The History of Abbey Fields, Kenilworth

The History of Abbey Fields, Kenilworth

A new book from local historian, Robin D Leach. We already have a nice long list of people waiting for Robin’s latest book – and we’re happy to say that this will now be with us in just a couple of days. We are expecting the book to arrive, hot off...
Needlefelt workshop – make a fox!

Needlefelt workshop – make a fox!

A one-day adult workshop in needle felting – make a fox! As part of Kenilworth Arts Festival, on Friday 22st September, Karin Celestine of Celestine and the Hare will be running a one day needle felting workshop for adults, in which you can make yourself a...
Haiku winners!

Haiku winners!

We’ve chosen not one, but three winning Haiku from our competition. Very well done to Pippa (10), Teddy (8) and Ray (well over 21!) and thank you for your lovely work. You’ve each won yourself a £5 book token. We’ve also sent little packs of fun...
Under-water window display!

Under-water window display!

Come and take a look at our latest window display! It is for a wonderful book called Fish Boy, by Chloe Daykin, with illustrations by Richard Jones. We made a collection of fish-lanterns, that are shimmery and will be luminous under the lights; Tamsin then had the fun...
Indie Bookshop Week 2017!

Indie Bookshop Week 2017!

We had a wonderful time during this year’s Indie Bookshop Week – we had several competitions running, authors visiting, some really good fun window displays and lots of balloons and cake! We’ll ne announcing the winners of our Haiku competition soon,...
Needlefelt workshop – make a fox!

Finalists for Independent Bookshop of the Year!

This year we reached the Finals for the British Book Awards’ Independent Bookshop of the Year. It is the first time we have ever entered, so we were thrilled and a wee bit surprised to get so far! We won the shortlist for the Central England and Wales region against...