Welcome to The Woodstock Bookshop

The shop opened in May 2008 and is on the main road in Woodstock, just next to the bus stop. We can supply most books to order by the next day and have several thousand books in stock: to order books ring or email the shop. We have a large selection of children's books and are happy to advise and recommend. We can also supply second-hand and out-of-print titles. We offer discounts for school orders and for book clubs and have a free local delivery service.

We were on the regional shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year in 2009, 2013 and 2017, and listed in the Independent's Top 50 UK Bookshops.

BOOK GROUPS AND BOOKSHOP TALKS
are both suspended during the pandemic. We hope to start again as soon as it is safe to do so.

WOODSTOCK POETRY FESTIVAL
The bookshop started and runs Woodstock Poetry Festival, a completely independent festival that has now been running for 8 years.

The Woodstock Literature Society also holds an excellent series of monthly talks - do visit their website for further details.

Twitter: @WoodstockBooks

Thursday, 11 July 2013

After Iris - Natasha Farrant

Independent Booksellers' Week was very busy here - 3 talks and two school events, plus a sale. Mrs Milne won the draw for a £20 book token.

I spent Friday with Natasha Farrant visiting schools. First we went to Woodstock Primary School where she answered questions from the Year 5 and 6 book groups I have been running this year - about writing in general and her own writing in particular. In the afternoon we went to Oxford High School where she gave a talk and workshop. After Iris is her latest book, just published by Faber, and is an account by Bluebell Gadsby in her own words and also through a video journal and filmscript of her family's ups and downs following the death of her twin. It is, above all, a novel of love and family and growing up - sad in places, but also very funny.

After Iris is excellent - do look out for it. We still have some signed copies in the shop...

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