Welcome to Newham Bookshop

Open Tuesday to Saturday
from 10 am to 5 pm.

Saturday 7 December from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm at The Wanstead Tap

Meet Michael Rosen and buy signed copies of his books.

Free entry – just join the queue!

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event

5x15 events

Wednesday 11 December at 7 pm

Sunil Amrith
The Burning Earth

Signed copies of Geoff Hurst’s memoir Last Boy of ’66 now available

Celebrating James Baldwin’s Centenary

Signed copies of Richard Osman’s We Solve Murders now available

Newham Bookshop, Pete Fallan, March 2021.
We can send books by post, usually £3.20 in the UK.

Welcome to Newham Bookshop

Past events this year, most recent first

Past event held on Sunday 1 December

Ethical Matters: Know Your Place

Faiza Shaheen
Know Your Place
Past event held on Wednesday 13 November

Ethical Matters: Game Changers:
Video Games with Purpose

Marijam Did
Everything to Play For

How Videogames Are
Changing the World

Past event held on Wednesday 13 November

Ethical Matters: Game Changers:
Video Games with Purpose

Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos
Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us

(about life, philosophy
and everything)
Past event held on Sunday 3 November

Ethical Matters: A Rogue Reporter
vs The American Empire

Matt Kennard
The Racket

A Rogue Reporter vs
The American Empire

Past event held on Sunday 20 October

Ethical Matters & Bloomsbury
Festival: How Crowds Made
the Modern World

Dan Hancox
Multitudes

How Crowds Made the Modern World
Past event held on Wednesday 16 October

Ethical Matters: Boris Johnson: What
Happened to Serious Politics?

Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell
Johnson at 10

The Inside Story

Past event held on Wednesday 16 October

Ethical Matters: Boris Johnson: What
Happened to Serious Politics?

Lucien Young
Honest

The (Uncut) Memoirs
of Boris Johnson
Past event held on Wednesday 16 October

Ethical Matters: Boris Johnson: What
Happened to Serious Politics?

Lucien Young
The Secret Diary of Boris Johnson Aged 13¼

Past event held on Tuesday 8 October

UnMasked: The Politics
of Neurodiversity

Jodie Hare
Autism Is Not A Disease

The Politics of Neurodiversity
Past event held on Friday 4 October

London Fortean Society:
Into the Uncanny

Danny Robins
Into the Uncanny

A Real-Life Investigation
into the Paranormal

Past event held on Friday 4 October

London Fortean Society:
Into the Uncanny

Chris French
The Science of Weird Shit

Why Our Minds
Conjure the Paranormal
Foreword
by Richard Wiseman
Past event held on Thursday 3 October

Life Lessons from Historical Women

Eleanor Morton
Life Lessons From Historical Women

Past event held on Sunday 29 September

Ethical Matters: The Invention
of Good and Evil

Hanno Sauer
The Invention of Good and Evil

A World History of Morality
Past event held on Wednesday 18 September

Ethical Matters: Battle for
the Museums: Fighting Back
Against Cultural Colonialism

Rachel Spence
Battle for the Museum

Cultural Institutions in Crisis

Past event held on Saturday 14 September

Reweirding: A Mudlarking Year: Finding
Treasure in Every Season

Lara Maiklem
A Mudlarking Year

Finding Treasure in Every Season
Past event held on Saturday 14 September

Reweirding: A Mudlarking Year: Finding
Treasure in Every Season

Tom Chivers
London Clay

Journeys in the Deep City

Past event held on Sunday 8 September

Ethical Matters: Why is Tomorrow’s
Technology Still Not Here?

Nicole Kobie
The Long History of the Future

Why tomorrow’s technology
still isn’t here
Past event held on Thursday 5 September

Stuart Hall Foundation: Autumn Keynote:
Catastrophe & Emergence with Professor
Robin D.G. Kelley

Stuart Hall
Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture

Detour to the Imaginary
Edited
by Gilane Tawadros

Past event held on Saturday 31 August

Freethought History
Festival: Saturday

S.I. Martin
Incomparable World

Introduced by
Bernardine Evaristo
Past event held on Saturday 31 August

Freethought History
Festival: Saturday

Suzanne Hobson
Unbelief in Interwar Literary Culture

Doubting Moderns

Past event held on Saturday 31 August

Freethought History
Festival: Saturday

Edward Royle
Modern Britain

A Social History
1750-2011
Third Edition
Past event held on Saturday 31 August

Freethought History
Festival: Saturday

Polyp (Paul Fitzgerald)
Paine

A Fantastical Visual Biography

Past event held on Saturday 31 August

Freethought History
Festival: Saturday

Bill Cooke
H.G. Wells and the Twenty-First Century
Past event held on Friday 30 August

Freethought History Festival: Down
with the Crown?

Jenny Kleeman
The Price of Life

In Search of What We’re
Worth and Who Decides

Past event held on Friday 30 August

Freethought History Festival: Down
with the Crown?

Graham Smith
Abolish the Monarchy

Why we should and how we will
Past event held on Saturday 29 June

London Fortean Society: Art
/ Magic / Lore

Kathryn Atherton
Mary Neal and the Suffragettes Who Saved Morris Dancing

Past event held on Saturday 29 June

London Fortean Society: Art
/ Magic / Lore

Dr Amy Hale
Sex Magic

Ithell Colquhoun’s Diagrams
of Love
Past event held on Saturday 29 June

London Fortean Society: Art
/ Magic / Lore

Jennifer Higgie
The Other Side

A Journey into Women, Art
and the Spirit World

Past event held on Sunday 23 June

Ethical Matters: The Science
of Being Social

David Robson
The Laws of Connection

13 Social Strategies That
Will Transform Your Life
Past event held on Saturday 22 June

London Fortean Society: Conspiracy
Theory and Culture

James Ball
The Other Pandemic

How QAnon Contaminated the World

Past event held on Saturday 22 June

London Fortean Society: Conspiracy
Theory and Culture

Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge
Conspiracy

A History of Boll*cks Theories, and
How Not to Fall for Them
Past event held on Saturday 22 June

London Fortean Society: Conspiracy
Theory and Culture

Chris French
The Science of Weird Shit

Why Our Minds
Conjure the Paranormal

Past event held on Sunday 2 June

Ethical Matters: The Undesirables:
The Law that Locked
Away a Generation

Sarah Wise
The Undesirables

The Law that Locked
Away a Generation
Past event held on Sunday 19 May

Ethical Matters: The Price
of Life: In Search
of What We’re Worth

Jenny Kleeman
The Price of Life

In Search of What We’re
Worth and Who Decides

Past event held on Wednesday 15 May

Ethical Matters: Abolish
the Super Rich?

Grace Blakeley
Vulture Capitalism

Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and
the Death of Freedom
Past event held on Wednesday 15 May

Ethical Matters: Abolish
the Super Rich?

Luke Hildyard
Enough

Why It’s Time to
Abolish the Super-Rich

Past event held on Sunday 28 April

Ethical Matters: The
Evolution Of Nostalgia

Agnes Arnold-Forster
Nostalgia

A History of a Dangerous Emotion
Past event held on Monday 15 April

London Fortean Society: The
Grand Illusion: Fighting the
Nazis with the Occult

Syd Moore
The Grand Illusion

Past event held on Wednesday 10 April

London Fortean Society: Haunted
London: Ghosts of The
British Museum and Bloomsbury

Noah Angell
Ghosts of the British Museum

A True Story of Colonial
Loot and Restless Objects
Past event held on Wednesday 10 April

London Fortean Society: Haunted
London: Ghosts of The
British Museum and Bloomsbury

Roger Luckhurst
Gothic

An
Illustrated History

Past event held on Wednesday 10 April

London Fortean Society: Haunted
London: Ghosts of The
British Museum and Bloomsbury

Roger Luckhurst
The Mummy’s Curse

The true history of a dark fantasy
Past event held on Sunday 7 April

Ethical Matters: How Did We Talk Our
Way Out of the Stone Age?

Steven Mithen
The Language Puzzle

How We Talked Our Way
Out of the Stone Age

Past event held on Sunday 24 March

Ethical Matters: The Secret
History of Female Sleuths

Caitlin Davies
Private Inquiries

The Secret History
of Female Sleuths
Past event held on Thursday 21 March

Chris Packham, Lucy Siegle and
Lynne Jones discuss protest, the
climate and nature crises

Lynne Jones
Sorry for the Inconvenience But This Is an Emergency

The Nonviolent Struggle for
Our Planet’s Future

Past event held on Thursday 21 March

Chris Packham, Lucy Siegle and
Lynne Jones discuss protest, the
climate and nature crises

Chris Packham and Andrew Cohen
Earth

Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
Past event held on Thursday 21 March

Chris Packham, Lucy Siegle and
Lynne Jones discuss protest, the
climate and nature crises

Lucy Siegle
Be the Ultimate Friend of the Earth

100 Questions to Boost Your
Climate and Nature IQ

Past event held on Tuesday 19 March

Reweirding: The Road: All That
Has Arisen Along the Way

Christopher Hadley
The Road

A Story of Romans and
Ways to the Past
Past event held on Wednesday 13 March

Ethical Matters: Why Women Grow:
Radical Gardening and Growth

Alice Vincent
Why Women Grow

Stories of Soil,
Sisterhood and Survival

Past event held on Wednesday 13 March

Ethical Matters: Why Women Grow:
Radical Gardening and Growth

Fiona Davison
An Almost Impossible Thing
Past event held on Thursday 7 March

Hunt for the Shadow Wolf:
Derek Gow In Conversation

Derek Gow
Hunt for the Shadow Wolf

The lost history of wolves
in Britain and the myths
and stories that surround them

Past event held on Sunday 3 March

Ethical Matters: Who Owns the Moon?

A.C. Grayling
Who Owns the Moon?

In Defence of Humanity’s
Common Interests in Space
Past event held on Sunday 25 February

Ethical Matters The Passengers: an
Oral History of Now

Will Ashon
The Passengers

Past event held on Sunday 4 February

Ethical Matters: Beyond the Hype:
Inside Science’s Biggest Media Scandals
From Climategate to Covid

Fiona Fox
Beyond the Hype

Inside Science’s Biggest
Media Scandals from
Climategate to Covid
Past event held on Sunday 7 January

Ethical Matters: Why Black
Lives in Britain Matter

Tomiwa Owolade
This is Not America

Why Black Lives in Britain Matter

- Past events this year,
  most recent first
- Past event held on Sunday 1 December

Past events this year, most recent first
- - Past event held on Sunday 1 December
  - - Past event held on Wednesday 13 November
    - - Past event held on Wednesday 13 November
      - Past event held on Sunday 3 November
        
        Matt Kennard
        
        The Racket
        
        A Rogue Reporter vs
        The American Empire
        
        Past event held on Sunday 20 October
        
        Dan Hancox
        
        Multitudes
        
        How Crowds Made the Modern World
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 16 October
        
        Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell
        
        Johnson at 10
        
        The Inside Story
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 16 October
        
        Lucien Young
        
        Honest
        
        The (Uncut) Memoirs
        of Boris Johnson
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 16 October
        
        Lucien Young
        
        The Secret Diary of Boris Johnson Aged 13¼
        
        Past event held on Tuesday 8 October
        
        Jodie Hare
        
        Autism Is Not A Disease
        
        The Politics of Neurodiversity
        
        Past event held on Friday 4 October
        
        Danny Robins
        
        Into the Uncanny
        
        A Real-Life Investigation
        into the Paranormal
        
        Past event held on Friday 4 October
        
        Chris French
        
        The Science of Weird Shit
        
        Why Our Minds
        Conjure the Paranormal
        Foreword
        by Richard Wiseman
        
        Past event held on Thursday 3 October
        
        Eleanor Morton
        
        Life Lessons From Historical Women
        
        Past event held on Sunday 29 September
        
        Hanno Sauer
        
        The Invention of Good and Evil
        
        A World History of Morality
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 18 September
        
        Rachel Spence
        
        Battle for the Museum
        
        Cultural Institutions in Crisis
        
        Past event held on Saturday 14 September
        
        Lara Maiklem
        
        A Mudlarking Year
        
        Finding Treasure in Every Season
        
        Past event held on Saturday 14 September
        
        Tom Chivers
        
        London Clay
        
        Journeys in the Deep City
        
        Past event held on Sunday 8 September
        
        Nicole Kobie
        
        The Long History of the Future
        
        Why tomorrow’s technology
        still isn’t here
        
        Past event held on Thursday 5 September
        
        Stuart Hall
        
        Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture
        
        Detour to the Imaginary
        Edited
        by Gilane Tawadros
        
        Past event held on Saturday 31 August
        
        S.I. Martin
        
        Incomparable World
        
        Introduced by
        Bernardine Evaristo
        
        Past event held on Saturday 31 August
        
        Suzanne Hobson
        
        Unbelief in Interwar Literary Culture
        
        Doubting Moderns
        
        Past event held on Saturday 31 August
        
        Edward Royle
        
        Modern Britain
        
        A Social History
        1750-2011
        Third Edition
        
        Past event held on Saturday 31 August
        
        Polyp (Paul Fitzgerald)
        
        Paine
        
        A Fantastical Visual Biography
        
        Past event held on Saturday 31 August
        
        Bill Cooke
        
        H.G. Wells and the Twenty-First Century
        
        Past event held on Friday 30 August
        
        Jenny Kleeman
        
        The Price of Life
        
        In Search of What We’re
        Worth and Who Decides
        
        Past event held on Friday 30 August
        
        Graham Smith
        
        Abolish the Monarchy
        
        Why we should and how we will
        
        Past event held on Saturday 29 June
        
        Kathryn Atherton
        
        Mary Neal and the Suffragettes Who Saved Morris Dancing
        
        Past event held on Saturday 29 June
        
        Dr Amy Hale
        
        Sex Magic
        
        Ithell Colquhoun’s Diagrams
        of Love
        
        Past event held on Saturday 29 June
        
        Jennifer Higgie
        
        The Other Side
        
        A Journey into Women, Art
        and the Spirit World
        
        Past event held on Sunday 23 June
        
        David Robson
        
        The Laws of Connection
        
        13 Social Strategies That
        Will Transform Your Life
        
        Past event held on Saturday 22 June
        
        James Ball
        
        The Other Pandemic
        
        How QAnon Contaminated the World
        
        Past event held on Saturday 22 June
        
        Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge
        
        Conspiracy
        
        A History of Boll*cks Theories, and
        How Not to Fall for Them
        
        Past event held on Saturday 22 June
        
        Chris French
        
        The Science of Weird Shit
        
        Why Our Minds
        Conjure the Paranormal
        
        Past event held on Sunday 2 June
        
        Sarah Wise
        
        The Undesirables
        
        The Law that Locked
        Away a Generation
        
        Past event held on Sunday 19 May
        
        Jenny Kleeman
        
        The Price of Life
        
        In Search of What We’re
        Worth and Who Decides
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 15 May
        
        Grace Blakeley
        
        Vulture Capitalism
        
        Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and
        the Death of Freedom
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 15 May
        
        Luke Hildyard
        
        Enough
        
        Why It’s Time to
        Abolish the Super-Rich
        
        Past event held on Sunday 28 April
        
        Agnes Arnold-Forster
        
        Nostalgia
        
        A History of a Dangerous Emotion
        
        Past event held on Monday 15 April
        
        Syd Moore
        
        The Grand Illusion
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 10 April
        
        Noah Angell
        
        Ghosts of the British Museum
        
        A True Story of Colonial
        Loot and Restless Objects
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 10 April
        
        Roger Luckhurst
        
        Gothic
        
        An
        Illustrated History
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 10 April
        
        Roger Luckhurst
        
        The Mummy’s Curse
        
        The true history of a dark fantasy
        
        Past event held on Sunday 7 April
        
        Steven Mithen
        
        The Language Puzzle
        
        How We Talked Our Way
        Out of the Stone Age
        
        Past event held on Sunday 24 March
        
        Caitlin Davies
        
        Private Inquiries
        
        The Secret History
        of Female Sleuths
        
        Past event held on Thursday 21 March
        
        Lynne Jones
        
        Sorry for the Inconvenience But This Is an Emergency
        
        The Nonviolent Struggle for
        Our Planet’s Future
        
        Past event held on Thursday 21 March
        
        Chris Packham and Andrew Cohen
        
        Earth
        
        Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
        
        Past event held on Thursday 21 March
        
        Lucy Siegle
        
        Be the Ultimate Friend of the Earth
        
        100 Questions to Boost Your
        Climate and Nature IQ
        
        Past event held on Tuesday 19 March
        
        Christopher Hadley
        
        The Road
        
        A Story of Romans and
        Ways to the Past
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 13 March
        
        Alice Vincent
        
        Why Women Grow
        
        Stories of Soil,
        Sisterhood and Survival
        
        Past event held on Wednesday 13 March
        
        Fiona Davison
        
        An Almost Impossible Thing
        
        Past event held on Thursday 7 March
        
        Derek Gow
        
        Hunt for the Shadow Wolf
        
        The lost history of wolves
        in Britain and the myths
        and stories that surround them
        
        Past event held on Sunday 3 March
        
        A.C. Grayling
        
        Who Owns the Moon?
        
        In Defence of Humanity’s
        Common Interests in Space
        
        Past event held on Sunday 25 February
        
        Will Ashon
        
        The Passengers
        
        Past event held on Sunday 4 February
        
        Fiona Fox
        
        Beyond the Hype
        
        Inside Science’s Biggest
        Media Scandals from
        Climategate to Covid
        
        Past event held on Sunday 7 January
        
        Tomiwa Owolade
        
        This is Not America
        
        Why Black Lives in Britain Matter
        
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