The Crow Road Books

24/06/2026

If the temperature reaches the predicted levels today (Weds 24th) or tomorrow (Thurs 25th), I shall be closing the shop at lunchtime. It's too hot to be in the shop, and yesterday's footfall indicates people think it's too hot to be out shopping!

22/06/2026

Fiction A-C is about to get a Lego section header!

09/06/2026

Poem of the Week:

Envoi in Chalk

Emily Cullen

I'm calling my son from the end of the estate
when my eye snags on green pastel words.
He has chalked on the pavement:
The world is great

This is just the line I need to read,
my mother in hospital, my shoulder inflamed,
future employment uncertain,
Earth eyeballing Armageddon.

Yet how right, his perception.
He bolts up on his yellow scooter,
eight-year old fringe quiffed with gel,
on the cusp of the age of cool.

Ms Cullen wrote this in 2019. This week, her son sat his (Irish equivalent of) GCSE English. The poem was in the exam paper.

05/06/2026

Good news - The Crow Road is now fully live on bookshop.org, a website where you can order books exactly as you would from a certain big river site, with discounts and everyinthg, and have them delivered to your door.
The difference is that on the site, you can choose a bookshop, and that shop will get a decent share of the bookseller margin from your order.
We're finally fully live, so you can find us at:
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/thecrowroad
Thanks everyone!

Independent bookshop in the heart of Arundel, one of England's most beautiful historic market towns. Full of old-world charm and the finest new books! Now run by James, with the able assistance of Essie the Bookshop Dog IF YOU WISH TO ORDER FOR COLLECTION AT THE SHOP, PLEASE CALL 01903 885727 OR EMA...

27/04/2026

Advance notice: The Crow Road will open late this coming Thursday (April 30th). We will open around 12.00 or 12.30
Thanks!

27/04/2026

Want to join a book club? The Crow Road Bookshop is taking applications for new reading groups - pop into the bookshop and pick up a registration form!