Verdigris Books

13/08/2026

15/07/2026

some class non-fiction from the shelves, because i don't promote it enough !!

25/06/2026

my dream summer reading list!
have you read any of these, or have any on your tbr?

11/06/2026

NEW IN!
a selection of things that i still can't believe i got my hands on ✨️

23/05/2026

Just a few books I'm really excited to have bought in ahead of the bank holiday weekend!

It's also 's 175th birthday, so come celebrate with us!

21/05/2026

🎪 FREE EVENT 🎪 Help us spread the word to the community 🏠Please SHARE the post 🙏Tag a Friend 🙏Visit 🙏…. As what a line-up we have for you this weekend! 👏🏻 🎉

BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DURHAM MARKETS - 175 YEARS! 🎉 And what better way to celebrate than with a HUGE FREE family weekender right in the heart of the city ❤️

📍 Durham Market Place
📅 Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th May
⏰ FREE EVENT Family Fun All Weekend!

We’re bringing Durham Market Place to life for an unforgettable celebration packed with live music, family entertainment, history, performers, fancy dress, kids activities, market shopping and so much more! ✨

🎭 Fancy Dress Competition
Dress up from your favourite decade for the chance to WIN amazing prizes including £100 Durham Market vouchers!
Medieval? Victorian? 1940s? 1990s? Totally random and chaotic? We want to see it all!

🎶 Live performances all weekend
🎪 Stilt walkers, disco performers & balloon modelling
🎨 Face painting, glitter tattoos & hair braiding
🏴‍☠️ East India Company Living History Camp
🩺 Padraig’s Gruesome Historical Workshops (Sunday)
🧒 Kids Tent with games, colouring & activities
🐶 FREE Puppachinos from Bert & Barns
🛍️ Indoor & Outdoor Independent Market Traders

This weekend is all about celebrating Durham, supporting local businesses, bringing families into the city and creating something fun, free and memorable for everyone ❤️

Whether you come for the music, the shopping, the history, the costumes, the food or just to soak up the atmosphere… there’s something for every age.

✨ Grab the family, dress up if you fancy it, and come spend the weekend with us!

05/05/2026

Officially on THE Book Guide ✨️
If you've visited us, please do leave a review - it means so much!🦉

29/04/2026

3 for 2 SALE!
For all of this week, you can pick up some crime and popular fiction from the middle two shelves and get them 3 for 2!
(Top shelf non-fiction and bottom shelf children's books excluded from offer)

12/04/2026

BREAKING NEWS!

A new chapter has started at Durham Market as a second‑hand bookshop has taken over a long‑running stall following the owner’s retirement.

08/04/2026

After a busy first week, our shelves were looking a bit sparse...
But good news: we're all stocked up again, and so excited for you to see what's new!

A taster of what's come in:
Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine Coldstream
We Invented the Wheel by Reesom Haile
The Harlem Cycle Vols 1 & 2 by Chester Himes
Bone Black by bell hooks
Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis
On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sabato
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
We are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience by Lyndsey Stonebridge
The London Journal of Flora Tristan

Come by and see what else is new!