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Friday 22 November
at The Wanstead Tap

Decline and Fail

John Crace
Decline
and Fail

Read in Case of Political Apocalypse

Friday 29 November
at The Wanstead Tap

Award-winning
poetry with

Raymond Antrobus,
Salena Godden
& Nikita Gill

Saturday 30 November
from 10 am to 5 pm
at Newham Bookshop

Christmas Discount Day

20% off all books from
our wide-ranging stock

Wednesday 4 December
at The Wanstead Tap

We Fight Fascists

Daniel Sonabend

We Fight Fascists

In converstion with Michael Rosen
Regional Winner

Author events at Newham Word Festival supported by Newham Bookshop

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Book a Free Place

Tickets for these events are FREE but you must book places in advance via Newham Word Festival’s website and Eventbrite.

Tuesday 26 February at 7 pm
at Forest Gate Library

Vaseem Khan

Asian Noir: the new wave of crime fiction taking the world by storm

Authors Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Vicky Newham and Amer Anwar discuss the characters and places that make the subgenre Asian Noir the most exciting new corner of crime fiction.

Wednesday 27 February at 7 pm
at Stratford Library

Regeneration Songs

Regeneration Songs

The editors of Regeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss from East London, Alberto Duman, Anna Minton, Dan Hancox and Malcolm James discuss their book which examines the regeneration strategy of east London championed by Newham.

Thursday 28 February at 7 pm
at Plaistow Library

Kate Thompson Melanie McGrath

Kate Thompson
and Melanie McGrath

Award-winning journalist and novelist Kate Thompson and critically-acclaimed author Melanie McGrath discuss all things East End, including pie & mash, hop picking and a little bit of crime.

Monday 4 March at 7 pm
at Canning Town Library

Hitler's British Isles

Duncan Barrett
Hitler’s British Isles

Duncan Barrett, bestselling co-author of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, interviewed more than 100 men and women who lived through the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War Two. Duncan tells some of their remarkable stories.
Book a Free Place

Tickets for these events are FREE but you must book places in advance via Newham Word Festival’s website and Eventbrite.

Tuesday 5 March at 7 pm
at East Ham Library

A Modest Living

Suresh Singh
with Stefan Dickers

Suresh Singh discusses his book A Modest Living: Memoirs Of A Cockney Sikh with Stefan Dickers, special collections & archives manager at Bishopsgate Institute, and shows photographs related to his story.

Wednesday 6 March at 7 pm
at Forest Gate Library

The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

Bobby Seagull
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. Using stories from his life, Bobby illuminates the world of numbers and brings his infectious enthusiasm to the subject.

Thursday 7 March at 7 pm at Stratford Library

So They Call You Pisher! Danny Braverman

Michael Rosen
in conversation with Danny Braverman

Michael Rosen tells us about the first 23 years life, the subject of his memoir So They Call You Pisher!, from family and radical self-discovery to writing and political theatre. He will be in conversation with theatre-maker and teacher Danny Braverman, star of the the award-winning solo show, Wot? No Fish!!.

Forthcoming events

Friday 22 November at 7.30 pm
at The Wanstead Tap

John Crace
Decline and Fail
Read in Case of Political Apocalypse

Friday 29 November at 7.30 pm
at The Wanstead Tap

Raymond Antrobus,
Salena Godden
& Nikita Gill

Wednesday 4 December at 7.30 pm
at The Wanstead Tap

Daniel Sonabend
We Fight Fascists
The 43 Group and Their Forgotten
Battle for Post War Britain
In conversation with Michael Rosen

Past events and news

Suresh Singh
A Modest Living
Memoirs Of A Cockney Sikh
An Evening with
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Part of Redbridge Fabula Festival 2019
Eleanor Crow
Shopfronts of London
In conversation with Krissie Nicolson
Lucy O’Brien
Janette Mason and David McAlmont
Dusty in Words and Music
Carl Cattermole
Prison: A Survival Guide
In conversation with Deborah Coles
Jenni Murray
A History of the World
in 21 Women
Daniel Rachel
Don’t Look Back In Anger
In conversation with Paolo Hewitt
Esther Rutter
This Golden Fleece
A Journey Through
Britain’s Knitted History
Book Benefit for the
homeless in Newham
Launch party for
Luan Goldie
Nightingale Point
Ronnie le Drew
Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi
Zippy and Me
David Rosenberg
Rebel Footprints
in conversation with Asad Rehman
Pete Brown
Pie Fidelity
In Defence of British Food
Carol Ann Duffy
Poetry for the Insect Population
with Andrew McMillan, Matthew Hollis, Imtiaz Dharker, Zaffar Kunial,
Mark Pajak, Hannah Sullivan,
Sean Borodale, Ella Duffy
and Yvonne Reddick
David Hepworth
A Fabulous Creation
How the LP Saved Our Lives
5x15 on The Future of Education
with David Kynaston, Priya Lakhani, Alex Beard, Owen Jones,
Melissa Benn and Kate Clanchy
Cold War Steve
The Festival of Brexit
in conversation with Martin Rowson
Lucinda Gosling
Shirley Baker and Vintage Britain
Robert Elms
London Made Us
A Memoir of a Shape-Shifting City
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Michael Rosen
with Danny Braverman
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Bobby Seagull
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers
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Suresh Singh
with Stef Dickers
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Duncan Barrett
Hitler’s British Isles
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Kate Thompson
and Melanie McGrath
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Regeneration Songs
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Asian Noir:
the new wave of crime fiction
Luke Turner
Out of the Woods
Danny Dorling
Rule Britannia
Brexit and the End of Empire
Doreen Fletcher, Paintings
with The Gentle Author
Benjamin Zephaniah
The Life and Rhymes
of Benjamin Zephaniah
in conversation with Cilius Victor
Peggy Seeger
First Time Ever
E. Foley and B. Coates
What Would Boudicca Do?
Bobby Seagull
The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers
Will Ashon
Chamber Music
Enter the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces)
Robin Ince
I’m a Joke and So Are You
A Comedian’s Take on
What Makes Us Human
Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate
The Inking Woman
Iain Sinclair
Living with Buildings
1968 and After:
Culture and Education
An evening with
Shami Chakrabarti and Rachel Holmes
Martin Rowson
The Pen is Mightier Than the Word
Ed Vulliamy
When Words Fail
Marcus Sedgwick & Dr Sam George
The Battle of the Books:
Frankenstein v. Dracula
Kenney Jones
Let the Good Times Roll
Ben Okri and special guests
Rise Like Lions
Adam Dant
Maps of London & Beyond
Sarah Ivens
Forest Therapy
Shore 2 Shore
with Carol Ann Duffy
Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay
and Maura Dooley, with music by John Sampson
Viv Albertine
To Throw Away Unopened
Melanie McGrath
Pie & Mash Down the Roman Road
in conversation with Duncan Barrett
James Bloodworth
Hired
Six Months Undercover
in Low-Wage Britain
Chris Difford
Full Acoustic Show
Some Fantastic place
Michael Rosen
So They Call You Pisher!
David Hepworth
Uncommon People
The Rise and Fall of the
Rock Stars 1955-1994
Liam Young and Simon Hannah
The Labour Party, past and present
Misha Glenny: McMafia
Seriously Organised Crime
Helen Pankhurst: Deeds Not Words
The Story of Women’s Rights,
Then and Now
Laura James and Jessie Hewitson discuss autism
Literary Natives
Writers of Colour Meet Up
John Davies: The Red Atlas
How the Soviet Union
Secretly Mapped the World
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