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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 2nd January at 9.30am. For … Read more
We really enjoyed having our Hub buzzing on a Saturday morning, by hosting an amazingly creative Book Making workshop. It went really, well with all of those attending enjoying the opportunity to make and take away with them at least two beautiful books! Jenny Perry, who ran the session, had positive feedback and an enthusiasm for running more of her … 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 … Read more
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 the ‘Devon Mystery’ series set … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Read more
Novelist and award-winning Podcaster Lucy Holland joined us last month, in conversation with The Bookery’s own interviewer Alison Sweatman for our first evening event of 2024. Her new novel, Song of the Huntress recasts the folklore behind the Wild Hunt into a dark, feminist fantasy set in West Country Britain, and features amongst its cast of characters a Christian priest, … Read more
