October 2022
Elthamread
available at eltham library
The 2022 Elthamread Choice
The Kids
published by Bloodaxe Books
Hannah Lowe
Photo by Hayley Madden
The Inspiration
LAUNCHED IN 2021
Junior Elthamread 2022
Escape from Camp Boring
published by HarperCollins.
Tom Mitchell
Head of Creative Writing at Eltham College
The Inspiration
LIVE EVENTS at eltham library
Elthamread Events 2022
When we were Kids
Tuesday 11 October at 7pm
at Eltham Library
Eltham Stands up for Poetry
Tuesday 18 October at 7pm
at Eltham Library
Fun Author Session: Tom Mitchell
Wednesday 26 October at 11am
at Eltham Library
Elthamread Author Event
Wednesday 26 October at 7pm
at Eltham Library
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Elthamread 2022 announced
Costa Book of the Year prize winner Hannah Lowe will be the guest for the 2022 Elthamread festival organised by Eltham Library and sponsored by SEnine magazine. Hannah’s book of poems, The Kids, was inspired by her time working in a London suburban sixth form college...
New Junior Elthamread launched for 2021
This year, for the first time, Elthamread is accompanied by a ‘Junior Elthamread’. For Junior Elthamread, the chosen book is This Wonderful Thing, a humorous and sensitive story for nine to 12-year-olds, by Adam Baron, who lives in Greenwich. Adam will be running...
Elthamread 2021 announced
A best-selling page-turner by local author Clare Chambers has been chosen as the book for this year’s Elthamread. Clare’s book, Small Pleasures, which mixes a wide range of themes, is set in 1950s South East London and Sidcup, and has captured the book-reading...
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Last Year’s Elthamread Choice
Small Pleasures
published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Clare Chambers
Author of Small Pleasures
The Inspiration
The book is based in 1950s Sidcup
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