Author Events
Gillian Slovo
Book now for first reading of 2012: 23 January @ 7.30pm. Entrance free.
Story Time
Join us on Thursdays at 4pm for picture book stories and rhymes.
Book of the Fortnight
It’s by best-selling Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon, and there’s 10% off this wonderful Norse adventure for Early Readers’ Club Members. Recommended for boys and girls age 8 – 11
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An Honourable Man in West End Lane
Hear Gillian Slovo talk about her most recent novel
We’re kicking off our schedule of author talks in 2012 in grand style when South African born and NW6 resident Gillian Slovo visits the shop on 23rd Janurary at 7.30pm to read from and answer your questions about her most recent novel, An Honourable Man.
Entrance is free and drinks will be served, but please do book a seat in advance via the shop or call us on 0207 431 3770 or email us at info@welbooks.co.uk.
Bear necessities in a bookshop
NW6 kids grin and bear it at Storytime
Big thanks to all the littlies (and their parents) who joined us for our seasonal special Storytime!
And who needs Santa when there’s a bear in the house to give out little goodie bags courtesy of our friends at Walker Books!
Walker–for that’s the bear’s name too–was as impeccably behaved as the children–although we did find some puddles of honey afterwards, but we reckoned it was a small price to pay for such a special guest in the shop, and as you can see from our picture a good time was had by all!
West End Lane Crooks: bestsellers & superstars
Join us and discuss thriller bestseller Before I Go To Sleep on Feb 8th and meet superstar author Sophie Hannah in April
Our thriller reading book group, West End Lane Crooks, gave a unanimous and vigorous thumbs-up to our January selection, Erin Kelly’s superbly dark debut, The Poison Tree, which we rated right up there with the likes of Daphne du Maurier and Barbera Vine. In fact so convincing is one of her central characters that some Crooks even began to fantasise about what punishment they would personally like to dole out!
West End Lane Crooks is a friendly and informal group, so, if literary thrillers are your thing, join us for our next meeting on Feb 8th at 7.30pm when we will be discussing another recent outstanding debut jangler S J Watson’s bestselling Before I Go To Sleep. Entrance is free and drinks will be served. Drop us an email or give us a call if you’d like to attend!
All book group selections are available in the shop at a 15% discount!
Further ahead, we are completely thrilled (sic) to invite you to meet one of the country’s most accomplished criminal voices, Sophie Hannah, who will be discussing her upcoming novel, Kind Of Cruel, as well as talking about her modus operandi, on April 10th at 7.30pm; bookings will be taken for this talk although entry will, of course, be free!
Make a date with Maisy!
It’s all happening when everyone’s favourite Mouse drops by on Jan 28th!
Literary superstars come in many shapes and sizes, but this one is smaller and furrier than most and packs a powerful punch when it comes to impressing that hardest of audiences, our nation’s kids!
Yes Maisy the mouse is a mainstay on pre-schoolers’ book shelves–she’s the Tolstoy for tots, the Baudelaire for babies etc–so we are delighted to welcome her to our shop on Saturday 28th January at 11am when she’ll be bringing in her brand new books, handing out stickers and posters, shaking paws and posing for pix and generally being everyone’s bestest best friend.
No booking is needed: just join us in the shop when we’ll also hold a Saturday Special Storytime! Who said January was dull?