Saturday 31st October 4pm-6pm
The annual Merton Abbey Mills Halloween trick or treat trail is back!
A free event for children of all ages, accompanied by an adult.
Collect your map and first boo bag from Only Make Believe from 4pm
Book your FREE place
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Wednesday 11th & Wednesday 25th November 2026
EARLY NOTICE
PLACES ARE LIMITED.
We are running 2 pre-Christmas workshops to learn the Japanese art of furoshiki wrapping: using fabric to create stunning, sustainable, reusable wrapping.
Ticket Price includes
a delicious drink
a beautiful piece of fabric for wrapping
small group -tuition
a chance to do some Christmas shopping at Only Make Believe.
2 dates to choose from
Limited availability
Tickets are £15 available in store.
ALL PROFITS from ticket sales go to 'Sport in Mind' charity.
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE ON OUR EVENT TICKETS PAGE
Wednesday 4th November 7pm
Join us for a fun and festive evening at Only Make Believe with Julia Boggio, in conversation with Melissa Addey, talking all things writing, Christmas and of course HUGH.Ticket price includes a festive drink and a copy of 'All I want for Christmas is Hugh' which can be signed by Julia on the night.
Tickets can be bought in shop or onlne directly from our ticketing page.
Thursday October 29th 11.30am
Spooky Half term treat.
Jack Meggitt-Phillips joins us to introduce his deliciously funny and gruesome new book Jekyll Vs Hyde. Expect giggles, gasps and socks!
This is a free evnt but places must be booked on our ticketing page.
Saturday 10th October 1pm
i am so excited, and in severe danger of fan-girling, as we welcome Michelle Harrison to Only Make Believe. She will be signing books from 1pm, so please do drop in and get Christmas for your magic-loving middle grade readers and your twisty-turny psychological adult readers all sewn up!
You're welcome!
Saturday 10th October
Bookshop Day is a national day celebrating the role of bookshops in our communities.
All book purchases on the day include an entry into our draw to win
A YEAR OF BOOKS
one free book, to the value of £10, each month for an entire year.
Wednesday 16th September
We are thrilled to be welcoming Dr Glenda Cooper to Only Make Believe to lead an adults' creative writing workshop.
The workshop is suitable for complete beginner and more experienced writers alike.
Places are limited so booking is essential.
I hope to see you there.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/glendacooper/2329339
Saturday 29th August
Drop into the shop from 10am-4pm to design and make your very own back-to-school bookmark.
Free event for children (who must be accompanied by an adult)
Saturday 29th August
Chante Timothy will be chatting to our younger customers and signing copies of her brand new graphic novel
Super Nova : Robot Takeover
Don't miss her
Saturday 29th August
11am-2.30pm
Monday 27th July
'DA' has been a huge hit with the Only Make Believe book club and we are thrilled to be hosting Arathi Menon at our bookshop on Monday 27th July to talk about bringing Da to the page and to read from the novel itself.
Tickets are £10 + booking fee from eventbrite
or £10 with no booking fee directly from the shop.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992404369102?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sunday 7th june
Sarah Lipton, debut author of 'Sophia Starr and a Dog to Love' will be running a free event for children aged 7-11 years. She will read extracts from her book and talk all things dogs and writing.
Friday 5th june
We are hosting a free trial class for Singing Sprouts a popular music class for babies 6 months -18 months. We would love to make this a permanent fixture at Only Make Believe.
Details of how to book can be found at
https://www.instagram.com/singingsproutsmusic/
Thursday 14th May
Story time begins again in our lovely children's reading area.
This repeats every Thursday and Friday at 09.30.
Full details on the story time page.
Saturday 9th May
Grand Opening
Join us at 10am when brilliant author, Lola Jaye, will be cutting the ribbon on our brand new shop at
6, The Coles Shop.