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In the first of our Afternoon Author events that we have launched for the start of the year, we were delighted to welcome author, sound artist and scholar Ellen Wiles to The Bookery who was joined in conversation with Mary Morris the Director of Arvon, the UK’s home of creative writing. Arvon have creative writing houses in Devon (where Mary is based) , Shropshire, Yorkshire, and a virtual house – Arvon at Home. Recognising that during the long, dark and … Read more

For our final event of the year and to support the Crediton Late Night Shopping initiative, we were joined by excited puzzlers eager to help us complete the 500 piece puzzle of The Bookery. We were delighted to partner with All Jigsaw Puzzles for this event who are based Hatherleigh and most grateful to Clare and Sara who helped create our unique puzzle and where on hand to help the puzzlers and present the young puzzlers with their prizes. The … Read more

We were delighted to be joined at The Bookery last week by the legendary storytelling duo Sarah McIntyre & Philip Reeve who were with us to design our shop window, celebrate their latest Adventuremice book and for Philip to discuss the return to his award-winning Mortal Engines series. Our shop window is now all set for Christmas having been Adventuremice-d! It was fabulous watching Philip and Sarah in action, seeing the Mice appear as they transformed the window with their beautiful … Read more

Chloe Savage, author of The Search for the Giant Artic Jellyfish, winner of the ‘Waterstones Best Illustrated Book 2024’ joined our Schools Team last month to visit two Primary schools. Chloe led a session at each school reading from her book, asking the children questions, demonstrating how to draw a jellyfish and then asking the children to do their own drawings. Chloe signed copies of her books and as a part of The Bookery’s outreach programme we ensured that every … Read more

The week of 15th to 22nd June sees Crediton’s award-winning bookshop The Bookery celebrate Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) 2024. IBW is a celebration of independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland, highlights the vital role they play in their communities, and encourages booklovers to shop locally and play a part in supporting the High Street. As a non-profit and community owned business, The Bookery’s mission is to create an inclusive environment for all and provide pioneering projects supporting literacy, well-being … Read more

In the last week of May we held our first ever Working in the Heart of the Community week in The Hub, our coworking space behind the bookshop. One of our aims was to increase the ‘visibility’ of The Hub, as many people are still unaware of its existence! Homeworkers and freelancers could book coworking desks at half price and take advantage of a series of informal lunchtime talks on topics relevant to them: Chris Davy from Devon Work Hubs … Read more

Our volunteer Pauline writes: “In recent weeks, leading up to World Book Day on 7th March, our Schools Team have visited 15 local Primary Schools and spoken to 2,200 children about our Top Titles for 2024. The collection of 24 recently published books includes picture books for the very young, short chapter books for developing readers, longer books for older readers, super readable, dyslexia friendly titles for children between eight and 12 who lack confidence in reading plus a graphic … Read more