Atherstone Booktown
New Atherstone Charity Bookshop Appeals for Volunteers
November 25th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
St Giles Hospice is set to open a new specialist bookshop in Atherstone to help raise funds to support the local charity’s vital work caring for local people living with cancer and other serious illnesses.
The new dedicated bookshop, at 111 Long Street in Atherstone, is scheduled to open in late November. And, with less […]
Throckmorton’s stock another local author
October 25th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Throckmorton’s Bookshop, a second-hand bookshop on Atherstone’s Market Square, is proud to announce that we are currently stocking new copies of Hannah’s Shame, an autobiography by Warwickshire-based author Derek Leinster.Abandoned by his mother in a Church of Ireland Children’s Home where illness, hunger and neglect were rife, later fostered by a poor family, Derek was […]
Colin the storyteller back at the Sit-A-While
October 21st, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Colin the storyteller is coming back to the Sit-A-While Bookshop and Tearoom in Atherstone this half term.
Date: Thursday 26th October at 11am.
The session is free but you will need to book in advance and advise of your childs age so Colin can tell stories appropriate to the majority age group.
Call 01827 722593 or pop […]
Atherstone booktown moves forward
September 13th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Atherstone’s booksellers have launched a new initiative to promote the town and region as a destination for booklovers, and also to attract new booksellers to the area.Building on developments over the past 18 months, including the opening of three bookshops in the Market Square and the St Giles Hospice bookshop on Long Street, as well […]
Christine Freeman releases new Atherstone book
September 11th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Throckmorton’s Bookshop, a second-hand bookshop on Atherstone’s Market Square, is proud to announce that we are currently stocking new copies of Images of Atherstone by local author Christine Freeman. Christine will be signing copies in the shop on Saturday 18th November.Following the success of her previous book Memories of Atherstone, also published by Tempus, Christine’s […]
The Sit-A-While Bookshop and Tearoom kids storytelling session
July 12th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Don’t know what to do with the kids this summer? Bring them along to The Sit-A-While Bookshop and Tearoom where there is a storytelling session, by Colin the Storyteller at 11am on Thursday 3rd August for 7-9 year olds (or a year or two either side).
The session is £2.00 per child payable in advance […]
Atherstone young persons summer reading challenge
July 10th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Atherstone’s bookshops are teaming up with the Atherstone Library to encourage young people to read over the summer holidays with the Summer Reading Challenge.
All children who read six books borrowed from the Library between 15 July and 9 September will be entered in a draw to win book tokens which can be used at […]
Throckmorton’s Bookshop celebrates first year
July 3rd, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Throckmorton’s bookshop has been in business for over a year now, and to celebrate there giving away free drinks on Atherstone Carnival day and offering reduced prices throughout July. Here’s the press release they’ve asked us to publish:
Throckmorton s Bookshop
A quality second-hand bookshop on Atherstone’s Market Square
Join us in celebrating our first year in business!
Throckmorton’s […]
Atherstone Booktown rumours circulate
June 7th, 2006 by Mr Booktown
The ‘word on the street’ is that the Atherstone Booktown project has hit a snag.James Hanna, the man enlisted to turn Atherstone into a booktown, is rumoured to have left town at the end of May. The Atherstone booktown headquarters on the Market Square currently looks like it is no longer trading, and several of […]
Atherstone, a fledgling booktown adventure
March 22nd, 2006 by Mr Booktown
Mark Maddox shares his thoughts about Atherstone Book Town’s leaflet and suggests a more cooperative approach, which could equally benefit other communities of bookshops.
I doubt that anyone would disagree that James Hanna, of Blaenavon Booktown fame, has a special talent as a publicist, but he is surely missing a trick in his new booktown […]