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MUSIC CDs
Like our DVD catalogue, it appears to be very comprehensive, so do try us if you need something.
 
New Opening Hours

Please note that our normal opening hours have changed.
We are now open at 9.30am until 6pm during the week, but 9 – 5.30pm, the same as before, on Saturdays.


DVDs now in stock!

 
We have a great selection of Dickens Films currently in stock, including:
 Nicholas Nickleby
 
A Tale of Two Cities 
 
 
Oliver Twist
 
Our current best-selling DVDs: 
 
George Harrison- Living in the Material World
 
To Kill a Mockingbird 
 
Mr Benn- The Complete Series
 
The Adventures of TinTin
 
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
(Alec Guinness version)
 
Here are a few more favourites: 
 
Rebecca
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Monsoon Wedding
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The King's Speech
Downton Abbey
Persepolis
An Education
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
 
And don't forget we also have DVDs of old London for £9.99


We can order most titles within a few days.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OUR LATEST EVENT - BOOK SOON!
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR DICKENS!

A Celebration of the Life and Works of

Mr Charles Dickens

on the Occasion of his 200th Birthday

Readings Performed by a Company

of the Most Marvellous Actors 

Tuesday 7th February 2012

Doors to be Opened at 7pm and Show to Begin at 7.30pm 

St Bartholomew’s Church

Westwood Hill, Sydenham 

 

The Performance directed by Mr Jonathan Kaufman

The Performance produced by Miss Geraldine Cox

Musical Interludes on the Pianoforte by the Reverend Michael Kingston

And Songs sung most Mellifluously by Miss Ciará Preston Myakicheff

 

Tickets £10 (£2 per Ticket to be Donated to the Church Funds)

To be purchased from Kirkdale Bookshop, 272 Kirkdale, Sydenham,

For more information please Telephone 020 8778 4701

or View the Websites

www.kirkdalebookshop.com

www.spontaneousproductions.co.uk

 

Costa Book Awards 2012 

The Costa Book of the Year Award has been given to Pure by Andrew Miller.

 

Here are this years Category Winners, which will now go head-to-head for the ultimate prize, the 2011 Costa Book of the Year, to be announced on 24th January 2012: 

 

Novel Award

Pure by Andrew Miller

First Novel Award

Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

by Christie Watson

 Biography Award

Now All Roads Lead To France

by Matthew Hollis

Poetry Award

The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy

Children's Book Award

Blood Read Road by Moira Young

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The West End Front: The Wartime secrets of London's Grand Hotels

Many thanks to Matthew for his entertaining and interesting talk on London's Grand Hotels during the Second World War. Also, many thanks to those who attended. We still have some signed copies for sale.

Delightfully gossipy and often moving, it shines an affectionate search-light on an entirely forgotten chapter of World War II   Mark Gatiss

Radio 4's Book of the Week!

7.30pm. Tickets £4, booking essential.

 Lucy Faithfull: Mother To Hundreds. A talk by the author Judith Niechcial. 28th November 7.30pm

 

A life-long and passionate campaigner for children, Baroness Faithfull (1910-1996) was one of the most eminent social workers of the twentieth century. Judith Niechcial has written a compelling account of this remarkable woman and will be giving an illustrated talk.

 

22nd October- Kirkdale Bookshop's

45th Birthday!!! 

The shop was 45 YEARS OLD this October (we opened in 1966). To celebrate, we gave all our customers 10% off that day We also had plenty of cake and wine!

Many thanks to all those who came in and wished us well.

Joy made this lovely cake for our 40th birthday

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 OPEN BOOK CLUB AT KIRKDALE BOOKSHOP

Wednesday 23rd November 2011 7.30 pm

Come along to our Open Book Club when we’ll be discussing Carol Birch’s Booker Shortlisted novel Jamrach’s Menagerie. No membership needed, just turn up.  Next Meeting : Wednesday 18th January 2012

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In Shackleton's Footsteps

A talk by Henry Worsley

 Monday 10th October 7.30pm

 

We must say a big thank you to Henry for coming to give a talk at the bookshop. His passion and enthusiasm for Shackleton and exploration were contagious, and the audience left

feeling truly inspired. 

 

Henry signing a copy of his book, In Shackleton's Footsteps. All of the signed copies have now been sold, but he has said he will happily sign more when he is back from his latest expedition in February.

 
 

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 Kirkdale Bookshop Writers'

 

Group Anthology



Kirkdale Bookshop Writers' group followed up their successful first anthology '42: Life, the Universe & Everything' with a brand-new anthology, Sydenham Sprouts, which launched on Thurs 16th December, with readings in the bookshop. Copies are available priced £7.99.



 

 







 
Open Book Club
We are reading 
Pure 
by Andrew Miller on Wed 21st March
at 7.30pm. This book has just been announced as the Costa Book of the Year!
 
As always this is free.
Do come along! 
 

 
 
 The Gallery
Details of a new Exhibition will be coming soon. 
 
New additions
to our fantastic range of mugs
 
Children's Storytime
Come along to Children's Storytime, every Saturday 10.30am-11am! 
 
SECONDHAND BOOKS
If you don't know that we have a basement full of secondhand books, just click on the image below to
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