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Saturday 13 September at 11 am
at The Wanstead Tap
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest books for children and adults
Michael Rosen
Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Thursday 25 September at 7.30 pm
at The Wanstead Tap
Meet award-winning journalist Peter Apps discussing his new book about the housing crisis in London
Peter Apps
Homesick
Thursday 2 October at 7.30 pm at The Legendary Red Lion Ballroom
Meet Robert Elms discussing his book on the hugely influential Blitz Club
Robert Elms
Blitz
The Club That Created the Eighties
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Isabella Tree & Charlie Burrell
The Book of Wilding
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Sunday 28 September at 3 pm
Leila Simona Talani and Matilde Rosina
The Migration Question
A history of British protest in pictures
Photographs and text by
David Hoffman
Protest!
Introduction by Duncan Campbell
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Newham Bookshop events at The Wanstead Tap
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
Illustrated by Helen
Oxenbury
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Good Days
An A-Z of Hope and Happiness
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Out Of This World
Poems to Make You
Laugh, Smile and Think
Illustrated
by Ed Vere
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Jack and the Beanstalk
Illustrated by
Talleen Hacikyan
Thursday 25 September at 7.30 pm
Join award-winning journalist Peter Apps
discussing his latest book about
the housing crisis in London
Peter Apps
Homesick
How Housing Broke London and
How to Fix It
Thursday 2 October at 7.30 pm at
The Legendary Red Lion Ballroom
Join acclaimed author and broadcaster
Robert Elms as he discusses
his new book on the
hugely influential Blitz Club.
Robert Elms
Blitz
The Club That Created the Eighties
Past events this year, most recent first
Past event held on Friday 20 June
Join renowned music manager Rikki
Stein in conversation with Shain
Shapiro about his brilliant memoir
Rikki Stein
Moving Music
The Memoirs of Rikki Stein
Past event held on Thursday 15 May
A very special evening with
award winning authors Monique Roffey
and Joanna Pocock for the
paperback launch of Passiontide
Monique Roffey
Passiontide
Past event held on Tuesday 13 May
Join friend of Newham Bookshop
and The Wanstead Tap Robin
Ince for what promises to
be another incredible evening
Robin Ince
Normally Weird
and Weirdly Normal
My Adventures in Neurodiversity
Past event held on Thursday 8 May
To mark the 80th anniversary of
VE Day, join Duncan Barrett and
Nuala Calvi discussing their latest book
telling the true stories from the
children from Wartime Britain
Duncan Barrett
and Nuala Calvi
Blitz Kids
True Stories from the
Children of Wartime Britain
Past event held on Wednesday 7 May
Join renowned author and
journalist Nige Tassell talking
about his latest book
Nige Tassell
Final Destination
Riding Britain’s Trains to the
End of the Line
Past event held on Thursday 1 May
Join celebrated cultural historian
Tiffany Watt Smith in
conversation as she talks
about
Bad Friend
Tiffany Watt Smith
Bad Friend
A Century of
Revolutionary Friendships
Past event held on Thursday 24 April
Join acclaimed author Ian Leslie
discussing his latest book
Ian Leslie
John & Paul
A Love Story in Songs
Past event held on Thursday 3 April
Join Nick Vadasz, aka The Picklesman,
discussing his incredible journey and
the launch of his very first
collection of recipes.
Nick Vadasz
The Pickle Jar
Recipes for Making and
Using Pickles and Ferments
Past event held on Saturday 29 March
Join Andrew Kötting as his
talks about his latest work
with long time collaborators Iain
Sinclair and John Rogers
Andrew Kötting
The Dead Wait
Past event held on Friday 21 March
Join writer Micky P. Kerr
discussing his revolutionary new book
Micky P. Kerr
Football, the People's Shame
How to Revolutionise
a National Sport
Past event held on Thursday 30 January
Join renowned image alchemist
Stephen Ellcock in conversation
with author and journalist
Luke Turner discussing Elements
Stephen Ellcock
Elements
Chaos, order and the
five elemental forces
Newham Bookshop events
at The Wanstead Tap
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
at The Wanstead Tap
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
Illustrated by Helen
Oxenbury
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
at The Wanstead Tap
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Good Days
An A-Z of Hope and Happiness
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
at The Wanstead Tap
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Out Of This World
Poems to Make You
Laugh, Smile and Think
Illustrated
by Ed Vere
Saturday 13 September from 11 am
at The Wanstead Tap
Meet Michael Rosen signing his latest
books for children and adults.
Michael Rosen
Jack and the Beanstalk
Illustrated by
Talleen Hacikyan
Thursday 25 September at 7.30 pm
at The Wanstead Tap
Join award-winning journalist Peter Apps
discussing his latest book about
the housing crisis in London
Peter Apps
Homesick
How Housing Broke London and
How to Fix It
Thursday 2 October at 7.30 pm
at The Legendary Red Lion Ballroom
Join acclaimed author and broadcaster
Robert Elms as he discusses
his new book on the
hugely influential Blitz Club.
Robert Elms
Blitz
The Club That Created the Eighties
Past events this year,
most recent first
Past event held on Friday 20 June
Rikki Stein
Moving Music
The Memoirs of Rikki Stein
Past event held on Thursday 15 May
Monique Roffey
Passiontide
Past event held on Tuesday 13 May
Robin Ince
Normally Weird
and Weirdly Normal
My Adventures in Neurodiversity
Past event held on Thursday 8 May
Duncan Barrett
and Nuala Calvi
Blitz Kids
True Stories from the
Children of Wartime Britain
Past event held on Wednesday 7 May
Nige Tassell
Final Destination
Riding Britain’s Trains to the
End of the Line
Past event held on Thursday 1 May
Tiffany Watt Smith
Bad Friend
A Century of
Revolutionary Friendships
Past event held on Thursday 24 April
Ian Leslie
John & Paul
A Love Story in Songs
Past event held on Thursday 3 April
Nick Vadasz
The Pickle Jar
Recipes for Making and
Using Pickles and Ferments
Past event held on Saturday 29 March
Andrew Kötting
The Dead Wait
Past event held on Friday 21 March
Micky P. Kerr
Football, the People's Shame
How to Revolutionise
a National Sport
Past event held on Thursday 30 January
Stephen Ellcock
Elements
Chaos, order and the
five elemental forces
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