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Find your next book.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

An independent bookshop with new and second-hand books, author evenings, a monthly book club and a kids\u2019 corner. If we do not have it, we can order it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plan your visit<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Order a book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Crime<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Children\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

History<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Signed copies<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Next event<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imogen Vale reads from Small Hours at Larkspur Lane<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 22 October, 19:00 (sample date)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Where<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upstairs in the shop, 40 seats<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Entry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free, please reserve a seat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reserve a seat<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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What we are pressing into people\u2019s hands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every card on our shelves is written by someone who works here and has read the book. Ask any of us for something like it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA quiet, funny novel about a lighthouse keeper who starts answering letters meant for someone else. I read it in one sitting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small Hours at Larkspur Lane<\/em> by Imogen Vale (sample)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone who wants a kind book for a long train ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picked by Priya<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cProper fog, a missing ferry ticket and a detective who is wrong twice before she is right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fog over Quillon Bay<\/em> by R. T. Hallam (sample)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For readers who like to guess along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picked by Theo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cOtto\u2019s hat keeps growing, and so does the list of things living in it. Story time asks for it every week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otto and the Very Tall Hat<\/em> by Bea Marchetti (sample)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reading aloud, ages 3 to 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picked by Hana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u201cShort poems about kitchens, buses and rain on the allotment. Read one before work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather for Small Gardens<\/em> by Sefi Arun (sample)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people who think poetry is not for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picked by Ines<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sample picks: the titles and authors are invented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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New on the front table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New books arrive every Tuesday, and second-hand ones whenever a good box comes in. Ask us to put a copy aside and collect it within a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Small Hours at Larkspur Lane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Imogen Vale<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fiction. Hardback, $24.00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Fog over Quillon Bay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

R. T. Hallam<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Crime. Paperback, $12.99<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Otto and the Very Tall Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bea Marchetti<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s, ages 3 to 6. Picture book, $9.99<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Weather for Small Gardens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sefi Arun<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Poetry. Paperback, $11.00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The Ropemakers of Wexley Down<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Asquin<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

History. Second-hand hardback, very good, $9.00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Tidewater Letters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Noor Halverson<\/p>\n\n\n

Signed copy<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fiction. Signed hardback, $22.00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sample titles and authors, example prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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Readings, signings and story time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most events are free. Seats upstairs are limited, so reserve by email or at the counter, and we will keep a chair for you until the start.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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22<\/strong>Thursday, Oct<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An evening with Imogen Vale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Reading from Small Hours at Larkspur Lane<\/em>, then questions and signing. 19:00, upstairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Free, booking needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reserve a seat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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31<\/strong>Saturday, Oct<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday story time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Picture books and a craft table in the kids\u2019 corner, ages 3 to 7 with a grown-up. 11:00.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Free, drop in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the kids\u2019 corner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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4<\/strong>Wednesday, Nov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Book club: Fog over Quillon Bay<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We talk about the novel by R. T. Hallam over tea. New members are welcome. 19:00.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the book club<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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12<\/strong>Thursday, Nov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry night with Sefi Arun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A short reading from Weather for Small Gardens<\/em>, then an open mic with five-minute slots. 19:30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ticketed, $8 off the book (example)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reserve a seat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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21<\/strong>Saturday, Nov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Signing with Daniel Asquin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Daniel signs The Ropemakers of Wexley Down<\/em> and talks about the old rope walk. 14:00.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Free, drop in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put a copy aside<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sample events and dates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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\"Readers<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A book club for people who finish the book, and for people who do not<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once a month a dozen or so readers meet upstairs to talk about one book. Come when you can, bring a friend, and say as much or as little as you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This month<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fog over Quillon Bay<\/em> by R. T. Hallam (sample)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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When<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Wednesday of the month, 19:00 to 20:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Where<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upstairs in the shop, with tea<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free to join, 10% off the book of the month (example)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Join the book club<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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The kids\u2019 corner, at the back on the left<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Low shelves, a rug and two beanbags. Children can sit and read before anyone buys anything, and grown-ups can ask us for help choosing by age, reading level or what they loved last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n