Imagined Things Bookshop

Imagined Things Bookshop Harrogate's Independent Bookshop on Montpellier Parade in the town centre! Established in 2017! Located on Montpellier Parade in Harrogate town centre.
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We are a proudly independent bookshop in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. We sell an eclectic mix of books across a range of genres for adults, young adults and children. We also sell a unique range of cards, stationery and gifts to satisfy bibliophiles and non-bibliophiles alike. We think there is nothing better than browsing for your next read in a physical bookshop, and that nothing compares to flic

king through the pages of an actual book. We care about books and reading (we wouldn’t be a very good bookshop if we didn’t after all), and more than that we care about the local area and its people. We care about being at the heart of the community and working with customers to continually improve and be the best that we can be. We look forward to working with local schools and the community to support literacy and get children excited about reading. We plan to have author events and signings to connect readers and authors, and to forge connections with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and the Harrogate History Festival. We want to add to the already strong literary roots of the town. We will have a loyalty card scheme, discounts for book clubs, as well as various competitions and prize draws. We care about being local and support UK, and Yorkshire companies wherever possible.We care about the environment too – you’ll never see a plastic bag at Imagined Things – and we always do our best to be environmentally conscious. Imagined Things will be thoroughly independent, and offer something very different. We will have a bookshop dragon (and a naming competition once he/she has hatched!), we will have a number of different competitions/ways of interacting with the shop such as a Where's Wally Hunt and we have a bookshop poem...

At Imagined Things we see
The world a little bit differently…
We’re proudly independent, one of a kind,
Delighted to be different with many wonders to find. Books that never run out of charge,
Stories that stay with you forever little and large. Books to order the very next day (everything being ok),
Plus cards, gifts and stationery to do things your way. Always improving, honest and fair,
A local bookshop that will always care. A world without bookshops would be so sad indeed,
So let us cater for your every reading, writing, stationery need!

We've got some new booksellers 😆👀... they're a little bit inexperienced but have tonnes of potential. They worked so ha...
02/08/2026

We've got some new booksellers 😆👀... they're a little bit inexperienced but have tonnes of potential. They worked so hard they even got lunch at Starling Independent, Harrogate after.

The most beautiful paperbacks! 🥳📚
30/07/2026

The most beautiful paperbacks! 🥳📚

8 out of 11 is pretty good going! 📚👏🏻💪🏻 More stock arriving soon too to complete our collection. Are you planning on re...
29/07/2026

8 out of 11 is pretty good going! 📚👏🏻💪🏻 More stock arriving soon too to complete our collection.

Are you planning on reading any, or all, of the list? Any you think will certainly be on the shortlist?

Here Em loved John of John, Georgia is excited to read End of Everything and Alex has his eye on a pile of them!

Another FANTASTIC crime festival day today! We are tired and elated 😴🥳🥰📚 ENORMOUS thanks to everyone in buying books wit...
25/07/2026

Another FANTASTIC crime festival day today! We are tired and elated 😴🥳🥰📚 ENORMOUS thanks to everyone in buying books with us today, we were incredibly busy! And thank you to all the authors coming to sign with us. It's truly like Christmas in July and so lovely to see you all. The best time of year. Em and Alex will be finishing it strong tomorrow with an event before opening then we're open 11am-4pm tomorrow. There's still some signed totes left (yes you can buy them this year!), some postcards and PLENTY of signed books! You may even see an author or two 👀📚🥳🥰

The rest of the day! 📚🥳 Ready to do it all again tomorrow...!
24/07/2026

The rest of the day! 📚🥳 Ready to do it all again tomorrow...!

At least 22 extra authors today! 🥰📚🥳 A wonderful day. And this was just half of it!
24/07/2026

At least 22 extra authors today! 🥰📚🥳 A wonderful day. And this was just half of it!

CALLING AUTHORS! If you can see your book we'd love you pop down & sign them! 👀📚 We're only 5 minutes from the festival!...
24/07/2026

CALLING AUTHORS! If you can see your book we'd love you pop down & sign them! 👀📚 We're only 5 minutes from the festival! 🚨📚🥰👏🏻

Eleven authors so far... how many will we collect tomorrow?!
23/07/2026

Eleven authors so far... how many will we collect tomorrow?!

23/07/2026

A small snapshot of today! 📚👋🥳🚨

Who's excited?! 🚨🥳👏🏻📚 Who's still awake... 👀😆TOMORROW!!!(Feel a little bit like a kid at Christmas, it's the best time o...
22/07/2026

Who's excited?! 🚨🥳👏🏻📚
Who's still awake... 👀😆
TOMORROW!!!
(Feel a little bit like a kid at Christmas, it's the best time of year. So many authors! So much love for all their books. Incredible atmosphere in the shop. Brilliant atmosphere in town. The Old Swan is like another world where everyone is having the best time. All due to Harrogate Festivals awesome Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival!)

Address

21 Montpellier Parade
Harrogate
HG12RN

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+441423391301

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