Our Festival of Stories takes place over two days (September 16th & 17th) in Jedburgh. Here's a quick guide through the weekend for those looking to be inspired and entertained. All are free to attend (except the Soundbath) but you need to sign up to secure your place. Saturday: The festival…
Our Festival of Stories takes place over two days (September 16th & 17th) in Jedburgh. Here's a quick guide through the weekend for those wanting to get creative. All these events are free to attend but you need to sign up to secure your place. Saturday Writing Environment and History: Pear…
Our Festival of Stories takes place over two days (September 16th & 17th) in Jedburgh. Here's a quick guide through the weekend for those with young families (and note that everything here is free to attend / participate in but sign up is needed to secure your place) Saturday: Two Bookbug…
Summer has arrived. At least, according to the calendar. But it has been lovely to see lots more visitors to the town and we’ve been adding new sections to the shop. Bestsellers Books: Scotland - Take The Slow Road by Martin Dorey has proven popular this month, probably due to the…
We're very excited indeed to present the brand new Festival Of Stories will take place in Jedburgh on September 16th & 17th. It will feature a range of events and activities across the town based around the idea of celebrating, collecting and sharing our stories. Most of the event will be…
A month of pretty extreme weather! It was also Independent Bookshop Week and we hosted our first Author events. Here’s what has sold well and our own picks of the month. Bestsellers Books: Thanks to his appearance in the shop, Douglas Jackson has moved a lot of books for us this…
Our first independent bookshop week was an interesting and rewarding experience. The industry support was quite startling, given my only real comparison is Record Store Day. For that, record shops already operating on very thin margins have to pay to be part of the event. That gets them access to a…
Our first “regular” month after the fun of the opening day and Easter holidays. We’ve seen a much wider selection of people coming in and books being sold; here are a couple of “bestsellers” and our own personal picks from May. We have most in the shop but click on the pictures…
Tickets are now on sale for second author event with the exceptional writer and historian Mary W Craig. She has written a number of books, but readers of our blog will know that she wrote our April Bestseller Borders Witch Hunt, as well as the equally popular Agnes Finnie. Mary has a…
Our first month was great fun and we’ve loved getting Heron & Willow up and running. Here we’ll share what has proved popular in the shop and what the three of us have been enjoying too. Click on any covers or titles to see them on our online shop. Bestsellers Books: It’s…