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The Great Fire Of…Crediton!

03 Feb 2025

For the second of our winter Afternoon Author events, we were delighted to welcome local historian Tony Gale who provided our audience with a fascinating audio visual presentation based on his book Crediton & the Great Fire 1743. Tony took us through the period before, during and after the fire revealing many intriguing stories about life in the 18th century … Read more

The Last Truths We ‘Sold’ (With Holly Watt!)

27 Jan 2025

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 last weekend, we were privileged … Read more

The Bookery Celebrates Book Bundle Winner!

23 Jan 2025

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 signed up to join The … Read more

The Unexpected Start to 2025!

20 Jan 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 houses in Devon (where Mary … Read more

Important Christmas Dates At The Bookery

13 Dec 2024

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

Book Making At The Bookery

04 Dec 2024

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

The Bookery Puzzle Solving Event!

25 Nov 2024

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

Talking Murder With Stephanie Austin

18 Nov 2024

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

Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre At The Bookery!

12 Nov 2024

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