Quinns Bookshop
@quinnsbookshop.bsky.social
Award winning indie bookshop in Market Harborough. Est 1981.
⭐️ In the shop TODAY! 🤩 ⭐️
🖊️ HALLOWEEN EVENT 🖊️
Come to the shop for sweets, cakes, magical drinks & some cracking cockapoo capers with the one and only Kit Butler!
He’ll be signing copies of his Magster books; get yours dedicated for a super special Christmas present, perfect for 6-12 year olds!
🖊️ HALLOWEEN EVENT 🖊️
Come to the shop for sweets, cakes, magical drinks & some cracking cockapoo capers with the one and only Kit Butler!
He’ll be signing copies of his Magster books; get yours dedicated for a super special Christmas present, perfect for 6-12 year olds!
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
⭐️ In the shop TODAY! 🤩 ⭐️
🖊️ HALLOWEEN EVENT 🖊️
Come to the shop for sweets, cakes, magical drinks & some cracking cockapoo capers with the one and only Kit Butler!
He’ll be signing copies of his Magster books; get yours dedicated for a super special Christmas present, perfect for 6-12 year olds!
🖊️ HALLOWEEN EVENT 🖊️
Come to the shop for sweets, cakes, magical drinks & some cracking cockapoo capers with the one and only Kit Butler!
He’ll be signing copies of his Magster books; get yours dedicated for a super special Christmas present, perfect for 6-12 year olds!
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🎉 #BookshopDay is here 🎉
To kickstart the day, we're celebrating all our 2025 National Book Tokens Bookshop of the Month winners!
These brilliant bookshops span from Lothian to London, each offering a glorious range of events for their communities 🤗
Show your local bookshop some love today 📖✨
To kickstart the day, we're celebrating all our 2025 National Book Tokens Bookshop of the Month winners!
These brilliant bookshops span from Lothian to London, each offering a glorious range of events for their communities 🤗
Show your local bookshop some love today 📖✨
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎉 #BookshopDay is here 🎉
To kickstart the day, we're celebrating all our 2025 National Book Tokens Bookshop of the Month winners!
These brilliant bookshops span from Lothian to London, each offering a glorious range of events for their communities 🤗
Show your local bookshop some love today 📖✨
To kickstart the day, we're celebrating all our 2025 National Book Tokens Bookshop of the Month winners!
These brilliant bookshops span from Lothian to London, each offering a glorious range of events for their communities 🤗
Show your local bookshop some love today 📖✨
I am SO excited to share this with you! 🤩
You can now support us as an indie bookshop if you’re an ebook reader - click below to find out more!
You can now support us as an indie bookshop if you’re an ebook reader - click below to find out more!
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am SO excited to share this with you! 🤩
You can now support us as an indie bookshop if you’re an ebook reader - click below to find out more!
You can now support us as an indie bookshop if you’re an ebook reader - click below to find out more!
I’ve made a list of current and/or popular books for 11-13 year olds on Bookshop.org, and I’m sharing it here incase it’s helpful! 📚 ❤️
uk.bookshop.org/lists/our-fa...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/our-fa...
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’ve made a list of current and/or popular books for 11-13 year olds on Bookshop.org, and I’m sharing it here incase it’s helpful! 📚 ❤️
uk.bookshop.org/lists/our-fa...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/our-fa...
🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL AUTHOR MEET AND GREET 🎃
Saturday 25th October 11-2pm
Come and meet local author @kitbutlermagster.bsky.social, enjoy some cake, sweets and drinks, and have a laugh at me dressed up like a plonker 😆
Saturday 25th October 11-2pm
Come and meet local author @kitbutlermagster.bsky.social, enjoy some cake, sweets and drinks, and have a laugh at me dressed up like a plonker 😆
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL AUTHOR MEET AND GREET 🎃
Saturday 25th October 11-2pm
Come and meet local author @kitbutlermagster.bsky.social, enjoy some cake, sweets and drinks, and have a laugh at me dressed up like a plonker 😆
Saturday 25th October 11-2pm
Come and meet local author @kitbutlermagster.bsky.social, enjoy some cake, sweets and drinks, and have a laugh at me dressed up like a plonker 😆
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🚨TOMORROW 11AM🚨
OH NO! I've accidentally shared @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social version of this with text on it, instead of the original, plain event creative.
Well, a bit late now; what ya gonna do?
I'll just have to find a positive, somewhere.
If you are near, pop in and see the team and I. 👍
OH NO! I've accidentally shared @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social version of this with text on it, instead of the original, plain event creative.
Well, a bit late now; what ya gonna do?
I'll just have to find a positive, somewhere.
If you are near, pop in and see the team and I. 👍
June 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
🚨TOMORROW 11AM🚨
OH NO! I've accidentally shared @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social version of this with text on it, instead of the original, plain event creative.
Well, a bit late now; what ya gonna do?
I'll just have to find a positive, somewhere.
If you are near, pop in and see the team and I. 👍
OH NO! I've accidentally shared @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social version of this with text on it, instead of the original, plain event creative.
Well, a bit late now; what ya gonna do?
I'll just have to find a positive, somewhere.
If you are near, pop in and see the team and I. 👍
📚 ELLE MCNICOLL SCHOOL TOUR 📚
We have had the absolute honour of taking author and screenwriter Elle McNicoll on a publication tour around 5 local high schools to showcase her new YA novel, ‘Wish You Were Her’.
The pupils came away feeling inspired & we hope they enjoyed themselves as much as us!
We have had the absolute honour of taking author and screenwriter Elle McNicoll on a publication tour around 5 local high schools to showcase her new YA novel, ‘Wish You Were Her’.
The pupils came away feeling inspired & we hope they enjoyed themselves as much as us!
June 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
📚 ELLE MCNICOLL SCHOOL TOUR 📚
We have had the absolute honour of taking author and screenwriter Elle McNicoll on a publication tour around 5 local high schools to showcase her new YA novel, ‘Wish You Were Her’.
The pupils came away feeling inspired & we hope they enjoyed themselves as much as us!
We have had the absolute honour of taking author and screenwriter Elle McNicoll on a publication tour around 5 local high schools to showcase her new YA novel, ‘Wish You Were Her’.
The pupils came away feeling inspired & we hope they enjoyed themselves as much as us!
Here are my thoughts on the fantastic new YA romance novel from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social 📚
@panmacmillan.bsky.social #wishyouwereher #bookreview #indiebookshop
@panmacmillan.bsky.social #wishyouwereher #bookreview #indiebookshop
June 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here are my thoughts on the fantastic new YA romance novel from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social 📚
@panmacmillan.bsky.social #wishyouwereher #bookreview #indiebookshop
@panmacmillan.bsky.social #wishyouwereher #bookreview #indiebookshop
🎙️ AUTHOR TALK & SIGNING ✍️
Meet the Northampton-born author of bestselling novel The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex!
Emma will be talking about, and signing indie special edition copies of, her new thriller The Sunshine Man.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events to secure your tickets NOW! 🎟️
Meet the Northampton-born author of bestselling novel The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex!
Emma will be talking about, and signing indie special edition copies of, her new thriller The Sunshine Man.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events to secure your tickets NOW! 🎟️
June 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🎙️ AUTHOR TALK & SIGNING ✍️
Meet the Northampton-born author of bestselling novel The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex!
Emma will be talking about, and signing indie special edition copies of, her new thriller The Sunshine Man.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events to secure your tickets NOW! 🎟️
Meet the Northampton-born author of bestselling novel The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex!
Emma will be talking about, and signing indie special edition copies of, her new thriller The Sunshine Man.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events to secure your tickets NOW! 🎟️
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🚨EVENT 21ST JUNE🚨
On Saturday 21st June, I will be steering the Magster Bus towards yonder fair town of Market Harborough.
I will be at the fab @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social
from 11am to 2.30pm - signing books and talking Magster.
It will be lovely to see you!
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/satu...
On Saturday 21st June, I will be steering the Magster Bus towards yonder fair town of Market Harborough.
I will be at the fab @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social
from 11am to 2.30pm - signing books and talking Magster.
It will be lovely to see you!
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/satu...
Saturday 21st June, 11am - 2:30pm: Kit Butler 'Magster and the Auriaku Koi' Children's Book Launch | Quinns Bookshop
Visit the shop on Saturday 21st June between 11am and 2:30pm and meet local children's author, Kit Butler, to celebrate the launch of the second book in his fantasy adventure series, 'Magster ...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🚨EVENT 21ST JUNE🚨
On Saturday 21st June, I will be steering the Magster Bus towards yonder fair town of Market Harborough.
I will be at the fab @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social
from 11am to 2.30pm - signing books and talking Magster.
It will be lovely to see you!
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/satu...
On Saturday 21st June, I will be steering the Magster Bus towards yonder fair town of Market Harborough.
I will be at the fab @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social
from 11am to 2.30pm - signing books and talking Magster.
It will be lovely to see you!
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/satu...
📣 ONE DAY TO GO! 📣
Tomorrow we’ll be joined by Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book
‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity, and we can’t wait! 🤩
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop in to the shop to get your tickets!
Tomorrow we’ll be joined by Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book
‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity, and we can’t wait! 🤩
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop in to the shop to get your tickets!
May 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
📣 ONE DAY TO GO! 📣
Tomorrow we’ll be joined by Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book
‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity, and we can’t wait! 🤩
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop in to the shop to get your tickets!
Tomorrow we’ll be joined by Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book
‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity, and we can’t wait! 🤩
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop in to the shop to get your tickets!
📣 ONE WEEK TO GO!
This time next week we’ll be getting ready for Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity’.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop to the shop to get your tickets! @robinince.bsky.social
This time next week we’ll be getting ready for Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity’.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop to the shop to get your tickets! @robinince.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📣 ONE WEEK TO GO!
This time next week we’ll be getting ready for Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity’.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop to the shop to get your tickets! @robinince.bsky.social
This time next week we’ll be getting ready for Robin Ince to talk to us about his new ADHD-affirming book ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity’.
Visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/events or pop to the shop to get your tickets! @robinince.bsky.social
🪺 HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAY!
We are open today if you want to stock up on reading material and/or activity books to keep them entertained when the rain hits later this week ☔️
We also have our exciting Zine making event with Pedestrian tomorrow from 12:30pm - see pics for details! 🎨
We are open today if you want to stock up on reading material and/or activity books to keep them entertained when the rain hits later this week ☔️
We also have our exciting Zine making event with Pedestrian tomorrow from 12:30pm - see pics for details! 🎨
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🪺 HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAY!
We are open today if you want to stock up on reading material and/or activity books to keep them entertained when the rain hits later this week ☔️
We also have our exciting Zine making event with Pedestrian tomorrow from 12:30pm - see pics for details! 🎨
We are open today if you want to stock up on reading material and/or activity books to keep them entertained when the rain hits later this week ☔️
We also have our exciting Zine making event with Pedestrian tomorrow from 12:30pm - see pics for details! 🎨
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Thanks for putting this aside for me @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social, or should I say "Quint's Bookshop"
Once I submit the completed work to The Louvre and authentication is done, I will get the cash and then...oh,boy!
Gatsby will have nothing on me, and you're all invited!
#jaws #Jaws50th
Once I submit the completed work to The Louvre and authentication is done, I will get the cash and then...oh,boy!
Gatsby will have nothing on me, and you're all invited!
#jaws #Jaws50th
April 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Thanks for putting this aside for me @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social, or should I say "Quint's Bookshop"
Once I submit the completed work to The Louvre and authentication is done, I will get the cash and then...oh,boy!
Gatsby will have nothing on me, and you're all invited!
#jaws #Jaws50th
Once I submit the completed work to The Louvre and authentication is done, I will get the cash and then...oh,boy!
Gatsby will have nothing on me, and you're all invited!
#jaws #Jaws50th
We’ve had the fabulous eco ambassadors from Ridgeway Primary Academy to our community garden today to plan some runner beans, strawberries, sunflowers and violas.
We’re looking very colourful now! 🌻
#greencorridor #urbangarden #communitygarden #marketharborough #independentbookshop
We’re looking very colourful now! 🌻
#greencorridor #urbangarden #communitygarden #marketharborough #independentbookshop
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We’ve had the fabulous eco ambassadors from Ridgeway Primary Academy to our community garden today to plan some runner beans, strawberries, sunflowers and violas.
We’re looking very colourful now! 🌻
#greencorridor #urbangarden #communitygarden #marketharborough #independentbookshop
We’re looking very colourful now! 🌻
#greencorridor #urbangarden #communitygarden #marketharborough #independentbookshop
Two VERY exciting upcoming events with bestselling author Emma Stonex and comedian Robin Ince!
For full details visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
For full details visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Two VERY exciting upcoming events with bestselling author Emma Stonex and comedian Robin Ince!
For full details visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
For full details visit www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
Hello people 👋
I am looking for traditionally published authors based in the Midlands.
Does anyone know of anyone?
Thank you!
I am looking for traditionally published authors based in the Midlands.
Does anyone know of anyone?
Thank you!
March 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hello people 👋
I am looking for traditionally published authors based in the Midlands.
Does anyone know of anyone?
Thank you!
I am looking for traditionally published authors based in the Midlands.
Does anyone know of anyone?
Thank you!
TODAY’S THE DAY!
Book 5 in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series, titled Sunrise on the Reaping, is out NOW!
We have the book in the shop, and have a limited number of FREE posters, bookmarks and transfer tattoos to give away with each copy purchased from us - first come, first served! 📚
Book 5 in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series, titled Sunrise on the Reaping, is out NOW!
We have the book in the shop, and have a limited number of FREE posters, bookmarks and transfer tattoos to give away with each copy purchased from us - first come, first served! 📚
March 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
TODAY’S THE DAY!
Book 5 in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series, titled Sunrise on the Reaping, is out NOW!
We have the book in the shop, and have a limited number of FREE posters, bookmarks and transfer tattoos to give away with each copy purchased from us - first come, first served! 📚
Book 5 in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series, titled Sunrise on the Reaping, is out NOW!
We have the book in the shop, and have a limited number of FREE posters, bookmarks and transfer tattoos to give away with each copy purchased from us - first come, first served! 📚
I would really like to treat myself to a short story, something snappy and under 200 pages, and I’ve narrowed it down to these 3.
Help me decide! They’re all very different… which one should I go for? 🤔
Help me decide! They’re all very different… which one should I go for? 🤔
February 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I would really like to treat myself to a short story, something snappy and under 200 pages, and I’ve narrowed it down to these 3.
Help me decide! They’re all very different… which one should I go for? 🤔
Help me decide! They’re all very different… which one should I go for? 🤔
🎁 INTRODUCING Monthly Book Subscriptions
Treat someone (or even yourself!) to a new release paperback delivered to your door every month with a drink & sweet treat of your choice, with a free bookmark in your first parcel so you don’t lose your page!
📚 Details here: www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
Treat someone (or even yourself!) to a new release paperback delivered to your door every month with a drink & sweet treat of your choice, with a free bookmark in your first parcel so you don’t lose your page!
📚 Details here: www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🎁 INTRODUCING Monthly Book Subscriptions
Treat someone (or even yourself!) to a new release paperback delivered to your door every month with a drink & sweet treat of your choice, with a free bookmark in your first parcel so you don’t lose your page!
📚 Details here: www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
Treat someone (or even yourself!) to a new release paperback delivered to your door every month with a drink & sweet treat of your choice, with a free bookmark in your first parcel so you don’t lose your page!
📚 Details here: www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk
This arrived in the shop today - my money’s on it winning the Booker Prize… 😂
February 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This arrived in the shop today - my money’s on it winning the Booker Prize… 😂
📚 LOCAL AUTHOR MEET & GREET
Market Harborough Congregational Church 28/02/2025 @ 6:30pm
Meet local authors Molly O’Reilly, Louisa Stanley, Rupert Ellendorough, Lynn Hay & lan Parry, find out who they are and what they’ve written, and buy their books!
This event is FREE to attend. See you there!
Market Harborough Congregational Church 28/02/2025 @ 6:30pm
Meet local authors Molly O’Reilly, Louisa Stanley, Rupert Ellendorough, Lynn Hay & lan Parry, find out who they are and what they’ve written, and buy their books!
This event is FREE to attend. See you there!
February 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📚 LOCAL AUTHOR MEET & GREET
Market Harborough Congregational Church 28/02/2025 @ 6:30pm
Meet local authors Molly O’Reilly, Louisa Stanley, Rupert Ellendorough, Lynn Hay & lan Parry, find out who they are and what they’ve written, and buy their books!
This event is FREE to attend. See you there!
Market Harborough Congregational Church 28/02/2025 @ 6:30pm
Meet local authors Molly O’Reilly, Louisa Stanley, Rupert Ellendorough, Lynn Hay & lan Parry, find out who they are and what they’ve written, and buy their books!
This event is FREE to attend. See you there!
☀️ SUNRISE ON THE REAPING
Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth book in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, is coming out on Tuesday 18th March! 🎉
To pre-order your copy click here:
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/pre-...
Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth book in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, is coming out on Tuesday 18th March! 🎉
To pre-order your copy click here:
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/pre-...
PRE-ORDER Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins | Quinns Bookshop
***PRE-ORDER PUBLISHED 18th MARCH 2025 - this item will be shipped to be delivered on or after the publication date***The Hunger Games Book 5.When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what ...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
☀️ SUNRISE ON THE REAPING
Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth book in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, is coming out on Tuesday 18th March! 🎉
To pre-order your copy click here:
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/pre-...
Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth book in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, is coming out on Tuesday 18th March! 🎉
To pre-order your copy click here:
www.quinnsbookshop.co.uk/product/pre-...
Of all the plants in our book garden, I think my favourite by far is the Jasmine 🌿 It has lasted beautifully through winter and has filled its area completely; it’s even pinched some of the honeysuckle’s patch!
I’m really looking forward to filling this space with greenery again in Spring ☀️
I’m really looking forward to filling this space with greenery again in Spring ☀️
January 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Of all the plants in our book garden, I think my favourite by far is the Jasmine 🌿 It has lasted beautifully through winter and has filled its area completely; it’s even pinched some of the honeysuckle’s patch!
I’m really looking forward to filling this space with greenery again in Spring ☀️
I’m really looking forward to filling this space with greenery again in Spring ☀️
I’m taking a break from my Sarah J Maas-athon to read Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold, which a customer kindly bought in for me! I’ve been eyeing this up for weeks and I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in 🍄
January 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I’m taking a break from my Sarah J Maas-athon to read Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold, which a customer kindly bought in for me! I’ve been eyeing this up for weeks and I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in 🍄