Rosemary at Queens Park Books

Hear the remarkable World War II escape story of Hampstead-born Rosemary Say told her daughter, Julia Holland and son-in-law, Noel Fursman who grew up in Kilburn – he was born just couple of streets away from Queens Park Books.

'' I had decided earlier in the year that I had to do something different and redical that would being set for me. But what? It wasn't until early that autumn, walking over Hampstead Heath one bright, cold afternoon with my school friend Peggy, that I decided exactly what I would do.

'I'm going to live abroad' I declared.

Little did Rosemary know on that fateful day on Hampstead Heath that her trip abroad would lead her imprisonment in, and escape from, two Nazi internment camps.

Join us at Queens Park Books for drinks and nibbles

7:30 – 9.00

Wednesday 6^th April 2011

Our Window this week :-)

Broaden your horizons at ELB!

We have a new international section in the shop this month, courtesy of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, featuring the complete longlist – and it’s a great selection this year. Standout nominees are David Grossman’s inspirational To The End of the Land, Santiago Roncagliolo’s thrilling Red April, and Orhan Pamuk’s epic The Museum of Innocence. Also included are some brilliant previous winners, including titles by Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Littell and Alaa Al Aswany. The IFFP is one of our favourite annual literary contests – showcasing a selection of work from around the globe that might otherwise be (unjustly) overlooked, and rewarding the excellent efforts of the translators who bring it to us as well as the authors. Stop by and have a look!

We're Twice Nicer On World Book Day!

We love World Book Day….there’s no more pleasing sight than a child engrossed in a brand new book—so we’re doubling the fun this year!

Every child bringing a World Book Day voucher to our shop can exchange for two WBD books…or, if they prefer, they can simply use the voucher to claim £1 off any children’s book in the shop.

World Book Day authors include Dr Seuss, AA Milne, Katie Davies, Andrew Cope, Michael Lawrence, Betty Birney, Glenn Murphy and more!

We are welcoming a host of local schools into the shop for children to select their book by their big voucher. Some of our staff are also visiting the local schools and talking with reception and children about books and reading generally, helping them to catch the reading hug. Hundreds of children will benefit from free access to some of the country's finest children's authors.. So, make sure you don't miss it out.

If your child’s school would like to arrange a visit, just ask them to give us a call on 0207 625 1008 and we’d be delighted to schedule a session with them.

We will offer any local school that affiliates with us 10% of their parents’ spends in the shop back in free library books—so make sure that your school and PTA spread the word because you can’t argue with free! We also offer participating schools an array of benefits to working with us from author visits and workshops to discount cards and much more.