Join Katy Massey via ZOOM as she explores shame, immigration and class in her memoir Are We Home Yet?
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livestream: Unofficial Britain by Gareth E. Rees
Join Gareth E. Rees via ZOOM and journey through unexpected places to discover Unofficial Britain.
Pick up your white poppy today!
As we do every year - we are stocking white poppies here at October Books. Find them on the counter.
The Day The Virus Came by Simon Small
Local author Simon Small, helps children process and discuss their experience of the pandemic through this delightful rhyming story.
Organise! Diaries and planners for radicals, activists and revolutionaries.
Be inspired by past and present activists and revolutionaries- whether you are fighting for the radical change of personal growth or fighting for system change these diaries and planners have your back.
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light.
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
All you have are your words.
The Pandemic Century: A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 by Mark Honigsbaum
The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19.