschwitz, after discovering that his father’s uncle and aunt were on the same convoy.
West Ham United FC and Fatima Whitbread MBE are marking World Book Day 2025 on 6 March by donating a book to every primary school in the London Borough of Newham. The Club is teaming up with Hammers fan, Olympic legend and author Whitbread to distribute copies of her children’s book My Bright Shining Star, an inspirational and heartwarming story about the life of a young girl growing up in the care system.
Born in Harlem, New York, on 2 August 1924, James Baldwin was a prolific writer and civil rights activist. He remains one of literature’s most iconic trailblazers due to his contributions to the LGBTQ+ canon and writing about the African American experience, making his mark on the cultural and literary landscape of the 20th Century.
Several of his books are being published in new editions by Penguin Classics and are available from Newham Bookshop – click for full details and to order a copy.
Our children’s bookshop’s window has been decorated by artist Melissa Castrillon, whose illustrations are featured in Benjamin’s new book, which shows how trees offer us the perspective and connection to nature we crave in our daily lives.