Rocknpop or is it Popnrock? Either way, they're great!

After only 4 weeks, we've had to rush another order to Santoro Graphics for some more of their new 'Popnrock' cards. At £4.99 each, you would think them a slow seller but they are flying out. I've dropped inm a photo but look at http://www.santorographics.com/shop/popnrock/ for the other designs
It seems that Popnrock have won the 2010 Gift of the Year award in best Card & Wrap category. Hardly surprising, they are great.

What's in a name?

Those of you who have looked up Jane Bailey's web site at www.jane-bailey.co.uk , may have been surprised to find that she is signing at another place on the morning she is to visit us. Well, we're right and her site is wrong. She's signing at Cotswold Bookstore on Saturday 10 July at 10 am and there will be a special price on the day.

Super Sunday with cheese for afters

Today, there was a Scouts' Fete outside which brought in the crowds making it our best ever Sunday. It felt like Christmas with many families buying whole piles of books. It was also a particularly good day for Justin Thyme as there were no fewer than four advance bookings for this Panama Oxridge title. Our stock of Independent Bookseller titles also took a huge hit and we have been reduced to one or sometimes none of these titles. A delightful group from Spain came in just on closing time and bought a great range of children's books plus placing an order for 2 Geronimo Stilton books which are totally new to me. I look forward to seeing (and smelling) them.

In the saddle

We were 'chuffed to NAAFI breaks' recently when we received a card from Jane Bailey following her recent visit in the company of her two daughters. It read thus -
Dear Nina, Tony and David,
Thank you for the wonderfully warm welcome you gave me in the Cotswold Bookstore and for all the support you've been giving me over the years with me being totally unaware of it! I was really touched by your warmth (and my girls were gob-smacked that anyone had actually heard of me!) You did wonders for my confidence and may like to know that it got me back in the saddle again and I've been writing avidly since. Thank you so much,
Lots of love,
Jane Bailey.

Wasn't that nice. That didn't make our day - it made our whole month. Jane is currently working on a radio script version of Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven.
Do come and meet her on Saturday July 10 before she becomes too famous to talk to us.

Black Water Rising, which we reviewed in the 'Times' recently and which has received praise in many reviews elsewhere, has now arrived in the smaller paperback size at £7.99. The author, Attica Locke, was named thus after the notorious uprising in Attica, the New York jail, during the civil rights movement and the core of the book is the experience of her own Father during those times.
Reviews are to be found on the right hand side of the blog.

Not on my Patch Lad

Mike Pannett's third outing as an ex-London copper transferred to a beat in rural Yorkshire will be a popular follow up to 'Now Then Lad' and 'You're Coming With Me Lad'. Called 'Not on my Patch Lad', it comes with a special reduced price of £9.99 (£3.00 off the usual price) while stocks last.

The Bainbridge - Bailey connection

We were sad to hear of the death Beryl Bainbridge whose last novel, 'According to Queeney' was widely praised as was most of her work. She had many nominations for the Booker and twice won the Whitbread prize.

She also has a tenuous connection with our shop through Jane Bailey who will be here to sign her two books on Saturday July 10. It was Beryl Bainbridge who recommended Jane to her agent.

We were reminded by Jane that she has a web site of her own (something we've not got around to yet) Do look up www.jane-bailey.co.uk