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Our opening times are generally Monday-Friday 9am-5pmWe close on Sundays and Bank HolidaysWe are an independent, family owned business and we choose to open longer hours during December. We usually open on a Sunday throughout DecemberOur website shows a sample of books available which we attempt to keep updated. For
The Appetite Book Club (in collaboration with the Daytime Book Club) Reading List
Hello Lovely Reader!The Appetite Book Club established itself in 2007and has been growing ever since. If you scroll down, you can take a look at the books we have read previously. This list will be updated regularly to feature the most recent book club read. January 20th, 2025 CHRYSALIS by Anna
The Cocoa Bookclub Reading List
Hello Lovely Reader!The Cocoa Bookclub established itself in 2023 and has been growing ever since. If you scroll down, you can take a look at the books we have read previously. This list will be updated regularly to feature the most recent book club read. February 2025 - The LambJanuary 2025
BLOG POST: Is Colchester an anomaly in the decline of young readers?
This article was written by Lily Locke, one of the Newsquest Young Reporters, a scheme that gives 14 to 18-year-old school students a chance to write for a real newspaper. Find out more at the Young Reporter website. Is Colchester an anomaly in the decline of young readers?A recent Guardian article
BLOG POST: A year in the life of a customer, book by book
Some books what I have read in 2024 This year, I saw the phrase “nourishing seepage” in an online book preview – on the first page, in fact. I ordered it (The Girls, by John Bowen) immediately. First published in 1986, you can only get it second hand in the UK, but
BLOG POST: Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me
How We Use Cannibalism as a Metaphor for All-Consuming LoveLouise, our youngest member of staff, has recently had her writing published in the Literary Magazine, THE LITERARY UNDERDOGWe are very proud of her. As you may ascertain from the title, the subject matter may not be palatable for everyone (see
BLOG POST: What Am I Doing Here
What on earth am I doing up here? Autumn 2024 You may not know who I am - I’m a part time Red Lion bookseller. I’m the one who rambles on about children’s books and often recommends contemporary fiction, as well as nature writing, a bit of high fantasy and occasionally, historical
BLOG POST: Here Comes The Fun
We were delighted to welcome Ben Aitken to the woods this summer for our Words In The Woods day festival. Ben is bestselling author of Here Comes The Fun: A Journey into the Serious Business of Having a Laugh (Icon, July 2024). Perhaps you have read The Marmalade Diaries: The True