Collected Books Durham

Independent bookshop cafe-bar, specializing in women's words across all genres and ages, offering coffee/tea, cake, wine/beer. Every day, early 'til late...

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

That's it, folks - we're off! Please join us over on Instagram for daily updates, chat, and the rest. Website, email, WhatsApp, phone and, of course, the actual shop for all the info you might need. We won't be posting or checking here again; deleting the account will follow...

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

04/11 - get ready for a fascinating evening with @EtheHerring and @emilytwrites about the profound, interesting, extraordinary, compelling, yet largely forgotten philosopher Henri Bergson. HB was all for creative and radical change. We could probs all do with a bit of that atm...

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Today's the day! INTERMEZZO is finally here - Sally Rooney's exquisite, much-anticipated fourth novel says hello to the world today. We're ready with lots of lovely copies of (and lots of love for!) this brilliant book. Open through to 6pm today!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

BOOK CLUB! 💛💛💛

We had an ace time with you all last night, chatting with the brilliant @Glen_J_Brown about Mother Naked.

Sign-up now OPEN for October's event. Message to snag a seat. Head into the shop to bag a book.

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

It definitely feels like Autumn! We've got the perfect day planned for you - a walk round the Cathedral and along the river path with a takeaway coffee before coming and browsing our incredible selection of spooky books with a cinnamon bun! Sound good? Then come on in!!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

We're SO looking forward to our book club on Mother Naked with @Glen_J_Brown on Weds 18/09. Still a few spaces available and copies of the book in-store. Call in or message to snag a seat and bag a book!

[BookswapDurham @BookswapD]

🤣🤣Loved this!Mother Naked is a delightfully quirky, cleverly plotted & hugely entertaining tale(& tales within tales)set in #1300s #Durham #UK.Can't wait to meet the author @Glen_J_Brown @CollectedDurham to find out whether he's as wickedly witty as Mother Naked!(no pressure😉)

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Michael is a wonderful regular here at the shop! This is getting a lot of buzz - we can't wait!!

[Bloomsbury Sport @BloomsburySport]

Join @mphcrawley on the 25th September as he discusses his new book TO THE LIMIT: the meaning of endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas.

📍 @CollectedDurham
⏰ 6:30pm

Tickets £5. Book now: https://t.co/BG20w7MMHD

[Bloomsbury Sport @BloomsburySport]

Join @mphcrawley on the 25th September as he discusses his new book TO THE LIMIT: the meaning of endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas.

📍 @CollectedDurham
⏰ 6:30pm

Tickets £5. Book now: https://t.co/BG20w7MMHD

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

@ryandarkfire @GalaDurham @AnnCleeves @Helenpepper64 @ProfSJJames @panmacmillan Thanks for being there!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

What an INCREDIBLE time we had on Wednesday @GalaDurham with the inimitable @AnnCleeves! The theatre was packed out and Ann was talking all things Vera and The Dark Wives with @Helenpepper64 and @ProfSJJames. Thanks to all who came, to Ann, Helen, & Simon and @panmacmillan too!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

@Helenpepper64 @GalaDurham @AnnCleeves @ProfSJJames @panmacmillan I thought you were never going to get out the building, Helen!! Thanks so much for being there. You and Ann together were both hugely informative and totally hilarious. We 💛 it!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Couldn't be there? Loads of signed copies available to buy at the shop or online now!

https://t.co/aUVyl4cMIy

[Michael Crawley @mphcrawley]

I'll be doing a book launch for 'To the Limit' @CollectedDurham on the 25th September. Tickets are £5, and available here: Michael Crawley - To the Limit | Wednesday 25 September, 6.30pm – Collected (https://t.co/2JqDFF9iRM)

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Tickets at: https://t.co/8lUMCFaEUs

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

@anniegarthwaite is going to be here NEXT WEEK folks! Don't miss your chance to hear her chat about what Cecily did next with @naomikelsey_ - tickets in post 👇

[Annie Garthwaite @anniegarthwaite]

August almost over and September looks action-packed with some very special King's Mother events in glorious locations - festivals, historic sites, bookshops and a biscuit factory! Details and tix at https://t.co/wqyyr5QdjY
#TheKingsMother #Cecily #Bookevents #Historicalfiction

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Knight to E4! Get set for the most anticipated novel of the year…⬛️⬜️♟️INTERMEZZO♟️by SALLY ROONEY⬜️⬛️

Team Collected think is her BEST NOVEL YET.

Intermezzo will be making a gambit onto our website for PRE-ORDER at 10am TODAY.

First 25 copies available at 20% discount!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

BOOK CLUBS! We had a TOTALLY lovely time on Wednesday evening with @tinakover talking about her translation of The Postcard with Ruth Clarke. And COMING UP - Mother Naked with @Glen_J_Brown 18/09, 6.30pm. Message/drop-in to get your seat and the book!

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Thanks so much for coming to see us! Hope to see you next time you're in town

[James S Taylor. @LFCRhinos]

Popped into @CollectedDurham yesterday whilst in the area. What a lovely little shop you have. Will be back and popping into @thepeoplesbookshop to visit the new shop which opens on Saturday. #ILoveBookShops #ShopIndie

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Pre-order the book and get event tickets from our website or in the shop...

https://t.co/UGvkcP4PKR

[Collected Books Durham @CollectedDurham]

Hugely excited to be bringing @CharlotteMende1 to Durham next month to discuss her incredibly funny yet frightening, humorously horrific novel WIFE - pub. this week. Emma ate this one in a single sitting recently and can't wait to share it with you!

[Camilla Elworthy @CamillaElworthy]

This week's the week: on Thurs, WIFE by @CharlotteMende1 - 'a family saga of rare insight' (the Observer) & 'a terrific panic attack of a novel' (the i) - comes out in hardback, 🎧& e. Charlotte will be doing a number of events around the country, starting this Weds; come! 🌹💜🥀