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  • Volunteer Management Development (Paid Freelance Role)

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    We are looking for someone to help us with Volunteer Management Development. This is a short-term, freelance role perfect for someone passionate a...

  • George Street Community Bookshop Annual General Meeting

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    Join us, and have your say on the inner workings of everything Community Bookshop! 7 - 8:30pm, Thursday 10th April 2025 At the Bookshop RSVP her...

  • Meet the Bookworms - Tim Hoy

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    How you help at the bookshop I lift heavy boxes, move things around, buy and donate lots of books, curate the photography section and encourage...
    Posted in bookworms

  • The Greyhounds, with support from Rum Baba

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    Join us for an evening of contemporary folk music headlined by West Yorkshire-based three piece the Greyhounds and supported by Glossop close harmo...

  • Landlocked Manchester to the Sea: Lowry’s spiritual journey, Michael Howard

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    As part of our series of events on culture and landscape, this month's Curiosity Club is with Glossop-based art historian Michael Howard as he trac...
    Posted in Curiosity Club

  • Meet the Bookworms - Stewart Neilson

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    How you help at the bookshop Volunteer. Receive donations, sort and replenish shelves. Favourite Author (and why!) Currently Ken Follett. A brilli...

  • Meet the Bookworms - Keith Braithwaite

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    How you help at the bookshop I still do a shift from time to time, and both donate books and buy them. Back in the early days I did a tour of comm...

  • Meet the bookworms - Laura Hoy

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    HOW YOU HELP AT THE BOOKSHOP I volunteer in the shop every other Sunday. FAVOURITE AUTHOR (AND WHY!) George ...

  • Meet the bookworms - Ruth Muscat

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    HOW YOU HELP AT THE BOOKSHOP In between working as an NHS librarian, working on a PhD and catsitting, I provide very, very occasional cover if...

  • Curiosity Club - a space to share ideas, knowledge and inspiration in the bookshop

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    Taking place in the bookshop, Curiosity Club is the space where we host experts and knowledgable people, to share their ideas, thoughts and passion...

  • Meet the bookworms - Jonathan Atkinson

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    HOW YOU HELP AT THE BOOKSHOP I am one of the people who helped save the bookshop from closure back in 2018. A group of six of us helped establish ...

  • Meet the Bookworms! - Sophie Pattinson

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    How you help at the bookshop As well as working on the till, I try and help customers with sometimes very specific requests- we even mange...