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Events at The Wanstead Tap in partnership with Newham Bookshop
Click on a book for details of the book, to buy tickets for the event and to place an order.
Past events, most recent first
Past event held on Friday 17 November
Join acclaimed and award
winning journalist John Crace
discussing his latest book
John Crace
Depraved New World
Please Hold, the Government Will
Be With You Shortly
Past event held on Thursday 16 November
Join author Matt Tiller as he discusses
his latest book on Jack Leslie: the
star robbed of England glory
Matt Tiller
The Lion Who Never Roared
The Star Robbed of England Glory
Past event held on Wednesday 8 November
A celebration of Ian
Nairn with Travis Elborough
Ian Nairn
Modern Buildings in London
Introduction by
Travis Elborough
Past event held on Monday 23 October
Join award winning broadcaster and
all round legend Robert Elms
discussing his latest book
Robert Elms
Live!
Why We Go Out
Past event held on Wednesday 18 October
Meet historian Charlotte Lydia Riley
discussing the impact of empire
on modern Britain.
Charlotte Lydia Riley
Imperial Island
A History of Empire
in Modern Britain
Past event held on Wednesday 11 October
The Legendary John Rogers launches
his new book almost ten
years after
This Other London
John Rogers
Welcome to New London
Journeys and Encounters in
the Post-Olympic City
Past event held on Wednesday 4 October
Meet the brilliant Danny Dorling
discussing his latest book.
Danny Dorling
Shattered Nation
Inequality and the Geography
of a Failing State
Past event held on Thursday 28 September
Join Rebecca Lowe discussing her
incredible journey cycling from the
UK to Tehran… solo
Rebecca Lowe
The Slow Road to Tehran
A Revelatory Bike Ride through
Europe and the Middle East
Past event held on Wednesday 27 September
An evening with Nigel Planer
Nigel Planer
Jeremiah Bourne in Time
Past event held on Thursday 21 September
Join author Lee Jackson discussing
his latest work, in conversation
with Sarah Wise
Lee Jackson
Dickensland
The Curious History
of Dickens’s London
Past event held on Thursday 14 September
Join Nick Higham discussing
his latest work
Nick Higham
The Mercenary River
Private Greed, Public Good: A
History of London’s Water
Past event held on Thursday 7 September
Join Shain Shapiro discussing
his new book
Shain Shapiro
This Must Be the Place
How Music Can Make Your City Better
Past event held on Thursday 29 June
Oliver Franklin-Wallis
Wasteland
The Dirty Truth About What
We Throw Away, Where It
Goes, and Why It Matters
Past event held on Tuesday 27 June
Meet Viv Groskop in
conversation with Cariad Lloyd
Viv Groskop
Happy High Status
How to Be Effortlessly Confident
Past event held on Tuesday 27 June
Meet Cariad Lloyd in
conversation with Viv Groskop
Cariad Lloyd
You Are Not Alone
from the creator and
host of
Griefcast
Past event held on Monday 5 June
Exclusive: this is the first
event with Ben’s latest book
on sale, pre-publication
Ben Aaronovitch
Winter’s Gifts
The brand new
Rivers
Of London
novella
Past event held on Friday 19 May
Gary Younge
Dispatches from the Diaspora
From Nelson Mandela
to Black Lives Matter
Past event held on Wednesday 17 May
Luke Turner
Men at War
Loving, Lusting, Fighting,
Remembering 1939-1945
Past event held on Tuesday 16 May
Robin Ince
I’m a Joke and So Are You
Reflections on Humour and Humanity
Past event held on Saturday 1 July
Olia Hercules and Joe
Woodhouse in conversation
Joe Woodhouse
Your Daily Veg
Modern, fuss-free vegetarian food
Past event held on Saturday 28 May
Owen Walker
Built on a Lie
The Rise and Fall of
Neil Woodford and the Fate
of Middle England’s Money
Past event held on Wednesday 25 May
John Rogers
This Other London
Adventures in the Overlooked City
Past event held on Wednesday 27 April
Ben Aaronovitch
Amongst Our Weapons
Past event held on Tuesday 4 July
Ashley Hickson-Lovence and Calum
Jacobs in conversation
Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Your Show
Past event held on Tuesday 12 April
Margaret Willes
In the Shadow of
St Paul’s Cathedral
The Churchyard that Shaped London
Past event held on Tuesday 29 March
Oliver Bullough
Butler to the World
How Britain became the
Servant of Tycoons, Tax
Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals
Past event held on Wednesday 16 March
John Grindrod
Iconicon
A Journey Around the Landmark
Buildings of Contemporary Britain
Past event held on Thursday 21 October
Richard Balls
A Furious Devotion
The Authorised Story
of Shane MacGowan
Past event held on Thursday 14 October
Meet Pauline Campbell in
conversation with Aamna Mohdin
Pauline Campbell
Rice & Peas
and Fish & Chips
One woman’s story
of overcoming racism
Past event held on Thursday 7 October
Paul Mason
How to
Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
Past event held on Tuesday 21 September
Robin Ince
The Importance
of Being Interested
Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
Past event held on Thursday 16 September
Amber Marks
Becoming Mr Nice
The Howard Marks Archive
Past event held on Wednesday 15 September
Tessa McWatt
The Snow Line
Past event held on Tuesday 7 September
Iain Sinclair
The Gold Machine
In the Tracks of the Mule Dancers
Past event held on Monday 6 September
Tamsin Omond
Do Earth
Healing Strategies for Humankind
Past event held on Friday 3 September
Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London
The first Rivers of London
novel – Special Edition
Past event held on
Sufiya Ahmed
Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo