The Broadway Bookshop will be hosting a free online event via Zoom with The Latin Programme Poetry Prize on Wednesday 17th March from 6.30 – 7 pm. In 2020, The Latin Programme launched its inaugural poetry prize with a call-out encouraging writers to compose a poem using the Latin phrase ‘de rerum natura’ (‘on the […]
A Lover’s Discourse: Xiaolu Guo in conversation with Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
We’re delighted to be welcoming local author and good friend of the bookshop Xiaolu Guo for an event to celebrate the publication of her latest novel, A Lover’s Discourse. Xiaolu will be in conversation with Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days. The event is free but spaces are limited so please book in advance. […]
Summer paperbacks from our yellow table
Whether you’re having a staycation or venturing further afield, here’s some reading suggestions for your consideration: Or maybe you fancy some crime in a handy slimline volume, how about a bit of Maigret?
Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS (BBC)
If you missed this programme it’s now available on iPlayer for the next month. The amazing patience, humour and kindness of these nurses is highlighted as they withstood racial abuse, deprecation and being passed over on the jobs ladder in this fascinating film. Some books we recommend to complement viewing:
Shop Online and/or Shop at the Door
The response to our Online Shop since its launch 4 weeks ago has been truly astonishing – THANK YOU to everyone who has supported and reconnected with us by ordering from the virtual shop and collecting from the real one. While we still think this is the safest way to sell and buy books – and the only way for you to browse our whole catalogue – we […]
Start planning ahead with our Travel Guide sale!
We can’t go anywhere at the moment but why not start dreaming, pick up a travel guide with 25% off
Recommendations from some great children we know
Lola, 13 Theo, 10 Audrey, 9 Max, 9 Isabel, 9 Alfred, 8 George, 7 Eloise, 7 Casper, 6 Frank, 5 Barney, 4 Beatrice, 1
Books in Lockdown
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann When else would you be able to read 1000 pages of stream of consciousness – stuck in kitchen waiting for things to rise like the protagonist. That’s when. Absolutely brilliant. Growing Goats and Girls by Rosanne Hodin We’ve probably all tried to grow stuff on our balconies or in our […]
Our online shop is open!
Thank you to Owen at Skylark Technology, Dan Fridd at Fridd IT, support from the Booksellers Association and our fellow independent bookshops, this has taken just three weeks. We hope you like it and can find the books you’re looking for.