News From the Front

JOIN US TUESDAY, NOV. 26 @ 1:00 PM FOR CELIA IMRIE READING FROM HER NEW NOVEL, “MEET ME AT RAINBOW CORNER.”

Celebrate Winston Churchill’s 150th Birthday with us and and British film star Celia Imrie reading from her new novel, MEET ME AT RAINBOW CORNER; a London-during-the-Blitz-page-turner centered on a Piccadilly social club for U.S. troops called Rainbow Corner.  Cake and champagne will be served!

REMINDER: JOIN US THIS MONDAY, NOV. 18 @ 1:00 PM FOR KATHERINE CARTER READING FROM HER NEW BOOK, “CHURCHILL’S CITADEL.”

Celebrate Winston Churchill’s 150th Birthday with us and our friend Katherine Carter, curator of the house and collections at Chartwell (Manor), as she reads from her new book: “CHURCHILL’S CITADEL: Chartwell and The Gatherings Before the Storm.” Cake and champagne will be served!

~NOVEMBER IS WINSTON CHURCHILL’S 150TH BIRTHDAY~

Join us for two special lunchtime Churchill Birthday events in our lobby at Park Avenue Plaza. Cake & Champagne will be served.

OCTOBER AND “MY EARLY LIFE”

October is the anniversary month of MY EARLY LIFE’s publication. Released on October 20, 1930, MY EARLY LIFE remains the most delightfully readable of Winston Churchill’s books, his only volume of personal memoirs, and a testament to Churchill’s greatest personal attribute: Resiliency.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK & WINSTON CHURCHILL

In honor of Banned Books Week, we are again donating one dollar from every sale we make this week to PEN America in support of their Banned Books Week fight for the freedom to read whatever you (and your children) want to read.
Join us in Churchillian resistance to Nazi-like censorship.

SEPTEMBER BRINGS CHARTWELL

September is the month in which Winston Churchill purchased Chartwell. First shown the derelict Chartwell Manor in July 1921, Churchill instantly fell in love with its magnificent views overlooking the Weald of Kent. When the house failed to sell at auction, Churchill pounced. Five days after his daughter Mary was born, on September 24, 1922, his new offer was accepted. The rest is Churchillian history… and, ultimately, our history too.

AUGUST AND “THE FEW”

August will always be the month of “The Few,” perhaps Winston Churchill’s most eloquent speech of inspiration, delivered on August 20th 1940 to the House of Commons extolling victory in “The Battle of Britain.” One can find “The Few” in many different corners of Chartwell Booksellers.

JULY AND OUR LIBERTY RESTORED

This 4th of July  weekend brings the restoration of our liberty here at Chartwell Booksellers, as a years-long lobby construction/obstruction project has ended. Come visit us in July and we will welcome you once again, freely, and without obstructions.

A PAINTING RETURNS IN JUNE

It’s no secret that Winston Churchill detested the portrait of him infamously painted by artist Graham Sutherland in honor of Churchill’s  80th Birthday in 1954. Sutherland painted a number of studies of Churchill as he labored toward this final portrait. One of them was auctioned at Sotheby’s this month.

THE MAJESTIC MONTH OF MAY

May is the month of Winston Churchill’s ascendancy as wartime Prime Minister. Churchill became PM on May 10, 1940. From his first day in charge, onwards to victory (on May 8, 1945, VE Day), Churchill’s resolution to inspire by appealing to the very best in those around him remains an object lesson in leadership. May is a good month to celebrate that leadership. 

Celebrate with us.

HAPPY 41ST BIRTHDAY TO US!

WE OPENED 41 YEARS AGO:
APRIL 11, 1983.

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OUR NEW PODCAST CHANNEL

We are delighted to introduce our new PODCAST channel, transforming our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS videos into podcasts that you can listen to anywhere. We continue to add new podcasts regularly. Tune in now on Apple, Amazon or Spotify.