Big Green Bookshop

Thursday 22nd March - 7pm-9pm Beginners Guide to Book Binding Tickets £40 - BUY HERE https://tinyurl.com/yabu7p5v
Have you ever wondered how books are made?
... We are thrilled that Aimee Spillman will be here to show you all you need to know to make your very own notebook. Aimee has a City & Guilds qualification in Bookbinding and completed an internship at Windsor Castle. She worked at a top London Bookbinders for 5 years but decided to start her own company “Woodle Books” in October 2017.
You will learn how to sew a Pamphlet style book block, cover it and stick it in. You can bring your own special papers for the end papers (fancy pages at the front and back of the book) and cover, or Aimee will have a selection you can choose from on the day.
You will need to bring scissors and an apron to protect your clothes, as PVA will be in use.
Aimee will provide paper for the books block and a selection of end papers and covering materials, all of which is covered in the cost.
There are only ten spaces available for this course, so please do book early.
The session last for 2 hours and refreshments will be provided.
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Monday March 12th – 7.00pm An Evening Celebrating The Jhalak Prize. £3 (redeemable books bought on the night) BUY TICKETS HERE. https://tinyurl.com/yae5oxq8
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has announced its shortlist. The selection is an exciting snapshot of the incredible array of writers of colour in Britain today.... The full shortlist is here.
The Golden Legend, by Nadeem Aslam. Kumukanda, by Kayo Chingonyi. Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge. Once Upon a Time in the East: a story of growing up, by Xiaolu Guo. When I Hit You: or, a portrait of the writer as a young wife, by Meena Kandasamy. The Island at the End of Everything, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
And we’re delighted that authors from this year’s shortlist will be here at the Bookshop on Monday March 12th, in conversation with co-founder and chair of judges, Sunny Singh.
Tickets for this incredible event are just £3, redeemable on titles in the shortlist on the night and we hope to see you there.
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Thursday March 8th. ALL DAY The Big Green Bookshop 10th Birthday! ZOMG! http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
... The Big Green Bookshop opened for the very first time on March 8th 2008. WE ARE GOING TO BE TEN YEARS OLD.
So, you are all cordially invited to come to the Bookshop to help us celebrate. The lovely folk at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts have kindly agreed to let us have 100 dounghnuts, to give out to our customers. We'll be picking them up at about 10am from Enfiled, so my advice would be to get here at about 10.30am if you want to enjoy a fresh sugar hit. We'll be offering special deals throughout the day, and there will be a big old party from 6pm, which we'd love you to come along to. Obviously, we'd like you to buy all our books too, so come along and make our tenth birthday super special!
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Wednesday March 7th 7.00pm- 9.30pm Quiz Night and Redemption Beer! £12 a team BUY TICKETS HERE. https://tinyurl.com/y8ekz9a8 On Wednesday March 7th we will be holding a spectacular quiz at the bookshop.... Not only will there be all the usual fun and japes of a Big Green Bookshop Quiz, but there’s more! We’ve teamed up with top local producer Redemption Brewery to offer you this amazing deal.
Teams (maximum of 4 per team) will get;
*** Four complimentary bottles of delicious Redemption Brewery Beer. ***
There will be plenty more beer available on the night too!
It’s £12 per team (that’s £3 each) and there’s a prize of £40 worth of Big Green Bookshop Vouchers to the winning team too.
It’s almost too good to be true, isn’t it?
There'll be six rounds in the quiz, with questions on all manner of things (one round will be about the Bookshop, as it’s our tenth Birthday).
Please buy tickets beforehand if you want to come along.
Tickets are available HERE, or if you’d rather you can pay at the shop or over the phone (020 8881 6767)
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Hello, I haven't posted much on Facebook have I? Anyway, that's all about to change. We have exciting things happening at the shop. Not least, it's our TENTH BIRTHDAY this Thursday. So, prepare yourselves for a swathe of messages about events coming up shortly.

BIG GREEN BOOKSHOP PARTY! SATURDAY DECEMBER 9TH. By way of saying thanks for the incredible support you continue to show us, we're having a right old Festive knees up on Saturday December 9th (tomorrow). There's a special Stories & Songs at 10am for the youngsters and throughout the day we'll be offering mince pies and the like to everyone who comes in. There'll be a party in the evening from 6pm, but throughout the day we'll be reintroducing the "Devilish Discount Dice", w...here you'll have a chance to get your books for HALF PRICE. We'd love it if you could come along to the party (the till will still be open of course). There will be;
DRINK FOOD MUSIC BOOKS
(bring a bottle if you like).
We really hope some of you can make it.
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Saturday November 25th – All Day SAUSAGE SATURDAY

... So, it's “Black Friday” this week. Well that pales into insignificance to this.
We are delighted to announce that on Saturday November 25th, The Big Green Bookshop will be holding its now legendary Sausage Saturday. http://bit.ly/2A1mEjh
Please join us this Saturday, where we will be celebrating it not being Black Friday, by offering you a day of sizzling fun (and some great offers too).
SAUSAGES & BOOKS! What’s not to like?
We've joined forces with the superb local supplier Marky Market, who’ll be getting us three delicious types of sausage, which we’ll cook/fry up for you to enjoy throughout Saturday, while you browse our shelves.
Here’s a little bit about Marky;
Every Wednesday and Friday at 2.00am, Mark heads off to Smithfield & Billingsgate Markets, and selects some of the most delicious and freshest meat and fish, straight from source. He then delivers his orders to homes and offices throughout London. His website HERE (http://bit.ly/2jeh2Kv) gives more information about what Mark has to offer, but as one of his customers I can safely say that he picks some incredible stuff! Mark’s been a huge supporter of the bookshop over the years and we want to do something to say THANKS MARK.
There will be a vegetarian option of course.
We'll tell you about the offers nearer the time on a special Sausage Saturday Newsletter, but we think it'll be worth your while to make a trip to N22 this Saturday.
SAUSAGE SATURDAY. LOVELY.
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Tuesday November 28th – 7pm-9pm The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe. An Evening with Robin Ince £5 - BUY TICKETS HERE. http://bit.ly/2iu8y55 We’re absolutely delighted that comedian, actor and writer Robin Ince will be at The Big Green Bookshop on Tuesday November 28th explaining how to build a universe, to mark publication of The Infinite Monkey Cage, he has co-written with Professor Brian Cox.
... The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms. Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince muse on multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe, with pearls of wisdom from leading scientists and comedians peppered throughout.
Covering billions of concepts and conundrums, they tackle everything from the Big Bang to parallel universes, fierce creatures to extraterrestrial life, brain science to artificial intelligence. How to Build a Universe is an illuminating and inspirational celebration of science - sometimes silly, sometimes astounding and very occasionally facetious.
Tickets are just £5 and it promises to be extremely popular, so please book early.
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Thursday November 16th – 7pm An Evening with Award-Winning Comedian Adam Kay £3 (redeemable on the book). BUY TICKETS HERE. http://bit.ly/2zytuv9 Please join us for an evening filled with tears and laughter as Adam Kay visits the Big Green Bookshop to talk about his incredible new bestselling book “This Is Going to Hurt”.
... Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, the book provides a no-holds-barred account of his time as a junior doctor on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heart-breaking by turns, these diaries are everything you wanted to know - and more than a few things you didn't - about life on and off the hospital ward. And yes, it may leave a scar.
Adam achieved success as frontman of Amateur Transplants, with 20 million hits (including the iconic London Underground Song), and since leaving the NHS, he has become a hugely successful stand up comedian and now is greatly in demand as a solo performer, with multiple sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and West End seasons as well as international tours. He is a previous winner of the London Cabaret Award.
Tickets for this event are just £3 (redeemable of the book). Tickets will sell out VERY quickly, so please book early.
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Sunday October 29th – 6pm An Evening with Harry Leslie Smith £5 - BUY TICKETS HERE. http://bit.ly/2lc5RGj This is an event we’ve been working on for some time and I am more than thrilled that the amazing Harry Leslie Smith will be visiting the Big Green Bookshop on Sunday October 29th to discuss his new book “Don't Let My Past Be Your Future”.
... Harry’s a survivor of the Great Depression, a second world war RAF veteran and an activist for the poor and for the preservation of social democracy. In September 2014 Harry Leslie Smith electrified the Labour Party conference with his incredible speech about the NHS and since then he’s written bestselling books, including the wonderful “Harry’s Last Stand”. Don’t Let My Past Be Your Future is his latest.
Now in his nineties, Harry wanders through the streets of his youth and wonders whether anything has actually changed. Britain is at its most dangerous juncture since Harry's youth - the NHS and social housing are in crisis, whilst Brexit and an unpopular government continue to divide the country - but there is hope. Just as Clement Attlee provided hope in 1945, Labour's triumphant comeback of June 2017 is a beacon of light in this season of discontent. Britain has overcome adversity before and will do so again - a new nation will be forged from the ashes of grave injustice. Moving and passionate, Don't Let My Past be Your Future interweaves memoir and polemic in a call to arms. Above all, this book is a homage to the boundless grace and resilience of the human spirit.
There’ll be a chance to ask Harry questions and he’ll be very happy to sign copies of his book, which will be available on the night.
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Wednesday September 20th – 7.00pm – 9.00pm “Is Monogamy Dead” with Rosie Wilby £3 - BUY TICKETS HERE http://bit.ly/2xdtcd9 (redeemable on Rosie's book) This is going to be amazing! Award-winning comedian and Radio 4 regular Rosie Wilby will be at the bookshop to present funny and poignant readings from her nonfiction debut 'Is Monogamy Dead?' and explores the question 'what counts as cheating?'
... In early 2013, comedian Rosie Wilby found herself at a crossroads with everything she'd ever believed about romantic relationships. When people asked, 'who's the love of your life?' there was no simple answer. Did they mean her former flatmate who she'd experienced the most ecstatic, heady, yet ultimately doomed, fling with? Or did they mean the deep, lasting companionate partnerships that gave her a sense of belonging and family? Surely, most human beings need both.
Mixing humour, heartache and science, Is Monogamy Dead? details Rosie's very personal quest to find out why Western society is clinging to a concept that doesn't work that well for some of us and is laden with ambiguous assumptions.
Rosie’s book comes highly recommended by her comedy colleagues Sara Pascoe and Viv Groskop and follows her TEDx talk of the same name. Rosie has performed at festivals including Glastonbury and Latitude and was a finalist at a Funny Women 2006.
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Good morning Facebook gang. Here is our newsletter. It is excellent and full of news. If you have a coupe of minutes, please have a nose. x

Tonight at 7pm, Emily Morris will be here at the bookshop talking to me about her amazing book "My Shitty Twenties". It's FREE to come along, so if you can, please do. http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/events-di ary/info_6.html

Friday June 30th – 8.00pm – 11.00pm Working Title Comedy at the Big Green Bookshop £5. BUY TICKETS HERE. http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/…/ticke t-for-…/prod_878.html It's BACK!! Comedy returns to the Big Green Bookshop as we welcome a stellar line-up to the shop to entertain you. ... As ever, tickets are just a fiver and you can bring your own refreshments.
So without further ado, here are the details of the night's comedy.
"Crashing back onto the Fringe for its triumphant third year, Rotating Bill brings you top-quality stand-up with special guests every day. Featuring award-winning regulars with a variety of styles, it's guaranteed to have something for everyone."
Ali Woods: “The coolest ginger in comedy”. Chatty, friendly, but with a sharp edge. Ali is endlessly entertaining, with his hilariously off kilter look at the world. Yorkshire Fringe 2015 New Comedian Finalist, Leicester Square New Comedian 2015 Quarter Finalist, Chortle Student Comedy Heat Placer.
Ed Colley: As a “Great Character Comic” and BBC New Comedy Award semi-finalist, Ed has a surreal and misguided view of the world, providing a deranged but hysterical attempt to understand the world, mainly kitchen objects.
Mary O’Connell: Scathing, playful, laid back and assured, Mary brings her hilariously haughty comedy to the mic. A great performer who loves to shock her audience. Won the people’s choice vote in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards for London 2016.
Caitlin Powell: A flamboyantly furious comic with plenty on her mind to share, Caitlin brings an electric energy and fiery passion from the biggest issues down to the pettiest minutia. A tour de force of righteous anger. Harrogate Comedian of the Year Finalist, Chortle student comedy semi finalist, Burning Duck student comedian of the year.
Stanley Brooks: A terrifying character comedian, business man of the year to some, Stanley verbally attacks his audience in the funniest of ways. Runner up in the Leicester Square Theatre new act competition.
Book your ticket NOW.
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So, last night I stayed at a very swanky hotel on the Southbank. I was there because I had to be up early to appear on the sofa on Good Morning Britain, to talk to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid about Harry Potter. It was shorter than i'd hoped, as the previous interview had gone on longer than they'd anticipated, but I don't think I made a tool of myself. Anyway, you decide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwMkXIgcH 9E&feature=youtu.be

Well, how about that. It seems that i'm going to be on Good Morning Britain on Monday to chat to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid about the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book. The researcher who contacted me said they couldn't think of anyone better to do this. I wonder why... http://www.independent.co.uk/…/harry-po tter-piers-morgan-jk…

EVENT TOMORROW! Wednesday June 14th. 7pm- 9pm Enemies of the People... With Sam Jordison & special guest? We are absolutely delighted to have Guardian journalist and author Sam Jordison here, to discuss his new book "Enemies of the People". Something has gone wrong. We're living in an age of celebratory racism, extreme inequality, uncertainty and fear. We're governed by people who claim to be populist but who seem to hate everyone. There are idiots at the wheel and we're hea...ding for a cliff in a big red bus and no one knows how to save us.
Sam Jordison’s new book Enemies Of The People reveals who has taken us to this dizzying precipice. It provides the actual, non-alternative facts about Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Vladimir Putin and their charming friends - and also explains where they got their crazy ideas. Why did people turn so mean? How did so-called social networks like Facebook become so very anti-social? Why did anyone think it would be a good idea to privatise railways? Just how much should we fear the robots? Why is no one doing anything about Global Warming? Why is no one doing anything about Boris Johnson either?
This book explains all those vital questions and more.
Remember, though – they say history is written by the victors and fortunately, many of those currently winning can’t seem to write more than 140 characters at a time. This gives us the golden opportunity to set the record straight and snatch back the narrative. But if we’ve any chance of victory, we first need to know our enemy.
This is a free event, but please email enquiries@biggreenbookshop.com if you want to come along, so we can make sure twe can accommodate. Thanks. http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/events-di ary/info_6.html
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Hello. You demanded it, so here it is! This week's Newsletter. In glorious technicolour.

LOOK!!! You can pre-order the book I'm writing! Do it! Do it now! The words aren't bad, but the illustrations by Moose Allain are superb. You'll get an exclusive postcard if you order the book from us too ... I might even sign it, but that means you won't be able to return it. (it is going to be the greatest book in the world, so don't miss out). x
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They will get you any book. Any book. And send it to you as well.

These guys are so friendly and down to earth and can order anything in! Worth a follow on Twitter as well as a visit! (Or online order!)

The best, basically. Knowledgeable, friendly, fantastically helpful.

Run by two of the friendliest chaps you're ever to meet (Simon & Tim), not only do they have a fantastic selection in stock - if they don't, they can order it for you super quick. You can place orders online, on Twitter and they'll post to you too. And they run an impressive list of events for adults and kids alike so don't be surprised if you see they have your favourite author doing a reading there. They also run quizzes and comedy nights there. BARGASM!

Really friend guys that run it. Can always find something to buy and if I want something specific they can order it in with in a couple of days. Prices are always competitive. Tim and Simon are awesome. Every Monday my daughter & I go to their book club/singalong and she loves it. Best book shop EVER. Love it.

My favourite book shop in London, run by two ace blokes who know their books.

Just been to this bookshop. It's such a lovely place. Will go back soon. Warm, friendly

I'm biased as Simon is my brother, but that doesn't change the fact it's the best bookshop in the World!

I love this place and i dont even know what a book is.

Great selection of books and friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Funny helpful staff an amazing community hub of a bookshop.

First visited in Aug 2017. Will return. Great selection of books.

Fantastic local bookshop, run by lovely, friendly owners who run great events there as well as maintain a great stock of books. They can order books which often get there faster than online retailers.

Excellent service both online and in real life. You want a book? They'll get that book! Serving everyone from local school children to actual astronauts, BGB are the independent bookseller to go for.

A wonderful bookshop with a great range of books, lots of community events and some excellent quiz nights. However, my main reason for loving the bookshop is that it forces high-profile authors to visit a small side road off Wood Green High Road. Many of them have never been to Wood Green before, and the look of surprise and delight on their faces makes it all worthwhile.

A lovely, friendly bookshop. Think of a book and they'll try their best to find it for you, can't think of a book, they'll recommend some great ones for you. Incredible community involvement and great events at the bookshop too.

A local bookshop for an international clientele, as they’ll post to anywhere! This independent bookshop is such an important part of the community in Wood Green, with lots of events (‘Stories and Songs’ is so much fun) and helping local schools among what they do. You’d be unlucky to visit when one of the two owners isn’t there as they put a lot of time and effort into making the shop the best it can be. They’re really friendly and helpful and they give great recommendations based on books they’ve read, rather than what they need to sell. Anything not on the shelves, they will order and get to you asap. The world needs more places like this.