Good morning, bibliophiles! It's Sunday and we are open for bookish delights until 3pm today! This morning, before leaving the house, I was reminded by my husband who LOVES Christmas, that it is 102 (one hundred and two days) till Christmas...

Mary Oliver, Pullitzer Prize winning poet, is everywhere. Why is she so popular? In our next poetry book club we will be talking about her last collection, Felicity, available with £2 off. Join us to talk about it in the shop, Tuesday 7th October at 6.30pm. No need to book, just come along!

Hello, lovely bookaholics! Just a quick note to let you know we've got the door closed as it is raining in, but we are indeed open!

Mario Ambrosi came in bright and early this morning to sign his new book, Scarlett Buckling and the Case of the Missing Pictures. A great, and funny, read about family and friendship that also talks about having a Gran with dementia. Available in the shop or give us a call to order a copy!

Bookseller law dictates that on bank holidays we sit and read. You should do the same.

New colourway for our totes, £10 limited edition, come grab one! Hurrah!

Sometimes a book comes in that just melts the stony heart of this bookseller. This is such a lovely thing.

Aaah-Haaaargh! Saltbood by Francesca de Tores is the next Queer bookclub choice, save yourself £2 inthe bookshop and pop along to discuss on Monday 15th September, haaaa-haaaarhg!

We've had the very lovely @francinetoon.bsky.social pop into the shop today dropping off an advance copy of her upcoming new novel BLUFF published by Doubleday. We love Francine's writing and her previous novel PINE was a lot of scary fun.

New Bookclub book!! Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner is now here ready for the next Book Club. Meeting to discuss at 6.30pm on Thurs 28th Aug in the bookshop, save yourself £2 off the rrp with us now! Hurrah!

Happiness is getting a call from @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social telling me my "Beautiful Book" by @edithmayhall.bsky.social has arrived.

Roll up! Roll up! Freakslaw by Jane Flett is the next choice for Queer Book Club. Meeting to discuss at 6.30pm on Thurs 7th Aug in the bookshop, save yourself £2 off the rrp with us now! Hurrah!

Our next poetry bookclub is on Tuesday 12th August at 6.30pm in the bookshop. We are talking about Ariel by Sylvia Plath. Originally published in 1965 this will be new to some but old and familiar to others, which we hope will make for a good discussion. All welcome!

Just a reminder to our poetry lovers out there. Local hero and poetry book club stalwart Nick will be launching his Poetry publication this Friday, at 6.30pm in the bookshop,with some readings and some chatting, do pop along!

For all our poetry lovers out there, local hero Nick will be launching his Poetry publication with some readings and some chatting, do pop along!

Book Club Klaxon!!! For our early summer read we have choosen The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley, a bit of tasty crime for ya! Meeting at the bookshop to discuss on Thursday 24th July at 6:30, all welcome, save yourself £2 on the title with us and come along!

For all our poetry lovers out there, local hero Nick will be launching his Poetry publication with some readings and some chatting, do pop along!

Super lovely Peter Carpenter popped in today to drop off some fabulous Bowie Land totes, so if you have been wondering if you should splurge on the hardback, this is your sign to GO FOR IT! #BOWIELAND #Bowiesfootsteps #letsdance

Did you know this month is Read Carribean month? bookofcinz.com/read-caribbe...

Our May bestsellers, readers you have great taste!

Good morning sunshine! What's that? Planning on having a lovely lazy loungey weekend..? You'll be wanting a new book to read!

We are very pleased to be collecting for the Children's Book Project - come and drop off your pre-loved books for someone else to enjoy! 😁

Our Queer book club will be meeting Thurs 26th June at 6.30 to discuss Queer as Folklore by Sasha Coward. Save £2 on this title in the bookshop, meeting is open to all, all welcome, hurrah!

A gorgeous Sunday! We are open and the good people of Beckenham are drifting through, gently browsing. It's all rather nice.

Oooo how nice, more booky goodness happening in Crystal Palace Park tomorrow!

Announcing our next book club choice! Enlightenment by Sarah Perry is in the bookshop with £2 off. We will be meeting to chat about it on Thursday 12th June at 6.30pm. No need to book, everyone is welcome!

Oh how we enjoyed our day last week at the Books in the Park Festival in the beautiful Beckenham Place Park Mansion. THANK YOU to everyone who popped along to visit us!

If you're based in SE #London, you can get signed copies of The Gardeners' Club from @waterstones.bsky.social Bromley, @villagebooks.bsky.social, Dulwich Books and @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social . This brand new cosy is set in Bromley, Croydon & Dulwich!

Our next poetry book club choice is But & Though by Jake Hawkey, follow a young boy, the son of alcoholics, in South London in the 1990's. We will be meeting in the bookshop to talk about it on Tuesday 27th May at 6.30pm. No need to book, everyone is welcome!

We will be CLOSED this Sunday, 27th April. We will be putting up our feet after a raging good time at Books in the Park Festival Sat 26th!

We are popping-up at the beautiful Beckenham Place Park Mansion tomorrow as part of Book in the Park Festival, why not pop along and see us!

We are open today for all your bank holiday reading needs! On Sunday and Monday the bookshop is closed so we can rest up and get some serious reading done. Have a great weekend book lovers.

Good morning, bibliophiles! This is just a reminder of our Easter hours this weekend: Friday - Closed Saturday - Open as usual - 10am to 5pm Sunday - Closed Monday - Closed

Google informs me its #worldquantumday today. Or is it?

Looking forward to the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 here at The Beckenham Bookshop! Here is the shortlist of six brilliant books to check out.☺️ Have a great weekend! @womensprize.bsky.social

Queer book club klaxon! Next meeting is Monday 12th May at 6.30 to discuss A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton, hurrah!

Quick note to thank everyone for their patience with us yesterday as we did our annual stock-take! We are, of course, back open today and look forward to seeing everyone.

Hey Book lovers, we will be CLOSED for stocktaking on Tuesday 8th April, apologies.

We are BEYOND excited to have the brand new CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE books in from @pushkinpress.com - the way we remember enjoying these growing up. Oh my goodness. They are now in stock and we cannot wait to indulge in some adventuring ourselves.

Happiest of Thursdays, bibliophiles! We are excited to announce our new Beckenham Queer Bookclub title by Jeanne Thornton 'A/S/L'. As usual, with our bookclub books, it will be £2 off when bought in the shop until the day of the meeting.

We are so excited!

Hello, bibliophiles! Not only is a new month (and the sun is shining) but we have a look-back on what March's best selling books were across both adult and children's titles.

The Spring Sale is on!! Reductions on adult, young adult and children's books over a wide range of subjects and genres. Pop in and have a browse!

Good morning, bibliophiles near and wide! We are open today, enjoying the gorgeous sunshine. We are topped up on loads of interesting books, so do swing by for a browse and a natter.

We are going for a cheeky lil short read to see us through the spring! Pick up a copy of The Gentleman from Peru in the bookshop for only £6.99 and pop along to chat on Thurs 17th April. Hurrah! #bookclub #indiereader #indiebookshop #readers #booklovers #beckenhambooklovers #readandchat

For our next poetry book club we're reading 'Not Waving but Drowning' by Stevie Smith. We have have lovely little Faber edition, £2 off. Come and join us to talk about it at 6.30pm, on Tuesday 25th March in the shop. Everyone welcome!

Tremendous new book for those who miss the London pubs that have gone. Not going to cover every pub - how could it? - but beautifully done. But it does include the Three Tuns on Beckenham High Street!

A chance to look at some new kid's books! First up, a really funny book about sharing, and personal space. Made me laugh out loud!

Happy #worldbookday2025 lovely readers! Liz and Richard are off to a lovely local school later today to celebrate #wbd2025! We'll have Kelly in the shop looking after all the excited readers who'll be in later in the day too.

How our February best sellers shape up.