We are working on a second issue of our zine The Book Of Jed and are opening up submissions to anyone interested in writing, illustrating or photographing for it. We have a specific theme. The zine issue title will be "The Life & Times of Shearsmith McLeod." This person does not…
Thank you to everyone who visited us on our birthday weekend. We had a great time and it was lovely to see faces old and new out in Jedburgh. It's been a really fun year overall and its quite unbelievable how quickly it has gone. Thank you too to everyone who…
We're very pleased to be a finalist for Indie Bookshop Of The Year at The British Book Awards! It's a huge honour of course and we're very grateful to all those that have supported us over these first 12 months. It's great to be representing The Borders and to stand alongside…
After a winter break, we are delighted to announce a new wave of events here in the shop. On Feb 16th Jedburgh's own Arcadian Meadows will perform in the shop. Mixing stories with a variety of instrumental music, this is also a fundraiser for our creative work. March 22nd will see…
We are very pleased to have created our first zine! The Book Of Jed is a free zine available in our shop. It brings together work created by local people. The first half looks back at our Festival Of Stories and presents work created there. The second gathers work created by…
With our first calender year complete, we thought it would be fun to (catch our breath) and take a look back at our 2023 shop events. This of course doesn't include our Festival Of Stories, which was 21 events in its own right! When I opened the shop, I was really…
Thank you to everyone that has supported us this Christmas. When we came into this, we knew Christmas time would be vital for us, and that unlike the Summer, we'd be relying on local support to make it work. We're so thrilled to have the Jedburgh and Borders community come out…
October featured a little bit of a dip in sales, but by the end of the month we’d moved to five days opening and eager folk hunting out Christmas presents started to appear… Our Reading Jayne: Nadezhda In The Dark by Yelena Moskovich This is the story of the narrator and…
September was a busy one for us, not least because we had two author events (Kerri Andrews and Robin Ince) and our two day festival. Around all that, we also sold books! We’re starting to gear up for Christmas and get our 2023 recommendations together too. Our big selling book -…
August has been by far our busiest month, in terms of people through the door. It’s been great to see some many visitors from across the world come to Jedburgh, as well as keep in touch with our locals and see lots more kids in the shop too. Click on the…