Village Books

10/06/2026

Everyone with children in their lives should try to attend this talk. Kate de Goldi is a writer, reviewer, scholar, and all around great speaker in the field of Children's books. Worth making the effort.

10/06/2026

Great opportunity to hear from the expert about the value of reading for pleasure. All parents, grandparents or anyone who has children in their lives should listen to Kate.

08/06/2026

18/05/2026

It’s starting to look like autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place.. Perfect time to cozy up with a book or five 👀📚🍂

09/05/2026

💐Happy Mother’s Day 💐

Today’s quote is for all the mums and the girls who live within them. If you haven’t read .l.evans ‘The Correspondent’, consider this your sign.

13/04/2026

Happy Monday from your local bookstore 📚✨

02/04/2026

Easter Hours 🐰🍫

We will be closed over the Easter Weekend and back in business next week Tuesday. Wishing you all a safe long weekend!

16/03/2026

Bookish Oscars: One Battle After Another Wins Big
At last night's Academy Awards ceremony, four movies based on books or with book connections had their moments, including One Battle After Another, which picked up six of the golden statuettes. This year's major category bookish Oscar winners are:

One Battle After Another, loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland: Best picture; actor in a supporting role (Sean Penn); directing (Paul Thomas Anderson); writing, adapted screenplay (Paul Thomas Anderson); film editing (Andy Jurgensen); casting (Cassandra Kulukundis)

Hamnet, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's novel: Actress in a leading role (Jessie Buckley)

Frankenstein, inspired by Mary Shelley's classic novel: Costume design; makeup & hairstyling; production design

The Singers, based on a 19th-century Russian story by Ivan Turgenev: Best live action short film

Other bookish nominees included Train Dreams, based on Denis Johnson's novella; Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, based on Amélie Nothomb's The Character of Rain; Jane Austen's Period Drama, a satire of Pride and Prejudice; The Lost Bus, based on the book Paradise by Lizzie Johnson; Kokuho, based on the novel by Shuichi Yoshida; and The Ugly Stepsister, a spin on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Cinderella.

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04/02/2026

I hope that this issue continues to be highlighted until someone in a position to take action, does so.

"After hearing their testimony to the People's Select Committee, I'm outraged at how brutally librarians' right to equal pay was legislated away."

04/02/2026

Beware the Grammar Police....