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The Last Truths We ‘Sold’ (With Holly Watt!)
For our first evening author event of the year we were delighted to welcome the award-winning crime author and journalist Holly Watt, who was joined in conversation with The Bookery’s own interviewer Alison Sweatman. The Last Truths We Told was published on the 16th of January 2025 and having been reviewed in the Sunday Times…
Read MoreThe Bookery Celebrates Book Bundle Winner!
Crediton’s award-winning bookshop, The Bookery was delighted to welcome the winner of its Book Bundle on Saturday 18th January. Back in November, The Bookery offered the opportunity to win a Book Bundle worth £50 by signing up to its Newsletter either in the shop or on its website. The lucky winner Mrs Francisca Van Holthoon…
Read MoreThe Unexpected Start to 2025!
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…
Read MoreImportant Christmas Dates At The Bookery
As we round the corner towards the home stretch of Christmas, we wanted to let you know all our important ordering dates and opening times: Our last day open before Christmas will be Tuesday 24th December . We will stay open until 2pm(ish!) and then we will be closed for the Christmas break, re-opening on Thursday…
Read MoreThe Bookery Puzzle Solving Event!
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…
Read MoreTalking Murder With Stephanie Austin
For our final author event of the year we were delighted to welcome Devon crime writer Stephanie Austin to The Bookery, who was joined in conversation with veteran Devon historical crime author Michael Jecks. Together they provided a wonderful evening of insight and inspiring conversation. Stephanie has recently launched Death On Dartmoor Edge, the eighth in…
Read MorePhilip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre At The Bookery!
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…
Read MoreChloe Savage Visits Local Schools (And The Bookery!)
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…
Read MoreIndependent Bookshop Week 2024
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.…
Read MoreWorking In The Heart Of The Community Week 2024
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…
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