Our story

We opened our doors for the first time in July 2020 and with the tremendous support of our local community we kept going through the bumpy years of the pandemic. From 2022 we started hosing author events, began our monthly Book Blether, supported the marvellous annual BOOKMARK book festival in October and a enjoyed evenings of stories and music (and sloe gin) in the bookshop.

Over the years, we’ve been delighted to host award-winning children’s authors David Macphail and Pauline Tait, with Pauline also entertaining an adult audience with her suspense romance series set in Skye. We’ve also hosted real-crime and mystery author Mark Bridgeman with his intriguing Trial by Jury evening (I’ve never got the verdict right).

We’ve enjoyed forays into the non-fiction worlds of Merryn Glover, with her book of Cairngorm discovery Hidden Fires, Iain Maloney, on his quest in search of The Japan Lights, L.Bruce Keith’s entertaining stories of milestones, drawn from his brilliantly titled book Are We Nearly There Yet?, and nature writer Keith Broomfield, with tales from his Scottish Wildlife Odyssey and Wild Quest Britain.

In 2024, we also branched out of the bookshop to host the 2024 Scots Writer o the Year, Jim Mackintosh, with his new collection, We Are Migrant: a hugely thought provoking and inspiring evening.

None of this would have been possible without our enthusiastic and loyal customers and bookshop friends, and we know you will continue to support Shaun as he takes the bookshop on to new adventures. THANK YOU!

Kate and Ralph – readers, sharers and (nearly retired) sellers of stories