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10 am to 5 pm.

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Newham Bookshop events at The Wanstead Tap, Spring/Summer 2024
  • Thursday 18 April at 7.30 pm

    Sarah Wise
    The Undesirables

  • Thursday 25 April at 7.30 pm

    Andrew Whitehead
    A Devilish Kind Of Courage

  • Thursday 16 May at 7.30 pm

    Viv Groskop
    One Ukrainian Summer

  • Wednesday 29 May at 7.30 pm

    Iain Sinclair
    Pariah Genius

  • Wednesday 5 June at 7.30 pm

    Laura Laker
    Potholes and Pavements




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Newham Bookshop, Pete Fallan, March 2021.


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Illustrator Jackie Morris with children at Newham Bookshop

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Jackie Morris at Newham Bookshop

Tuesday 15 March from 11 am – 3 pm at Newham Bookshop

Live painting with illustrator Jackie Morris

Something About a Bear TellMe a Dragon

The award-winning illustrator Jackie Morris will be doing live painting in the children’s shop on Tuesday 15 March. We are delighted to welcome Jackie to the Bookshop at short notice. This event was organised in association with Frances Lincoln Children’s Books.

Jackie Morris has been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2016, which is awarded for distinguished illustration in a book for children.

Visit the Bookshop on Tuesday to see Jackie Morris painting.

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Family lessons for
Writing and Reading Newham
available here

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Interested in learning more about Newham Bookshop and some of the people connected with it? We have four lessons for classroom or family use developed from On the Record’s oral history project centered around Newham Bookshop, Writing and Reading Newham. Click here for full details.


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Newham Bookshop is LoveReading’s
Bookshop of the Month

We are proud that Newham Bookshop is LoveReading’s Bookshop of the Month. The article features a Q&A with Vivian Archer, which you can read here.


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