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A Creative Writing Adventure with Natalie Young
At the Bookery during March and April, Natalie Young, author of Season to Taste or How To Eat Your Husband and We All Ran Into the Sunlight, delivered a 6 week creative writing course. Writing exercises, discussing authors and giving and receiving feedback were our weekly tasks. In our group was a budding historical fiction…
Christmas 2025 Opening Times At The Bookery
As we race headlong into Christmas, we wanted to let you know all our important ordering dates and opening times: We will be open 9.30am – 4pm on Saturday 13th and 20th December. Our last day open before Christmas will be Wednesday 24th December. We will stay open until 2pm(ish!) and then we will be…
The Bookery Supports Local Prison Libraries
Recently, as part of our drive to encourage reading within all parts of our surrounding community, The Bookery donated a large number of new books through The Shannon Trust to prison libraries at HMP Channings Wood and HMP Exeter. The books were from a variety of genres and were suitable for people with a wide…
The 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…
Important 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…
Talking 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…
Lucy Holland At The Bookery!
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…
Scribner 10 for The Bookery’s 10th
We’ve partnered with Simon & Schuster to bring you a fabulous 2 for £10 shop offer on 10 of their excellent Scribner titles, featuring some classic books alongside the cutting edge of new and exciting publications.
Independent Bookshop Week 2023!
This year’s Independent Bookshop Week runs from 17th – 24th June, and it’s an extra special time as we’re also celebrating The Bookery’s 10th Birthday! We’ll be unveiling our great new extension and event space – so drop in any time, this happy event is as much about our loyal patrons and customers as it…
Bologna Children’s Bookfair – The BolognaRagazzi Award
It was an honour and a privilege for Dee to be invited to represent The Bookery and join the BolognaRagazzi Award Jury last month, to spend time with passionate book advocates from across the world and make some tricky decisions about the very best 2023 submissions. A total of 2,349 titles were submitted by 644…
