Assembled Books

27/09/2025

Love Lancaster Live: Thurs 9th to Sun 12th October

Coming soon to a venue near you! A weekend of free live music across Lancaster.

is hosting three 'Busk Stops' (half hour sessions) on the Friday and Saturday (details in photo) - see you there!

19/09/2025

A spot of armchair gardening?

Actually, most of these books are pretty practical and will give you a steer on 'jobs for the autumn', so pull on the wellies and gloves ...

03/09/2025

Not only Books ... Agate

As well as books, I have a fine selection of crystals, minerals, rocks and fossils - raw and polished. Today's photos are all of agate. I love agate! It can be dyed, sometime with very bright colours, but these are all natural colours, some with crystalline geodes to give sparkle and secret spaces. My favourite is probably the small round one that looks like a seascape, but if you are wanting some chunky bookends, look no further!

24/08/2025

We are open tomorrow, though I'm not on duty, though I will be in for a couple of hours to do a bit more sorting ... I'd like the craft books as near perfect as possible, ready for opening on Tuesday.

We are open Bank Holiday Monday 11am to 4pm

24/08/2025

Expansion underway ...

Amidst all the move-rounds and changes at , I am expanding the bookstall round the corner and out back. I think it gives me about 50% more bookshelf space and, at the moment - it won't last! - I have more shelves than books. I'm plodding my way steadily through the reorganisation and changing my mind as I go along as to what's going where. See you sometime soon!

16/08/2025

Haberdashery and Crafts

Many of you reading this will already know that Hester's Haberdashery is moving into the backroom at the Assembly Rooms Emporium, having been homeless for a little after they had to close their shop on Gage Street. They arrive a week on Tuesday (26th August) - and we're looking forward to welcoming them.

In honour of their pending arrival, here are a few (of many) lovely craft books both to inspire but also with good instructions and patterns. Whatever your preference - I love crochet but I don’t have the patience for cross-stitch - there's likely a book you would enjoy.

16/08/2025

Hunting for Treasure!

We had a couple of families in the Assembly Rooms Emporium last week who were using one of the Treasure Trails from www.treasuretrails.co.uk to explore Lancaster - and they were thoroughly enjoying themselves. They came in because the Assembly Rooms was part of the answer to one of the clues.

One of the families now checks to see if there is a Treasure Trail whenever they go to a new town/city and both families said they were seeing things they wouldn't have otherwise seen. Worth checking out?

08/08/2025

A Blast from the Past

Do you remember this book? It was put together to celebrate the New Millennium a mere 25 years ago (no, it can't be ...). Anyway, if you were around in Lancaster, Morecambe or the District at the year 2000, you may spot people and things you remember. I've included photos below of the and Lancaster's former indoor market plus the old bus station and work beginning on the new.

02/08/2025

Not only Books ... Greetings Cards

The photos show some wonderful cards from local artist, Jenny Gregory - and there are two more designs (an elephant and a wild bear) on their way! These cards are special and cost £3.50 each, but I have lots of lovely cards at £1 to £1.50.

02/08/2025

Not only books ... Jigsaws

As many of you reading this will know, I don't just sell books. I have a fine selection of (mainly secondhand) jigsaws, including some with modern artwork, which I quite like and they are fun jigsaws to do. The photos show some 1,000 piece jigsaws (£4.50 to £4.95); 500 piece jigsaws are £3.50 to £3.95.


PS: you'll be pleased to know I've found the rotate button on the photos ...

23/07/2025

Opening Times - we've had one or two customers who've stumbled over old posts showing different opening times and been confused or disappointed that we weren't open when they thought we would be. So, as of July 2025, we are:

CLOSED Sunday and Monday
OPEN 10.00 to 5.30 Tuesday to Saturday

See you soon!

23/07/2025

From the sublime to the jolly! I have lots of philosophy books - and more coming in each week for the next few weeks - these are a few introductory texts. And we all need a knitted Madonna or Audrey Hepburn in our lives!