It’s that glazed-over look your partner starts to get as you describe (in great detail) the denouement of your latest literary obsession – the pros and cons of the characters, the highs and lows of the plot – that makes you wonder whether you ought to find yourself a place where your book chat is officially sanctioned … a place that will save your loved one’s sanity...
Nick Thompson, our guest blogger, is an occasional writer and horror fiction fan. He discovered Stephen King in his mid-teens and hasn't been the same since.
Shop manager Steve Roberts writes about his project A Life of Books. If you'd like to be involved, follow the link to his survey or pick up a paper copy from the shop. Steve would love to talk in the shop about your life with books, so call in for a chat.
We are a Community co-operative, owned and managed by our members, and if you didn't invest in our community shares issue you can now join as a mem...
We wanted to say a big Happy Christmas to all the bookshop staff, volunteers, members and customers. Beginning in lockdown, 2021 has been another s...
As the bookshop grows we need to recruit a couple of volunteer roles to help manage the organisation. Details of the roles are set out below and yo...
If you like a good rummage then come down and see us this Saturday 22nd May 2021, for THE GREAT GLOSSOP BOOK GIVEAWAY. For one day only, we'll h...
As George Street Community Bookshop has now reopened I thought it might be interesting if I shared some of the books I find around the shop and som...
We are reopening the shop - hopefully for good! - on Wednesday 14th April. Our hours will be 10am - 4pm Wednesday to Saturday along with some Mon...
We are hosting our 2021 Annual General Meeting incorporating an author's event with local writer James Ellson. The first part of the evening will...
George Street Community Bookshop has traditionally been a physical shop, providing services to Glossop and the people who visit the town. But times...
It’s that glazed-over look your partner starts to get as you describe (in great detail) the denouement of your latest literary obsession – the pros and cons of the characters, the highs and lows of the plot – that makes you wonder whether you ought to find yourself a place where your book chat is officially sanctioned … a place that will save your loved one’s sanity...
Shop Manager Steve runs through some of his favourite books of 2019.
Nick Thompson, our guest blogger, is an occasional writer and horror fiction fan. He discovered Stephen King in his mid-teens and hasn't been the same since.
Shop manager Steve Roberts writes about his project A Life of Books. If you'd like to be involved, follow the link to his survey or pick up a paper copy from the shop. Steve would love to talk in the shop about your life with books, so call in for a chat.
