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  • 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...

  • Meet the Bookworms! - Sarah Howes

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    Our Bookworm for November is long term volunteer and committee member Sarah Howes!  How you help at the bookshop? I volunteer in the shop and am ...

  • Countdown to Christmas at The Bookshop!

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    Christmas is right around the corner, and we thought we’d apply some of our spirit to  something particularly festive - a charity single! We part...

  • Meet the Bookworms! - Huw Bell

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    Our Bookworm for November is Huw Bell, with some straight forward, no-nonsense recommendations…   How do you help at the Bookshop? I volunteer on ...

  • Bookworms - Jane Lancaster

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    In our Bookworms series we profile the amazing volunteers, customers, members and staff at the bookshop. This month we profile Jane Lancaster...

  • Bookworms - Caroline Turner

    by Jonathan Atkinson
    In a first of a new series, we profile the amazing volunteers, customers, members and staff at the bookshop. First up is long time volunteer and bo...
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