Everything happens in the back room, which holds forty people if they are friendly. Tickets at the till or by email. We keep five seats back for people who just turn up.
Cut & Paste: a ransom-note zine night
Bring old magazines, we bring glue, scissors and a crate of donated paperbacks you are allowed to destroy. Wine by the glass from the pub next door.
Thu, 7pm · £6Valuation morning
Bring one old book and we will tell you what it is, roughly what it is worth, and whether you should keep it anyway. Usually you should.
Sat, 10am–1pm · freeGhost stories by candlelight
M. R. James read aloud in the back room with the lights off. Forty seats, no phones, mince pies at the interval.
Wed, 7.30pm · £8The trolley sale
Everything on the green trolley is a pound. We refill it every hour until it runs out or we do.
Sat, all day · free entryQuiet reading club
One hour, any book, no talking, phones in the basket by the door. Tea afterwards for anyone who wants to talk about what they read.
Thu, 6pm · free
Want to run something here? A reading, a small launch, a class? If it involves books and fewer than forty people, write to us. The room is free, you just help us stack the chairs.