About this Event
Two Booksellers Talking!
Join us during Independent Bookshop Week as writer and bookseller Katie Clapham talks with Booka owner Carrie Morris about her new book Receipts from the Bookshop: A Bookseller's Year
Many of us dream of owning a bookshop but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her mum.
Once a week, Katie sits behind the counter and chronicles the day's comings and goings - mostly people who were actually hoping to catch her mother. The triumphs here are small but hard-won: a tea crisis averted, a book title correctly identified from a cryptic clutch of clues. Not to mention the emotional rollercoaster of being named the 7th Best Bookshop in the Country by The Times in a week where daily takings came to around £16.98.
Customers appear for a browse and a chat, in search of a recommendation or the perfect gift. Others enter the shop for more unexpected reasons - to borrow a screwdriver, locate a priest or simply to ask if there's 'a nice place for an omelette around here'. Each day brings its own joys and frustrations, though not always in equal measure . . .
Funny, surprising and affectionate, here is a bookseller's year in all its weirdness and wonder - a life-affirming celebration of bad weather, good books and the irreplaceable role of a local bookshop.
This is sure to be a funny, warm and uplifting event celebrating the highs and lows of being an independent bookseller.
Event Format:
Katie Clapham talks 'in conversation' with Carrie Morris followed by audience Q&A and book signing.
Tickets:
£8 without book (ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Receipts from the Bookshop) or £19 with book (includes signed copy of Receipts from the Bookshop)
Please let us know if you have an accessibility/mobility requirements.
Refunds:
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Booka, 26-28 Church Street, Ellesmere, United Kingdom
GBP 9.38 to GBP 21.29
