We will be running a free story time session for babies & toddlers on the first Wednesday of the month at 9.30am.  First session will be Wednesday 2nd November.  We hope to see you there!

We have put together a new programme of films for Frinton’s new cinema experience at McGrigor Hall.  There are some wonderful film adaptations of books coming out, so we hope to have a fantastic season.  Please see the Cinema page for details .

Please see the Lit Fest page for details of this year’s events, which include Peter Sissons, Sophie Hannah, Allan Mallinson and Gervase Phinn.  Not to mention a special performance by members of Frinton Summer Theatre and a special walk and talk event with Peter Caton.

Come and see our wonderful new window display designed by Georgie Adams – our fabulous work experience student from TTC.  We have gone Pretty in Pink and would like to say a big THANK YOU to Georgie for all her hard work!

UNFORTUNATELY – DUE TO LACK OF BOOKINGS WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THE CHILDREN’S MATINEE PERFORMANCE OF YOGI BEAR.  MANY APOLOGIES.

Saturday 2nd July – Brighton Rock (15) at 7.30pm. Running Time: 111 minutes.  Tickets £7.   For more details please see the Cinema page.

To celebrate IBW we have the following events:

* 20% off all books in stock ALL week!

* Kipper the Dog Comes to town – See the Children’s page for details

* National Reading Group Day – Saturday 25th June - we have 2 brilliant authors coming to talk about their new novels – see Events page for details.

On Saturday 21st May Grandma Doris came to the shop to draw the raffle for her hand-knitted Royal Wedding Party.  Ticket holders gathered eagerly to find out if they would be the lucky winner, but sadly there could only be one!  The winning ticket was No. 15 purchased by Julia Payne.  Unfortunately, Julia could not be with us, but luckily her mother Janet Hollingbery was, so she collected the Royal Family and is pictured here with Grandma Doris collecting the prize.  In total we raised £69 for Oakey Dokey’s Pre-school in Great Oakley and they are planning to spend the money on some outdoor play equipment.  Thank you to all those who bought tickets!

Last Thursday we had a wonderful evening with local author Ruth Dugdall who was quite delightful!  Her psychological thriller The Woman Before Me is set in and around Ipswich and is a real page-turner.  Ruth, who lives in Felixstowe, worked as a probation officer before embarking on her writing career and this inside knowledge is very evident in the book.  Bryan & Jo Beattie did us proud as usual with some delicious canapés and a good time was had by all.

We do of course have copies of Ruth’s book in the shop and would thoroughly recommend it!

Grandma Doris from Great Bentley used the amazing best-selling book Knit your own Royal Wedding by Fiona Goble to create our very own royal wedding party.  We are raffling the whole party to raise money for Oakey Dokey’s pre-school in Great Bentley.  Buy your tickets from the shop now!

We have two authors from Bloomsbury Publishing joining us for this inaugural event, which aims to have reading groups all over the country meeting up on the same day to discuss their chosen book.  Please seen events page for further details.