🐉We're excited to welcome bestselling children’s author/illustrator Jamie Hammond to The Bookery on Sat 9 May for a high-energy adventure that invites young readers to step straight into the world of Dragonflare! Book a FREE ticket via the QR code below (accompanying adults don't need one) 🐲
Really looking forward to this, and talking to @ysella.bsky.social all about England's chalky strangeness.
We're delighted to welcome @jonwoolcott.bsky.social on Thurs 7 May to discuss his new book The Tattooed Hills: Journeys to Chalk Figures, a captivating blend of travel writing and cultural history. Tickets £5 in store or online: thebookery.org.uk/event/jon-wo...
@quartobooksuk.bsky.social
We have an amazing evening of myth, folklore & storytelling coming up! Writer, DJ & broadcaster Zakia Sewell will discuss her new book Finding Albion with founder of @folklorepod.bsky.social Mark Norman.
Tickets £5 (redeemable against purchase of Finding Albion): thebookery.org.uk/event/zakia-...
🎉It's tomorrow! Bestselling author Patrick Gale will be at The Bookery at 7pm for a very special evening discussing his powerful new novel Love Lane, in conversation with Alison Sweatman.
Tickets £6 in store or from thebookery.org.uk/event/patric...
...and here are the last few photos of our craft drop-in session today! 🥚🧺🐰🐤
Here are some more photos of our drop-in craft session today! (more to follow in next post)
We had a bumper crop of beautifully made bunnies, chicks & baskets at our craft session today - we even had an Easter pikachu, a cat, & a bling bunny with bejewelled ears & nose! Thank you to all the children & adults who came along - it was a really fun session! (more photos to follow in next post)
I'm looking forward to hosting BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster and writer Zakia Sewell for an exploration of her new book FINDING ALBION, based on her Radio 4 series.
This event will be recorded for a future podcast episode too, but if you are in the area, be there live!
Can't wait to begin my journey of chalky weirdness across the tattooed hills with @jonwoolcott.bsky.social
I'm super excited too, to be in conversation with Jon at @thebookery.bsky.social on May 7th and for the chance to ask the questions that crop up as I read.
Devon friends, join us?
So this is happening. I’m in conversation with acclaimed novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison about her incredible new novel, The Given World. Come and join us Devon people! Tickets here: www.ticketsource.com/thebookery/m... @thebookery.bsky.social #naturewriting #AuthorTalk #Crediton
🎉 We can't wait to welcome acclaimed author Patrick Gale on Thursday 16 April at 7pm to discuss his powerful new novel Love Lane! Tickets £6 in store or from thebookery.org.uk/event/patric...
Join us on 30 April for an evening of folklore & storytelling as Zakia Sewell, writer, DJ & broadcaster, discusses her new book Finding Albion with founder of @folklorepod.bsky.social Mark Norman.
Tickets £5 (redeemable against purchase of Finding Albion): thebookery.org.uk/event/zakia-...
It's tomorrow! Acclaimed hedgelayer & writer Paul Lamb will be at The Bookery discussing his powerful memoir Of Thorn & Briar-a fascinating portrait of a year travelling the West Country restoring Britain’s ancient hedgerows by hand.
Tickets £5 in store or from thebookery.org.uk/event/paul-l...
🐰🐤 🧺 If you missed today's Easter craft drop-in at The Bookery, or you'd like to come again, we'll be holding a similar session next Wednesday 15th April from 10am to 1pm - we'd love to see you there! 🐣
🐰🐤 🥚 🧺 A big thank you to all the families who came along to our Easter craft drop-in today - we had lots of fun making Easter baskets, bunnies and chicks - here are just some of them!
Have you joined in the £400 Easter weekend Gift Card Giveaway yet?
Treat yourself to ANY book, Ebook or gift card 3-6 April from our online shop (see QR code) & you'll be supporting us AND have a chance to win a £400 digital gift card! You can see some of our current book recommendations below
Why not come along to our Politics & History Book Club at 7pm on Tues 21 April? We'll be discussing Torsten Bell's 'Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back'.
Copies available from The Bookery at 20% discount - just drop in to see us & mention that you'll be attending.
@torstenbell.bsky.social
From the vast rural plains of Canada to postwar Liverpool and Yorkshire, Love Lane is a searing portrayal of escape and entrapment—and a deeply human exploration of what home and family can really be.
Tickets £6 in store or from thebookery.org.uk/event/patric...
When veteran Canadian wheat farmer Harry Cane is brutally obliged to sell up & sail home to an England transformed by two world wars, his arrival triggers unwelcome self-examination for the family he abandoned, and for whom he has never been more than a distant myth. 🧵⬇️
Have you got your ticket yet? We're thrilled to welcome acclaimed author Patrick Gale on Thursday 16 April at 7pm to discuss his powerful new novel Love Lane. Love Lane transports readers to 1950s Northern England, weaving a compelling, multigenerational story of family, return, & reckoning. 🧵⬇️
📚 We now have signed copies of the latest Mortal Engines adventure Bridge of Storms in stock, so if you couldn't make the event pop into the shop or go online via our website and get yourself a copy!
A huge thank you to @philipreeve.bsky.social for giving us so many fascinating insights into the world of Mortal Engines today, to all the Mortal Engines fans who came along to listen, and to Patrick Garrett for his brilliant questions - it was a great event and we all thoroughly enjoyed it! 🧵⬇️
Have you joined in the £400 Gift Card Giveaway over Easter weekend yet?
Treat yourself to ANY book, Ebook or gift card 3-6 April from our online shop (see QR code) & you'll be supporting us AND have a chance to win a £400 digital gift card! You can see some of our current book recommendations below
We're excited to welcome acclaimed hedgelayer & writer Paul Lamb next Thursday to discuss his powerful memoir Of Thorn & Briar-a fascinating portrait of a year travelling the West Country restoring Britain’s ancient hedgerows by hand.
Tickets £5 in store or from thebookery.org.uk/event/paul-l...
🐰🐤 Are you looking for things to do with your children over the Easter holiday?🐣 Why not pop in to our craft drop-ins on Wednesday 8th and Wednesday 15th April from 10am to 1pm - they can make cute bunnies & chicks & mini egg nests while you browse books!
Small donations welcome to cover costs🙏
🐣 Join in the £400 Gift Card Giveaway over Easter weekend!
Treat yourself to ANY book, Ebook or gift card 3-6 April from our bookshop.org online shop (see QR code) & you'll be supporting us AND have a chance to win a £400 digital gift card! You can see some of our current book recommendations below
📢 Starting Tuesday 7th April, 7-9pm at The Bookery!
✒️ The Writing Club is for beginner and developing writers aged 18+ who are ready to put pen to paper!
£10 per session, booking required: thebookery.org.uk/event/the-wr...
Contact facebook.com/LordeWrites with queries or email lorded17@proton.me
Just buy your chosen book via uk.bookshop.org/shop/thebook... (or use the QR code) 🎉 Ebooks and gift cards count too!
🐣 Join in the egg-sellent £400 Gift Card Giveaway over Easter weekend!
Treat yourself this Easter to ANY book 3-6 April, & you'll be supporting us AND have a chance to win a £400 digital gift card! You can see some of our current recommendations below 🧵 ⬇️