The Beckenham Bookshop has been supplying books in South East London for over forty years to all discerning readers, casual readers and anyone else come to that! hello@beckenhambooks.com 0208 650 9744https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mrk24cft6k23The next Poetry Book Club book is available in the shop! We're reading The Acrobat by Wisława Szymborska and chatting about it on Wednesday 2nd September at 6.30pm in the shop. All are welcome!26 Jul 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrk24cft6k23https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mr3mibdi2s24Our next Book Club choice has landed, we meet 18.30 on 27th August to discuss Bedlam by Jennifer Higgie, a novel of Richard Dadd. All welcome!20 Jul 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3mibdi2s24https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mqtz6ichek22Our next Queer book club choice is here, Hurrah! Meeting 6:30 on Monday 24th August to discuss Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst. All welcome, join us!17 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtz6ichek22https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mouxnni3jc2xHow absolutely lovely to have the wonderful Andrey Kurkov pop into the bookshop to sign his latest book, The Stolen Heart. We will hopefully have him back to sign more soon!22 Jun 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouxnni3jc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3moq5o3ecb22oThe wonderful local legend Tony Bradman popped in today to sign copies of his cracking new title Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos, Hurrah!20 Jun 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3moq5o3ecb22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mofrkibj7c2uRabbitbox by Wayne Holloway-Smith is our next Poetry Book Club choice, described as powerful and heart-rending but also tender and magic. We'll be meeting on Tuesday 21st July at 6.30pm in the bookshop to talk about it. No booking needed. All are welcome!16 Jun 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofrkibj7c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3moda6qud3c2qQueer Book Club Klaxon! Meeting on 13th July to discuss A Room Above a Shop. Everyone welcome!15 Jun 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3moda6qud3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mo65ndfbx22t13 Jun 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo65ndfbx22thttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mnuhl2dpnc2xWhat to do for a new window when its Pride month, Fathers day coming up and something apparently happing with football...? Well, a little bit of everything and a whole lot of LOVE.09 Jun 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuhl2dpnc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mnrxhua34c2xLocal legend and bookshop pal Tony Bradman will be in the bookshop Saturday 20th June to celebrate his latest, Greek Boy and Tales of the Cobb Street Comanados, both released end of June. Pop along, meet Tony and get your copy signed. Hurrah!08 Jun 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrxhua34c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mnjx4dbkhk2rBook Club Klaxon! Join us to chat about TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker on Thursday 9th July at 6.30. All welcome.05 Jun 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjx4dbkhk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mmgoaiucqk2jFrom 23rd May to 20th June, we'd love your donations of new and used children's books. Children's Book Project, a registered charity that tackles childhood social, emotional & educational inequalities, gifting new & pre-loved books to children in under-served communities childrensbookproject.co.uk/22 May 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgoaiucqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mmrdqmicr22rIf a thick tome feels a bit much in this weather there are some excellent books coming in at around 150 pages that might fit the bill. Here are four that are in the shop at the moment...26 May 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrdqmicr22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mmhc4zdbc22jWe are here Saturday 10 til 5 and Sunday 10 til 3, pop along and treat yo'self to a new read for the weekend, then relaaaaaaaax....22 May 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhc4zdbc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mmgoaiucqk2jFrom 23rd May to 20th June, we'd love your donations of new and used children's books. Children's Book Project, a registered charity that tackles childhood social, emotional & educational inequalities, gifting new & pre-loved books to children in under-served communities childrensbookproject.co.uk/22 May 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgoaiucqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mlben6i72c23Delighted to show off our new Queer Book Club book choice for May/June - the rather splendid STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters.07 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlben6i72c23https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mkuyzz44v22uWe are open 10 til 3 tomorrow to get yourself some reading material before a well earned day off on bank holiiday monday!02 May 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuyzz44v22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mkumuzj5wc2uWe have a new Poetry Book Club Book! Goyle, Chert, Mire by Jean Sprackland. A series of sonnets about land, time, illness and recovery, grounded in the landscape and language of her Blackdown Hill home. Join us to talk about it in the bookshop on Tuesday 2nd June at 6.30pm. All Welcome!02 May 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkumuzj5wc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mkkjincn6k2aIt was a pleasure to have Clare Chambers in the shop this morning signing copies of two of her books, Shy Creatures and Small Pleasures.28 Apr 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkjincn6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mjrbdv5ii22sAn author visit on this lovely day - Lynn Knight came into sign copies of her book 'Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread' which we are already selling out of. Have to get her back to sign more. Marvellous!18 Apr 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrbdv5ii22shttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mjhpfydx322f25 Books to read before you are 25!! As compiled by Sam Leith, author of 'The Haunted Wood, A History of Childhood Reading'.14 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhpfydx322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mja3zq7x6224Looking for book ideas? Here are our March bestsellers!11 Apr 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja3zq7x6224https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mj5onci4lk2r Book Club Klaxon, Woop woop! Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-Pyung. Read, think, come chat with us! Thursday 21st May at 6.30.10 Apr 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5onci4lk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3migtcweiws27Hello, lovely Beckenham Bibliophiles! Just a quick note to let you know our Easter hours: Friday - 3rd April - Closed Saturday - 4th April - Open Sunday - 5th April - Closed Monday - 6th April - Closed01 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3migtcweiws27https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mibyg5hwp22330 Mar 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibyg5hwp223https://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mi2gzkh5ys2fDelighted to see Beckenhams very own superstar Stella featured in Bookshop Cats, published 9th April by Harpercollins. What a lovelylil fuzz sasage! #bookshopcats #stella #beckenham27 Mar 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2gzkh5ys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mguhsisvdc2gQueer book club choice for April is Stop Me if You've Heard This One by Kirsten Arnett, save £2 at the bookshop, have a read, have a thinky, come along and chat with friendly book clubbers on 27TH April at 6.30, hurrah!12 Mar 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguhsisvdc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mgibcxtgkc2jTa-Da!! Here are the February Beckenham Bookshop Bestsellers! Which ones did you buy?07 Mar 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgibcxtgkc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mghnj4qrls2jOur next Poetry Book Club is on Tuesday 24th March, 6.30pm. Wordsworth wrote about daffodils. Mary Oliver wrote about her dogs. What do you do when you work in a factory? Matthew Rice has written 'plastic', time stamping the poems over the length of a night shift. Available in the shop with £2 off.07 Mar 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghnj4qrls2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beckenhambookshop.bsky.social/post/3mfw26cf6pc2oStarting the day like the Monty Python cheese shop sketch , with a chap asking for book after book that we do not have... I did point out that we order every day so we could get all of these for him by Monday, but this was, apparently, an unconscionable timescale.28 Feb 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:7iyy3pgt7rnptnycod3a3eh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfw26cf6pc2o