Events

July 2017 – There’s a Tiger in My Garden – Lizzy Stewart

Posted 25 days ago by admin

Lizzie Stewart charms the children as she reads from her picture book...

June 2017 – Independent Booksellers Week – Book Crawl & Harry Potter’s 20 years

Posted June 19, 2017 by admin

Book crawl. Three happy customers who found just what they wanted on...

June 2017 – The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

Posted June 1, 2017 by admin

What a treat! A packed shop listens to Beth Underdown read from her...

June 2017. The Boy in the Dark by K. McKechnie

Posted May 30, 2017 by admin

A very enjoyable and informative talk from Ken McKechnie. As the story...

May 2017 – Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival

Posted April 27, 2017 by admin

Happy selling, happy listening to inspiring poetry, happy enjoying the...

April 2017 – The Railways of Devon and Cornwall Around the Early 1960s by Michael Clemens

Posted April 25, 2017 by admin

A very interested audience listens intently to Michael Clemens talking...

April 2017 – The Mummy’s Revenge, Andrew Beasley

Posted March 24, 2017 by admin

So pleased to welcome back Andrew Beasley. Children and parents alike...

March 2017 – Wild Gestures – Stories by Lucy Durneen

Posted March 23, 2017 by admin

Returning from her tour of Australia where she launched her book of...

Feb. 2017 – Cornwall’s First Golden Age by Bernard Deacon

Posted February 12, 2017 by admin

Cornwall’s First Golden Age by Bernard Deacon re-tells the story of...

Dec. 2016 – Moon Gardening by J. Harris & J. Rickards

Posted December 28, 2016 by admin

A good audience who left convinced that Moon Gardening works and that...

Nov. 2016 – Our Bookshop Reading Ambassadors

Posted November 28, 2016 by admin

Our Bookshop Reading Ambassadors from Callington, St Nicholas Downderry...

Oct. 2016 – North Cornwall Book Festival.

Posted October 31, 2016 by admin

Children, young adults and adults alike enjoy a feast of talks...

Oct. 2016 – Books Are My Bag – Stories Come to Life

Posted October 15, 2016 by admin

Children and adults alike enjoy listening to Roger reading the funny...

Sept. 2016 – A day with Megan Rix, children’s author.

Posted September 9, 2016 by admin

A day with Megan Rix, children’s author, passionate about dogs...

Aug 2016 – Wyl Menmuir’s whistle-stop signing of The Many

Posted August 26, 2016 by admin

We had the pleasure of greeting Wyl on Friday 26th August on his...

Aug. 2016 – Marcia Willett and The Songbird

Posted August 11, 2016 by admin

Marcia Willett meets her keen readers in the shop and signs her books...

July 2016 – The Man Engine Visits Liskeard

Posted July 23, 2016 by admin

The high street was teeming with people who came to see the fantastic...

Independent Booksellers Week Competition Winners Announced

Posted July 1, 2016 by admin

Well it’s been a great week to be an independent Bookseller, and...

May 2016 – Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival

Posted June 6, 2016 by admin

A lot of inspiring readings, a very happy atmosphere and what seems to...

May 2016 – Lisa Woollett and the Bookshop Band

Posted May 10, 2016 by admin

A very entertaining evening event at the Liskerrett Centre on Sunday...

April 2016 – Smuggling with Jeremy Rowett Johns

Posted April 16, 2016 by admin

Author Jeremy Rowett Johns gave a fantastic talk at The Book Shop about...

Our Bookshop Reading Ambassadors Project

Posted April 1, 2016 by admin

Our Bookshop Reading Ambassadors from local primary and secondary...

March 2016 – Christopher Hill School Visits for WBD

Posted March 1, 2016 by admin

Celebration of World Book Day, children’s author and playwright...

Feb. 2016: Michael Messenger – Caradon and Looe Railway

Posted February 2, 2016 by admin

Originally published in 1978, Messenger’s book is now being...

Dec. 2015: Julian Hight – World Tree Story

Posted December 12, 2015 by admin

A packed shop and an interested audience to listen to Julian Hight...

Oct. 2015: North Cornwall Book Festival

Posted October 30, 2015 by admin

Twenty different authors for both children and adults. Talks, book...

Oct. 2015: Orion and the Dark Brought to Life

Posted October 15, 2015 by admin

A great pairing of Emma Yarlett reading from her picture story book...

Oct. 2015: National Event – Books are my Bag

Posted October 12, 2015 by admin

Sam, a frozen live sculpture, in the window; unicyclists going round...

July 2015: Richard Hoskin – The Miner & the Viscount

Posted July 15, 2015 by admin

Born and bred in Liskeard, Richard meets a good number of local people...

May 2015 – Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival

Posted May 15, 2015 by admin

A wide range of poets, including two T.S. Eliot prize winners: David...

May 2015: National Event – World Book Night

Posted May 8, 2015 by admin

Three different titles were handed out to the local community: at the...

May 2015: Bodmin Moor with Peter Moore and Mark Camp

Posted May 2, 2015 by admin

Two different approaches to the discovery of the Moors, yet both will...

April 2015: Patrick Gale – A Place Called Winter

Posted April 8, 2015 by admin

A full studio at Sterts Theatre to listen to the fascinating story of...

March 2015: Steph Haxton – Exposed to All Villainies

Posted March 22, 2015 by admin

A local author with a local story. Stephanie brought the past to life...

March 2015: National Event – World Book Day

Posted March 5, 2015 by admin

Children from local schools visited us with their vouchers and chose...

Nov. 2014: Nick Barclay – The Great Cornish Food Book

Posted November 1, 2014 by admin

A gourmet event! Nick presented the book to which he has contributed...

Oct. 2014: James Evans and Mary Martin – Pomona

Posted October 15, 2014 by admin

What a great pleasure to discover with James Evans and Mary Martin a...

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