BLOG POST: A year in the life of a customer, book by book
Some books what I have read in 2024 This year, I saw the phrase “nourishing seepage” in an online book preview – on the first page, in fact. I ordered it (The Girls, by John Bowen) immediately. First published in 1986, you can only get it second hand in the UK, but
BLOG POST: Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me
How We Use Cannibalism as a Metaphor for All-Consuming LoveLouise, our youngest member of staff, has recently had her writing published in the Literary Magazine, THE LITERARY UNDERDOGWe are very proud of her. As you may ascertain from the title, the subject matter may not be palatable for everyone (see
BLOG POST: What Am I Doing Here
What on earth am I doing up here? Autumn 2024 You may not know who I am - I’m a part time Red Lion bookseller. I’m the one who rambles on about children’s books and often recommends contemporary fiction, as well as nature writing, a bit of high fantasy and occasionally, historical
BLOG POST: Here Comes The Fun
We were delighted to welcome Ben Aitken to the woods this summer for our Words In The Woods day festival. Ben is bestselling author of Here Comes The Fun: A Journey into the Serious Business of Having a Laugh (Icon, July 2024). Perhaps you have read The Marmalade Diaries: The True
BLOG POST: How Small Changes Can Make A Big Difference to Teachers
Blog post by author Michelle Auton In teaching there is always so much to do, so why do we want to be worrying about wellbeing as well? With over a fifth of teachers leaving the profession in the first two few years of their career and stress and workload being cited
BLOG POST: You will find kindness in the corners of a bookshop
You will possibly find dust in those corners as well but that's a different blog. There are many ways to purchase a book. Some people don't feel the safety or the conviviality of a bookshop is for them. They may prefer the anonymity of clicking a button and that’s okay. There
BLOG POST: Espionage, betrayal, scandal, corruption and murder. An author event about true events
Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal which has been likened to that of the Post Office scandal.The audio link above is a small excerpt from an interview with Colne Radio when Matthew Young recently interviewed the authors of No Ordinary Day
BLOG POST: Article from The Big Issue, 2024
Indie bookshops survive closure
Article for The Big Issue 2024 INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOPS SURVIVE CLOSUREWe were asked to comment for the recent article published in The Big Issue. Please read herehttps://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/independent-bookshops-closure-survive-ba/