Upcoming Events
Wednesday 5th December - 5.30 p.m.
FIREMEN ARTISTS 1940-45
“Heroes with grimy faces’
by Anthony Kelly
This is the first fully illustrated history exploring the lives and work of the men and women engaged both as artists and combatants
during the Second World War.
Come and listen to Anthony talking about this fascinating subject and enjoy a drink. He will also be signing his books
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September
BOOKS ARE MY BAG - As part of the launch of the national campaign, local artist Sue Field runs a workhop in the shop on recycling old books and old bags. Participants covered their old bags with pages to give them a new life.
September
As part of Liskeard Live 3 local authors meet their rders and sign their books
Ted Sherrell, Looking Towards the Tamar; Andrew Beasley, Battles of Ben Kingdom; Eric Kemp, Yes Dad I'nt to Go to Sea.
August
Tania Crosse comes to The Book Shop to meet her readers and sign her books after a talk across the road at the library on her latest book Wheels of Grace..
July
As part of Liskeard Live, three local authors, Jenny Alexander - children's writer, Victoria Lamb - historical fiction for young adults and adutls, Peter Moore - walk the Southern Bodmin Moors talk about their books.
June
A national celebration of independent bookshops. Liskeard Book Shop will be celebrating with special offers, Children's Classics, young adults's fiction, adult classics...
June - Book signing - Alec K.endall - The Lost Years of the Liskeard and Caradon Railway
April - Poetry Festival - Sterts
April - World Book Night - A celebration of Books for local book clubs.
March - World Book Day
March 2013 - Book Swap and Talk by Jenny Alexander, local author.
January 2013 - In the press - Book chart in The Western Morning News.
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December 2012 - George Pritchard signs his latest book The 'Old Cornwall' Christmas Anthology.
November 2012 - Marcia Willett signs her latest book The Sea Garden,
October 2012 - Journeys inspired by books. Book Swap and Two Short Talks About Travels.
Welcome to The Book Shop Liskeard
Centrally positioned in the Cornish market town of Liskeard, The Book Shop is situated in an historic building dating back to 1913.
What do we sell?
- new adult and children's books
- books on Cornwall, including some in the Cornish language
- eReaders: Koboglo.
- unique cards, some locally made
- noteboooks and diaries some very special and unique: Paperblanks, Moleskine, made out of cork from Portugal and some handmade locally.
- bookmarks, bookends, bookstands
- Westcountry calendars and diaries
- audio books and music CDs.
- local and regional maps (we can order maps from all over the world)
What do we offer?
- a fast, 24/48-hour, ordering service for all books in print
- the facility to order ebooks, CDs and DVDs
- an out of print book search and ordering service
- a unique book-wrapping service for that special occasion
- customer discounts through a loyalty scheme
We are open Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m, Friday till 6 p.m.and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
