The Cotswold Book Room

13/08/2026

Cathy recommends The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett, a bold, funny and heartwarming read.

12/08/2026

Evie is the winner of our July prize draw! She's won a £10 voucher to Electric Picture House Cinema, a proof copy of Really Rubie: A Diary by Maddie Frost, a cool tote bag, a bracelet making kit and some fun stickers and pins. Congrats Evie!

To enter our prize draw, simply spend a bookshop coin in the shop!

11/08/2026

Cath recommends The Eights by Joanna Miller. This is a debut novel about some of the first women to study at Oxford University at a time of great change.

10/08/2026

Come and make a crown with us! 🫅

Another lovely collaboration with The Cotswold Book Room …this time you will make a birthday crown.

These are incredibly popular on social media, so why not come along and make one with our beautiful wool mix felts.

You will also take home a copy of the new ‘You Choose : Partytime’ (coming out next month!)

07/08/2026

There are some absolutely beautiful books on the The Wainwright Prizes shortlist 😍. Come and have a browse through the best nature-inspired writing, photography and illustrations for 2026 📚🥰

05/08/2026

📚Introverts Happy Hour is on again this evening, Wednesday 5th August. Make some time for yourself in this busy world. 📚

Bring any book you would like to read, help yourself to free tea and coffee, and find your favourite spot in the bookshop to read. The garden will also be open. 🌻

Doors open 7pm, silent reading hour 7:30-8:30pm. 🤫

Silent book club is for any age, we just ask that any under 18s are accompanied by a parent.

Free, no need to book.

Silent Book Club
Go All In | The National Year of Reading 2026

05/08/2026

📚Introverts Happy Hour is on again this evening, Wednesday 5th August. Make some time for yourself in this busy world. 📚

Bring any book you would like to read, help yourself to free tea and coffee, and find your favourite spot in the bookshop to read. The garden will also be open. 🌻

Doors open 7pm, silent reading hour 7:30-8:30pm. 🤫

Silent book club is for any age, we just ask that any under 18s are accompanied by a parent.

Free, no need to book.

Silent Book Club
Go All In 2026

30/07/2026

We have some great activity books to engage your little ones' curiosity over these long summer days ☀️

29/07/2026

Gideon recommends two collections of short stories.

First up is Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld, a thoughtful collection about people you'd like to meet.

Next is Sail Away Land by Ben Pester, a disquieting and fascinating collection.

27/07/2026

We're back with a new recommendation from Claire!

Claire's recommendation is The Artist by Lucy Steeds. Set in 1920s Provence, this novel follows an aspiring journalist and his subject, a famous but reclusive artist - and his niece.