bookshop

IBW2021: Rachel Dove on bookshops feeling like home

To celebrate Independent Bookshop week Rachel Dove, author of Meet me at Fir Tree Lodge, is here to share how bookshops make her feel like she’s home and how 2020 showed us the importance of them. Growing up, books were my safe place. No matter… Read More

IBW2021: Rosalind Stopps on Crofton Books

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week Rosalind Stopps, author of the upcoming A Beginners Guide to Murder, shares one of her favourite bookshops, Crofton Books, and what it means to her. What Crofton Books means to me As… Read More

IBW2021: Sarah Morgan’s Cornish bookshop love

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week, Sarah Morgan (The Summer Seekers) joins us to share her love of bookshops and Cornwall! Picking books for Padstow Lately, it seems that many more people have discovered the joys of holidaying in Cornwall, but it’s a place we’ve been returning to as a… Read More

IBW2021: Michelle Rawlins on bookshop communities

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week, Michelle Rawlins – author of The Steel Girls – shares her love for the very special Barnsley bookshop she visits with her family. Something rather special For as long as I can remember, I have loved bookshops. It stems from being a regular visitor… Read More

IBW2021: M.A. Kuzniar on the magic of bookshops

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week, we asked some of our authors to share their love of bookshops on our blog. Up first is M.A. Kuzniar, author of the highly anticipated Midnight in Everwood, sharing why she thinks bookshops are absolutely magical. Is there anything more magical than a… Read More

IBW2021: A.M. Castle on her love of bookshops

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week A.M. Castle, author of The Invitation, shares her past with bookshops and why they mean so much to her. Why I Love Bookshops by A.M. Castle The first time I ever remember visiting a bookshop was with my grandparents. I must have been… Read More

IBW2021: Amanda Brittany on bookshop memories

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week Amanda Brittany, co author of The Perfect Nanny, shares some much loved memories of bookshops in this latest post in our series. Bookshop Memories with Amanda Brittany I love bookshops, and can never pass one by. If I’m out for the day or on… Read More

Roz Watkins is going back to bookshops!

My relationship with bookshops got off to a bad start. My dad used to take me and my brother shopping when we were very small, and his idea of shopping involved forgetting to buy any food, but going into every second-hand bookshop that we passed. He’d spend several days in… Read More