INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK 18th - 25th June

This year we have decided to become involved in Independent Booksellers Week - celebrating independent bookshops, great books, strong reading communities and the idea of shopping locally.

To mark the occasion and to show our appreciation to our customers for the support they have given us over the years we are running a couple of events this week:

Wednesday 22nd June - 10% off all adult fiction
Saturday 25th June - 10% off all children's books
Saturday 25th June - Storytelling for 3 - 6 year olds from 11am

And as usual, we will have our Junior Book Club meeting on Monday at 3.30pm.



VILLAGE BOOKS is also taking part in the Independent Booksellers Book Prize 2011. To have your say, simply pop into the shop and pick up a voting slip - one lucky entrant will win a £100 National Book Token. The Top 10 Adult and Top 12 Children's titles published between January and June 2011 are listed below.




Adult Top 10

The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore
The Butterfly Isles by Patrick Barkham
Empire of the Clouds by James Hamilton-Paterson
The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam
Peter Pan's First XI by Kevin Telfer
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell



Children's Top 12

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
Cherub: Shadow Wave by Robert Muchamore
The Dead by Charlie Higson
An Imaginary Menagerie by Roger McGough
The Joshua Files: Dark Parallel by MG Harris
The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Magicalamity by Kate Saunders
The Saga of Larten Crepsley - Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan
School According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney
The 13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison
Time Riders: The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow
Young Samurai: The Ring of Water by Chris Bradford