A book and a bench

There’s a glimpse of summer on the horizon and a couple of bank holidays to celebrate. If you fancy losing yourself in a good book for a while come in for a chat. We’ve been reading some belting novels recently and would be happy to recommend some therapeutic escapism.

Counting down the days

Counting down the days… If you’d prefer the non-chocolate variety of Advent calendar we have plenty to choose from.  There’s snow, lots of snow, the Nativity, wildlife, even a treehouse. 

The life of a local heroine, Madge Addy

July saw the publication of Chris Hall’s biography of Madge Addy. Madge lived just around the corner from the shop. We would like to think that she bought her sweets here long before we opened the bookshop. To coincide with Chorlton Book Festival we were delighted to be loaned nursing memorabilia and wartime artefacts including […]

Spring at last

It has been a long winter with our doors locked to customers for three months. From April 12th we will be open again, trading our normal hours, and we will be delighted to welcome you all back. We have lots of lovely new stock, bright, fresh greeting cards and giftwrap, and cheery toys from Jellycat. […]

Chorlton Book Festival, Children’s Book Award.

Vote for the best book for 9-12 year olds published in the past year. The Chorlton Children’s Book Award is back! A shortlist of seven of the best books has been compiled by students and staff from local schools. The winner will be announced in May 2021. All the titles and the voting forms are […]

World Book day 2021

This year you may not have your school friends to celebrate with but you can still exchange your voucher for a World Book Day book. We are here between 11am-2pm Monday to Saturday so you may point out your choice from the doorway display. To keep everyone safe, and so we don’t have a crowd […]