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‘Community, sacrifice, love and tolerance’ got them through
A wonderful feature for Money on't Table in the Daily Mail.
A Bethnal Green childhood
'Absolutely wonderful writing, made me cry.' 'Beautiful writing. I already knew what Linda`s Nan looked like before I saw her photo, such was Linda`s descriptive skill. Lovely.' Some wonderful reader responses from this extract from Linda...
Look fabulous for less!
Very useful tips from Shopped author Emily Stott appeared in this week's Prima magazine.
Edinburgh in August
The Edinburgh International Book Festival programme is now live, and we're delighted to have two authors appearing. On Monday 14 August, Sharks author Conor Woodman appears with Richard Murphy for Sticky Fingers. ...
Never more hopeful or more angry
Last night Mark Thomas appeared at the Newham Bookshop event for The Liar's Quartet at the Wanstead Tap. Moved by the awful fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, the Newham Bookshop organised a raffle of signed books donated by publishers. They had...
Dreams of summer snow
Congratulations to Christopher Nicholson, whose wonderful book Among the Summer Snows is published today. The book - a celebration of these icy relics - has received some wonderful advance praise.
A great night at Maker Wharf
A great evening was had at last night's book launch in Maker Wharf of Columbia Road: Of Blood and Belonging, Linda Wilkinson's fascinating memoir. Gay Star News were there to film the speeches: Brick Lane Bookshop were also there, selling the...
‘A guerrilla guide to weird and wonderful UK adventures’
A wonderful review for Ways to See Great Britain in Elle Decoration as part of their Best of Britain feature. Alice took part in the Stoke Newington Literary Festival Pursuit of Beauty salon last Friday, and you can see her at the Emerald Street...
Soho loses notoriety …
A great article in today's Guardian, following Conor Woodman's talk about Sharks at the Hay Literary Festival:
Of blood and belonging on Columbia Road
Congratulations to Linda Wilkinson, whose book Columbia Road - a compelling memoir of family secrets and personal discovery; characterful, rich and visceral as the East End itself - is out today. Here Linda talks about the eponymous road and her...
