About
Three people and four thousand books
How the shop got here
1998
Opened in half of the present shop, selling secondhand only.
2006
Took the other half when the barber retired.
2014
Nearly closed. The reading group is the reason it did not.
2023
Twenty-five years, and the first year we employed three people.
Who is behind the counter
A bookseller
Fiction and poetry
Will talk you out of a hardback if the paperback is coming.
A bookseller
Children's and local
Runs the Saturday hour and knows every child's name.
A bookseller
Orders and events
The one who will find the out-of-print thing.
Order or ask
Title and author is enough. We will tell you the price and the day it lands.
3 Pelican StreetTownPostcode
- Monday to Saturday
- 09:30 - 18:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 - 16:00