EXCITING NEW SERVICE We can now order 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. JUST OUT!  Bill Bryson's books are always a treat. The perennial traveller turns his attentions to the wonders of home life. (£20 hardback) REPRINTED AFTER A LONG WAIT!  Lost London 1870-1945 is a treasure trove of a vanished city. Reprinted at last after the publishers ran out at Christmas! (£29.99 hardback) Crystal Palace Jigsaw £9.99  Eight different DVDs of Old London £9.99
|  Ronnie McGrath will be reading stories to children at 10.30 - 11am and 11.30am- 12pm Live music with Peter Caesar and 10% off everything* *Not including stamps, book tokens and ordered items. Children's Poetry Jamboree 24th July 2010 
The joint winners of our fantastic children’s poetry
competition were presented with their prizes on Sat 24th July, by
Sydenham Arts Festival’s Poet in Residence, Gale Burns. Coby Plews
(9) and Eoin Treacy (8) read out
their winning poems in the gallery and there was a queue of other children
eager to read their favourite poems aloud.  Coby Plews with poet in residence Gale Burns and Kirkdale Bookshop's Jonathan Kaufman  Eoin Treacy with his prize  View more pictures here: eventsarchive Orange Prize Winner 2010 Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna Faber £7.99 In stock now Come and have a look at Kirkdale Bookshop’s gallery.  It's had an amazing makeover! Local artists and designers, Mark Hill and Kate Shipp have extended their Recycled House* to create an annexe in our gallery. We now have an intriguing, imaginative interior space - a fascinating use of recycled resources. * The Recycled House, 4 Longton Avenue, is open to the public as part of the Sydenham Arts Festival Arts Trail, on Sat 17th & Sun 18th July, 11-5pm. Furnished and decorated almost entirely from discarded and found materials, the house illustrates the possibility of living elegantly with minimal environmental impact and invites you to consider a creative alternative to consumerism. DVDs!
We now have DVDs in stock
Coming Soon
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo
We tried a range of DVDs of old film-footage of London last Christmas and they proved to be very popular. However, it's difficult to buy current and classic titles in Sydenham, so we have chosen a selection of new and old that may appeal to you.
For example -
Sherlock Holmes Precious Nowhere Boy (The early years of John Lennon) The Hurt Locker,
(winner at the Baftas and the Oscars,)
An Education,
Julie and Julia,
The Seven Ages of Britain,
The Gruffalo,
New Moon,
Casablanca,
Singin' in the Rain,
La Vie en Rose,
Once,
Sleuth,
The 39 Steps,
Wonders of the Solar System
Persepolis
Guide to Meditation
High Noon Cabaret and more.
We can order any title that we do not have. Like our fantastic book-ordering service we can usually get any DVD currently available within a few days. Do have a look when you come in.
GIFTS
We have a selection of gifts as well as new and secondhand books  The demolition of the dangerous bits of the pub has started already. I'm told that the piling for the main flats will start by August. The pub will remain as some sort of gastro-pub, but won't be open until the whole project is finished in 21-24 months. Book Tokens ELECTRONIC BOOK-TOKENS have been up and running since February 1st 2010. This means that paper Book Tokens are no longer be available. (We will continue to accept paper Book Tokens indefinitely, but we can't sell them anymore). I know we have to move with the times, but I am sorry to see them go after over 40 years. The advantages of electonic book-tokens are that you can take off an exact amount, instead of juggling with odd amounts left. Also the cards can be topped up, so they could be used for children's 'pocket-money' for books or perhaps for students at university. At any time the card can be looked up online, or taken into any bookshop, for the current balance.
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for Independent Booksellers' Week and SYDENHAM ARTS FESTIVAL 2010 Summer Season June 6th - 11th Sept
Once again, the pavement outside the bookshop will be transformed into a tropical beach, complete with palm trees and sand, with storytelling for children at 10.30am and 11.30 am - and a few surprises Events you've missed! Sun 6th June 3 - 5pm Kirkdale Bookshop invites you to a wonderland tea-party and promenade theatre - a magical afternoon with Alice, The Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts - in the beautiful garden of the Kirkdale Care Home. (£4 (inc £1 off bookshop voucher) Wednesday 9th June
6.30 - 8.30pm
Meet the Artist:
Richard Spare
Artist and printmaker Richard Spare is renowned for his Japanese-influenced prints of natural subjects. Come along and meet him for an informal drink and chat about his work.
Monday 14th June
7.30 - 9.30pm
Book Group Party
Come along to an informal discussion about Sarah Waters' gothic novel The Little Stranger. Have a glass of wine, meet other book groups, join one or form a new one. Wed 16th June 7.30pm Gandhi: Naked Ambition Jad Adams, who entertained us last year with the history of Absinthe, will talk about and sign copies of his new biography of Gandhi, which examines the contradictions in Gandhi's life and his experiments in chastity' Friday 18th June
4-5.30pm
Usborne Craft Workshop
Fiona Watt of children's publisher Usborne Books will be running an art activity drop-in workshop.
Saturday 19th June
11.30am - 3.30pm
Bookbinding Demonstration
Professional bookbinder Liz Howard will be in the bookshop gallery showing the different aspects of this skillful craft, demonstrating leather tooling, gilding etc.
Saturday 19th June
7.30pm
Kirkdale Bookshop Writers' Group Reading
Once again, the bookshop's very own writers' group present an evening of short stories, poems and plays - humorous, quirky, magical, mysterious - in various locations around the shop.
£4 all tickets
Sat 3rd July 3-5pm The Annexe Mark Hill & Kate Shipp Kirkdale Bookshop hosts 'The Annexe', an extension of the artists' Recycled House. We invite you to donate interesting yet purposeless items to create an opulent interior space from available resources. The Annexe offers imagination as an alternative to consumption. Exhibition finishes end of August 17th July 3-5pm Children's Poetry Workshop Sad poems, silly poems, happy poems, animal poems. Read and write some and play fun games to get your imagination working. Join Orlaine Dee in an interactive workshop for budding poets. Sat 24th July 3-4.30pm Children's Poetry Jamboree Come along and read your favourite poem - or maybe one you have written. Gale Burns will also be presenting the prize for the Festival Poetry Competition. FOR OTHER EVENTS IN THE SYDENHAM ARTS FESTIVAL see www. sydenham arts festival.com
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