UK bookshops celebrate Independence with special events
It’s Independent Booksellers’ Week, running from 28 June-05 July 2014, bringing together a celebration of UK wide bookshops for the eight year in a row.
To mark the event, indies across the country will be holding special events. Some of the events are listed below.
For more information, visit: www.independentbooksellersweek.org.uk
Saturday 28 June, 14:00
Discussing Junes books, Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
& The case of the exploding Loo by Rachel Hamilton
www.storytellersinc.co.uk
CRAIG SHUTTLEWOOD at The Book Nook, Hove
Saturday 28 June, 11:00
Illustrator of Who’s in the tree?
www.booknookuk.com
DEBI GLIORI at Storytellers Inc. Lancashire
Monday 30 June, from 11:00
Bloomsbury lustrated Window plus signing and story time with the Author and Illustrator of Dragon Loves Penguins
www.storytellersinc.co.uk
MIFFY STORYTIME AND ACTIVITIES at Storytellers Inc., Lancashire
Tuesday 01 July, 11:00
With Milk Juice and Biscuits!
www.storytellersinc.co.uk
WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT PARTY at Storytellers Inc. Lancashire
Wednesday 02 July, 14:00
Celebrating 20th Anniversary of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
www.storytellersinc.co.uk
DEBI GLIORI at News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop, Liverpool
Thursday 03 July
Author and Illustrator of Dragon Loves Penguins
www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk
YASMEEN ISMAIL at Chicken and Frogs, Essex
Saturday 05 July
Illustrator of Time for Bed Fred!
www.chickenandfrog.com
AXEL SCHEFFLER at The Book Nook, Hove
Saturday 05 July, event 11:00 & Signing 12:00
Illustrator of The much love Gruffalo series
www.booknookuk.com
CLARA VULLIAMY at Storytellers Inc. Lancashire
Saturday 05 July, 11:00
Illustrator of th accliamed Dixie O’Day books.
www.storytellersinc.co.uk
DEBI GLIORI at Discover Children’s Story Centre, London
Saturday 05 July
Author and Illustrator of Dragon Loves Penguins
www.discover.org.uk
KIPPER STORY-TIME at Booka Bookshop, Shropshire
Saturday 28 June, 11:00 & 14:00
With a visit from Kiper the Dog!
www.bookabookshop.co.uk
AUSTRALIAN STORY-TIME at Booka Bookshop, Shropshire
Saturday 056 July, 14:00.
Get a taste of Storyime down-under!
www.bookabookshop.co.uk
CHILDREN’S LITERARY TENTS at Lowdham Village Hall, Nottinghamshire
Saturday 28 June, 11:00-16:00
Lots of fun and games, crafts and stories!
Hosted by The Book Case
www.thebookcase.co.uk
GRUFFALO WOODLAND TRAIL at The Woodoaks Association Summer Festival, Hertfordshire
Saturday 05 July
Hosted by Chorleywood Bookshop
www.chorleywoodbookshop.co.uk
THE FIND WALLY HUNT from Walker Books will be taking place at Independent Book shops across the UK including Chorleywood Bookshop, Hertfordshire; The Archway Bookshop, Axminster, Devon; Rossiter Books, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire; Chapter On, Reading, and The Steyning Bookshop, West Sussex.