Newham Bookshop events
at The Wanstead Tap
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We can send books by post, usually £3.35 in the UK.
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.
A tense and gripping suspense novel guaranteed to surprise and thrill, for fans of Show Trial. “A beautifully written, twisting psychological thriller.”
Newham Voices reports that Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces’ Sweetheart from East Ham, would be featured in the VE Day Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Meanwhile, at The Wanstead Tap, we celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE Day with Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi discussing their latest book, Blitz Kids. Click the article to read the Newham Voices article, and click here for full details of the book.
Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders actor Larry Lamb will be discussing his first novel which draws on his almost 50-year career on the stage, and in TV and films. His visit to The Wanstead Tap is part of his book tour which starts in Billericay and ends on Barry Island.
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.
