A new collection of oral history, A Bookshop for All, has been launched to celebrate Newham Bookshop.

The bookshop began in 1978 as part of Newham Parents’ Centre providing access to educational materials. But it quickly expanded and went on to win the 2019 The Bookseller’s award for London’s Independent Bookshop of the Year.

Copies are available from Newham Bookshop in Barking Road for £6. It is free to libraries, schools and community groups.

The shop is deeply involved in the community, raising money good causes, most recently for humanitarian aid for Ukraine. It distributed 1,000 books to disadvantaged children last Christmas and has raised money to support refugees, the homeless and victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

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