Catherine Robertson took over the ownership of alison’s bookshop from Ian Nicholson on May 27th. Please call in and meet her!

Read more in Our Story.

Need help planning your summer reading? The new Booktime for July and August is now available — drop in to collect your copy or read it online.

“Every day, Sybil Van Antwerp sits at her desk and writes letters…”.

Read Catherine’s review of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans in the August 2026 edition of Tewkesbury Direct.

“A person’s name sometimes seems indissolubly linked to their very identity, so that even the sound of a name evokes memories long after we have lost touch with the person who bears it….”.

Read Catherine’s review of The Names by Florence Knapp in The Local Answer.

The new 4th edition of Bookshop Tours of Britain by Louise Boland is now available.

This is a slow travel guide to Britain, navigating bookshop to bookshop. Visit beaches, castles, coal mines, whisky distilleries, stately homes and the houses of some of Britain’s best-loved historic writers — plus a host of fantastic bookshops. You can find us on pages 123-124!

Also available the new edition of Bradt’s Slow Travel Guide to the Cotswolds.