Welcome to the Dulwich Books newsletter, where we offer a brief round-up of our fortnight at the shop: what we are selling, what we are reading, and what's going on for you to attend. Scroll down for details of newly announced events, or click the banner above to go straight to our events page.

Tickets for the Frank Gardner talk at the Michael Croft Theatre are now on sale.
The event is on the 18th of June at 7pm and we expect it to sell out quite quickly, so we recommend booking sooner rather than later! This is best done directly online with the Michael Croft but there are limited numbers of tickets available if you come in to the shop.
We hope to see you there for what should be a fascinating and compelling talk by the BBC security correspondent, marking the release of the 10 year anniversary, fully updated edition of his memoir Blood and Sand.

Eimear McBride and Lee Rourke, two fantastic young novelists, will be in the shop to discuss their books with Granta editor Max Porter, on 9th July at 7pm.
Eimear McBride's novel A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing won the inaugural Goldsmith's Prize, is shortlisted for the Bailey's Womens Prize, and closer to home, is Philip's new favourite. Lee Rourke's debut The Canal received wide acclaim and we eagerly await the release of his second book Vulgar Things.
You can book online now, or as even email dulwichbooks@yahoo.co.uk or call 0208 670 1920.

9th May Dulwich Festival 7.30pm Old Library Dulwich College
Kevin Fong and Adam Rutherford in conversation

10th May Special Storytime
Eva Kaztler

Thursday 13th May Dulwich Festival 7.30pm The Charter School
Edward Stourton and Simon Pearson in conversation

Thursday 15th Mary Dulwich Festival 7.30pm Old Library Dulwich College
Jerry White

29th May Literary Lunch 12.30pm Bel Air House
Siri Hustvedt

29th May 7.30pm Dulwich Picture Gallery
Sarah Dunant

Thursday 5th June 7pm The Crypt - All Saints Church
Alan Johnson MP

7th June Special Storytime
Carrie Weston

Wednesday 18th June 7pm Michael Croft Theatre - Alleyns
Frank Gardner

Our regular Thursday and Saturday Storytime sessions have been running for two years now. These are the books that our discerning young audience have asked to hear again and again…

THERE’S A SHARK IN THE BATH by Sarah McIntyre

NEVER ASK A DINOSAUR TO DINNER by Gareth Edwards

HOW TO LOSE A LEMUR by Frann Preston-Gannon

THE FAIRYTALE HAIRDRESSER books by Abie Longstaff

DOGS DON'T DO BALLET by Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie

A big thank you to all our guest Storytime authors last year – how many did you meet? Thanks to Karen George, Zoe Greaves, Gemma Merino, Yasmeen Ismail, Victoria Agomo, Angela Mitchell, Frann Preston-Gannon, Alice Lickens, Alice Hemmings and Giles Paley-Philips who all gave up their time to come and entertain our youngest customers.

Our next two guest Storytime authors are EVA KATZLER (reading about Florentine and Pig) on Saturday 10th May and CARRIE WESTON (What Noise Does a Rabbit Make? and the Boris the Bear stories) on Saturday 7th June.

Storytime and Activity at Dulwich Books are on Thursdays and Saturdays from 11am – 12 noon. The sessions are free, and suitable for ages 6 and under.

A quick run down of the oddities and delights that made it into our hands this fortnight.

Sheila
The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida
The Examined Life - Stephen Grosz

Annie
Popular: A Memoir - Maya van Wagenen
Backyard Blueprints by David Stevens

Dave
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
The Good Terrorist - Doris Lessing

Philip
Crashman - Saga Takeshi
What Art Is - Arthur C. Danto

Chloe
A Working Theory of Love - Scott Hutchins
Burial Rites - Hannah Kent

We will be sending out this digest once a fortnight. If you would prefer to not receive it, but continue to get update emails about events, please let us know by email.

Last week saw us at London Book Fair, a madcap race through the world of upcoming books and there are SO many exciting things that we look forward to sharing with you over the next few months.

Have a lovely Easter.

The Team at Dulwich Books