by Mel | May 10, 2022 | Current Book
For May’s Book & Bottle read we have chosen Still Life by Sarah Winman, which has a lovely parrot on the front cover. From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make...
by Mel | Apr 12, 2022 | Bookclub Review
In April we enjoyed Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia. “Five generations of women, linked by blood and circumstance, by the secrets they share, and by a single book passed down through a family, with an affirmation scrawled in its margins: We are force. We...
by Mel | Mar 8, 2022 | Bookclub Review
March’s Book & Bottle book was Off Target by Eve Smith. We really enjoyed this one! “In an all-too-possible near future, when genetic engineering has become the norm for humans, not just crops, parents are prepared to take incalculable risks to...
by Mel | Mar 8, 2022 | Events
We’re donating new books to the Packed With Hope campaign, run by two small independent publishers down in the South-West, and we’re inviting our customers to get involved. Little Toller and Blue Moose Books are aiming to fill 10,000 backpacks for displaced Ukrainian...
by Mel | Feb 22, 2022 | Events
Join us on Saturday 5th March, when the brilliant Beth Cartwright will be in the shop from 1-2pm signing copies of her new book, The House of Sorrowing Stars “Alone on an island, surrounded by flowers that shine as dusk begins to fall, sits an old, faded house....
