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📚Established by leading national charity @thereaderorg
⏰ Open daily, 10am - 4pm
📍Calderstones Park, Liverpool

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Shout out to our utterly amazing Operations and Gardening teams who have treated us to an absolutely stunning autumn display this year🎃✨ taken in Calderstones Park by @readerbookshop

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You have been summoned to a night of fiction, frights and feasts 🕯📖🍴

'To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls'
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

Sip a welcome drink and soak up the spooky atmosphere at the ultimate Halloween experience for book lovers. Gather for a candlelit, delicious three-course supper with beloved tales of mystery, suspense and the supernatural between courses. It will be a night you'll never forget!

Saturday 31 October, 7pmpm
The Reader Mansion House, Calderstones Park

Book your ticket at the link in our bio 🎟 taken in The Reader at Calderstones by @readerbookshop

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MEET THE AUTHOR OF DR DOG ✨

Join us and @doremi_books for a special Bookshop Bedtime Stories with @jirojiz, creator of Dr Dog: Snakey's Belly Ache – perfect for young readers who love funny animals and a little chaos. Snuggle up for storytime in a cosy blanket with your free babycino in The Reader Bookshop.

Welcome to Paw Paw Vets in Wooftown, where Dr Dog’s waiting room is full of patients who need his help. Gary the Hippo has bumped his head, Wrinkles the Elephant has hurt her trunk singing, and now Mr Snakey bursts in with a VERY suspicious bulge in his tummy!

Luckily, Dr Dog is an expert. His doctor bag is filled with bandages, tools and chew toys – everything a good dog doctor needs to save the day. But when Snakey’s X-ray is inconclusive, Dr Dog must dig deep for the most ingenious doggy solution to this medical problem!

📅13 November, 5.30pm
📍The Reader Bookshop, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
🎟️£5 per child (includes a free babycino), adults go free (limited capacity, maximum 1 adult per family). Click the link in bio to book! by @readerbookshop

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We absolutely love talking spooky reads at this time of year in the bookshop, our current selections have been inspired by films showing in our outdoor cinema line-up!👻📚

Our Spooky Cinema Season is selling fast, visit our website to book tickets now taken in Calderstones Park by @readerbookshop

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The Story of One Man, His Drums, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. All you need is... PRE:FAB!: The Insider Screening

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to meet Colin Hall, custodian for Mendips, John Lennon's childhood home and co-author of PRE:FAB. This captivating memoir that chronicles the early years of Colin Hanton as a member John Lennon’s Quarry Men. This remarkable story is now being adapted into a documentary, and Colin will share exclusive clips alongside behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights into its making.

Colin Hanton drummed with the band for three years between 1956-1959, during which time both Paul McCartney and George Harrison joined the group. In 1958, Colin played on the very first single that John, Paul and George ever recorded, That'll Be the Day and In Spite Of All The Danger.

Co-written by Colin Hanton and Colin Hall, PRE:FAB! tells the story of these history-in-the-making days. These memories serve as an insight not only into his early musical adventures with John, but also into the social history of wartime and post-war Liverpool.

🗓️Thursday 26 November, 6.30pm
📍The Reader Mansion House, Calderstones Park
🎟️ Click the link in our bio to book tickets by @readerbookshop

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Join us for a relaxed stitching social where you can bring your current project or get started from scratch.

Whether you’re a crochet connoisseur, natural knitter, or just starting out and wanting to meet fellow creatives, this is the perfect, casual space to relax with a hobby and unwind from the day. Beginners are welcome - we’ll have some materials on hand to help you get started. Please note, this is not an instructed class and participants are encouraged to learn from each other.

Enjoy a glass of wine or a beer from our café as you stitch, chat, and make new friends.

🗓️Monday 16 November, 6.30pm
📍The Reader Bookshop, Calderstones Park

Book your space at the link in our bio 🎟️ by @readerbookshop

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September bestsellers✨📚

Spooky season reads are incoming! Watch this space taken in Calderstones Park by @readerbookshop

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You have been summoned to a night of fiction, frights and feasts.

'To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls'
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

Sip a welcome drink and soak up the spooky atmosphere at the ultimate Halloween experience for book lovers. Gather for a candlelit, three-course supper with beloved tales of mystery, suspense and the supernatural between courses. Come dressed to impress, browse of our haunted library and take a seat for a delightfully haunting Halloween quiz. It will be a night you'll never forget!

Saturday 31 October, 7pm -9pm
The Reader Mansion House, Calderstones Park

Book your ticket at https://thereader.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173691780 taken in The Reader at Calderstones by @readerbookshop

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The @vintagebooks Brief Encounters series has fast became our new obsession!

These gorgeously-designed slim volumes are perfect for devouring in a single sitting, and there are SO many titles to choose from✨ taken in Calderstones Park by @readerbookshop

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Why you should come to our event on Darkening Song with @delphineseddon next Tuesday.

We are so looking forward to hearing more about Delphine's debut novel. We'll also be joined by the wonderful @sazloureads

Tickets available on our website, book now via the link in our bio. taken in Calderstones Park by @readerbookshop

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Join us for a cosy evening of live reading and conversation as part of the Royal Literary Fund’s (RLF) Year of Reading celebrations!

Five award-winning writers and RLF Fellows will be here for an entertaining panel event, focusing on the joys of reading and the writers who inspire them. The RLF, the UK's oldest literary charity, have launched a programme of events across the North to celebrate great writing, and this special evening will be a bumper version of their usual panels.

The panel:
Author, Carys Bray (When the Lights Go Out)
Poet & fiction writer, David Swann (Season of Bright Sorrow)
Author, Peter Kalu (Collision)
Local playwright, Lizzie Nunnery (Intemperance)
Hosted by RLF fellow and writer, Zoë Howe (Typical Girls? The Story of the Slits)

Book at the link in our bio 🎟 taken in The Reader at Calderstones by @readerbookshop

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We’re excited to be stockists for @minuet_workshop and their wonderful Read Receipts ✍️✨

A tear-off reading log that acts as receipts for readers, providing a fun way to keep track of and reflect on your reading.

When you’re done with a book, fill out one of these receipts and tuck it between the pages

You’ll always have a record of your thoughts about the books you’ve read. Revisit them each time you reread a book, when you feel nostalgic or on a random Sunday afternoon

These make absolutely perfect gifts for bookworms! taken in Calderstones Park by @readerbookshop

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