{"title": "Michael Rosen – Peas on Your Knees", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Newham Bookshop", "address": "Barking Road 743-745, E13 9ER London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.newhambooks.co.uk/book.php?id=d/A982/NB", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Michael Rosen meets readers and signs books for children and adults at Newham Bookshop. He signs 'Peas on Your Knees: A Life in the Poems of Michael Rosen', with an introduction by Joseph Coelho, and 'Neighbour's Cat', illustrated by Alex Willmore. 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It features the best-selling children's author Anna Kemp, known for Dogs don't do ballet and The Worst Princess, sharing her picture book Moggie McFlea: The Witch's Cat, a wickedly funny story about the baddest cat in history taken in by the nicest witch in town. The session includes storytelling, spell-making, Halloween crafts and the chance to get books dedicated and signed by the author. 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