Urmston Bookshop
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Urmston Bookshop is a local independent book seller based in Urmston, Manchester. We are a community based shop supporting local charities and school. Welcome to the website of Urmston Bookshop which opened in October 2010. We are Frances & Peter Hopkins and we are still very excited about our new venture which has proved to be a great addition to Urmston town centre. We stock a range of titles for both adults and children together with specialist cards, stationery, gifts and many other educational toys and games.
Our bijou(that’s another word for small!) cafe serves a variety of hot and cold drinks and also some delicious home-made cakes and cookies.
We both intend to remain very active members in the Urmston community. Frances has spent most of her career working in Trafford, firstly, as a children’s librarian and for the past 25 years as a teacher. Peter is an accountant (very useful!) but has recently been teaching accounting at The Manchester College. He also comes from a literary family with his dad (Billy Hopkins) and his sister (Cathy Hopkins) both very successful authors.
We also have a meeting room with an SMART Interactive board. This room is used for all different events from story times, author visits, book clubs to photographic exhibitions. Several schools have also used the room for book based staff meeting and in-service training.
We look forward to meeting you soon!
Frances & Peter
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facebook.comUrmston Bookshop will be closed on Wed 9th Aug and Thurs 10th Aug for holidays. ☀️☀️☀️
Classic Film Night – To Have and Have Not We are showing the ‘shimmering, silvery testament to love and joy’ To Have and Have Not, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. ‘I don’t think there’s a better movie than To Have and Have Not. There are greater films, and more profound films, and films of more ambition and more scope and more depth. But there’s not a better movie.’ Jake Hinkson, author of The Posthumous Man and SaintHomicide. Tuesday 18th July at 7pm Urmston Bookshop Tickets cost £7.00; this includes popcorn and an ice cream at the interval. To book tickets phone 0161 747 7442, email books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk, or call in.
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Anyone lost Batman? He's currently living in Urmston Bookshop.
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A Book Lovers Dream...Come and Meet the Author of Lost For Words Stephanie Butland will be appearing at Urmston Bookshop on Friday 30th June. Come and meet Stephanie and hear about how she became a novelist, a motivational speaker, and sometimes even a performance poet – and about her ‘beautifully written and atmospheric’ acclaimed new novel that everyone is talking about… ‘Lost For Words truly is a book lover’s dream… an intriguing story set in an irresistibly charming bookshop, packed with literary references, featuring a cast of eclectic characters and with a gripping and unexpected dénouement guaranteed to keep readers on the edge of their seats.’ Friday 30th June at 7pm Tickets cost £3.00 and this is redeemable against the cost of a book on the evening. It also includes a glass of wine or two! To book: email: books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk, phone 0161 747 7442, or call in.
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We are opening a small pre-loved section at the back of the bookshop. The prices will be £2.50 for a paperback or £4 and get one free! If you bring the book back you will get 50p off the price of your next pre-loved title. If anyone has any fiction titles that they would like to donate please get in touch.
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Do you like our display for the fabulous Bluets by Maggie Nelson? "What could be more invented than a life story that reads like a novel? Bluets doesn’t invent that way: its inventions are wilder, wiser (and more true) than that… each proposition is breathtaking."
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Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction *WINNER* The Power by Naomi Alderman. Pick up a copy at Urmston Bookshop
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Storytime Join us for storytime on Friday 2nd June at 10am We will be hearing the fintastic tale of Shark in the Dark. 🐟🐋🐬 Come along and help us sing some songs. 🎶🎵♩🎤
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Classic Film Night We are showing David Lean’s delightful film version of Noel Coward’s theatre sensation, Blithe Spirit. Rex Harrison stars as Charles who, with his second wife, Ruth, are haunted by the spirit of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost… Thursday 1st June at 7pm Tickets cost £7.00 and include popcorn, plus an ice cream at the interval. To book phone 0161 747 7442, email books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk or call in.
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Fabulous evening with Sarah Tierney’s, chatting about her excellent debut novel - Making Space
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Tomorrow evening Sarah Tierney’s at Urmston Bookshop, last few tickets available, we would love to see you there. 📚📚📚
To the lady who lost a £10 this morning (saturday) we have found it. So pop back in and we can reunite you. 😊
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