It’s Bookshop Day on Saturday 14th October! Bookshop Day celebrates all things Indie Bookshop, so we’d love to see you to celebrate with us! Every customer on Saturday (14th) will be entered into a prize draw to WIN one of these brilliant prizes: We’ll also be giving you double loyalty points with every purchase as …
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Our Books of the Month – AUGUST
Our top picks this month are: Hardback of the Month Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo’s attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her …
Author Events
An Evening with Michael Stewart – Thurs 14th September The Dogs Thurs 14th Sept7pmAt Darling Reads We are thrilled to be able to welcome celebrated author and poet Michael Stewart back to our shop! Michael will read from his new collection of poems ‘The Dogs’ and discuss the book with us. Naturally, there will be …
Our Books of the Month – JULY
Our top picks this month are: Hardback of the Month The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker Mrs Wood is London’s most celebrated medium. She’s managed to survive decades in the competitive world of contacting the Other Side, has avoided the dreaded slips that revealed others as frauds and is still hosting packed-out …
Independent Bookshop Week!
From Saturday 17th – Saturday 24th, bookshops up and down the country celebrate the joy of indie bookshops, and of course, we’ll be joining in too! Running all week: Find the Golden Duck! Can you find the Usborne Duck hidden in our shop? Find it to win a prize and to be entered into our …
Our Books of the Month – JUNE
This month our top picks are: Hardback of the Month The Burnings by Naomi Kelsey Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light. For the first time …
Our Books of the Month – MAY
This month our top picks are: Hardback of the Month Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater Roach – bookseller, loner and true crime fanatic- is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins …
Summer Books 2023
Our Summer Catalogue is here! You can pick up a copy in store or follow this link to browse a digital copy: https://indd.adobe.com/view/ab5c99e0-0778-49ab-bcbc-844a405c428f Just email us darlingreadsbooks@gmail.com to reserve/order any of the fantastic books featured.
Our Books of the Month – APRIL
This month our top picks are: Hardback of the Month Atalanta by Jennifer Saint When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective …
Our Books of the Month – MARCH
This month our top picks are: Hardback of the Month Lady Macbethad by Isabelle Schuler Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance. She will be Queen. Whatever it takes… Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history. As a child, Gruoch’s grandmother prophecies that she will one day be …