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A bookshop for the majority of minorities in the historic village of Cromford, Derbyshire, UK.

100,000 books, 13 rooms, one vegan/vegetarian café and someone else's cat.

For all enquiries please ☎️ or email.
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Scarthin Books @scarthinbooks.bsky.social · Nov 22
Intro! We are Scarthin Books from the historic and
picturesque village of Cromford. Est. in 1974 we have recently celebrated our 50th birthday which is a welcome relief after nearly falling down in 2015 due to the weight of 100,000 books. We have a vegan/vegetarian café and a cat who visits daily.
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Boys and girls can be of any age as Marlene Dietrich (or her script-writer) recognised when she sang 'See what the boys in the backroom will have'. Here is our Literary Boys and Girls Quiz:

Answers later on our FB page.
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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A great book set in Derbyshire is among the recommendations on BBC Bitesize - Alison Uttley's 'A Traveller in Time'.

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You will find Alison Uttley's many books here at Scarthin Books of Cromford.
[Thanks to spotter Vicky Dawson]
Five historical fiction books from Alice Loxton aka @history_alice - BBC Bitesize
Renowned historian, author and content creator recommends her favourites.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Flesh by David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize.

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The Booker Prizes
Welcome to the home of the Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize, the leading literary awards for works of fiction published in the UK in English
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November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Literary Mortality Quiz
For November 11th

Answers later on our FB page.
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Ranks and titles have been in the news. But we'd be afraid of a title, because like a pendant with a loose diamond, we'd be afraid of losing it. Here is our Literary Lords and Ladies Quiz.

Answers later on our FB page.
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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'... picking out a book from every country in the world ...'

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We don't know how many countries of the world are represented by the authors on our shelves at Scarthin Books of Cromford but we think we're getting there. Come and browse! We're international.
‘It’s not just a book, it’s a window to my soul’: why we’re in love with literary angst
Why did an obscure Dostoevsky novella sell 100,000 copies in the UK last year? And why are TikTokers raving about a 1943 Turkish novel? The way young people are discovering books is changing – and the...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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There were six titles on the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Only one of the them could win but there is some superb reading in every title.

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'Addictive' diaries win prestigious non-fiction prize
Helen Garner's How to End a Story: Collected Diaries is first diary to win Baillie Gifford prize.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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We have nothing to ask about Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings and Darbishire stories, but here is our Literary Counties Quiz

Answers later on our FB page.
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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'From ghosties and ghoulies and long legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us!' But while we wait here is our Literary Halloween Quiz

Answers later on our FB page.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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We were surprised to discover that the song 'Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast' was written as recently as 1971. You see, we have been thinking about our Literary Relations Quiz

Answers later on our FB page.
October 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Do you know that James Thurber cartoon in which the strange lady is saying 'I come from haunts of coot and hern'? Well, those words are from 'The Brook' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Today we have a Literary Rivers Quiz

Answers later on our FB page.
October 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Do you agree that these are 'The 12 best film adaptations of classic novels'?

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The 12 best film adaptations of classic novels
When done right, adaptations breathe new life into timeless stories
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October 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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This quiz may be in French but it turns out the Great Detectives are known all around the world.

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Quiz "Les personnages de romans policiers"
Découvrez notre quiz sur les personnages de romans policiers ! Testez vos connaissances et plongez dans l'univers captivant du polar avec Le Peuple des Mots.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Has your love of reading been faltering? Here are some suggestions to re-invigorate it:

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Try these habits to reinvigorate your reading | Letters
Letters: Readers share their methods for getting the most out of books
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October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Our challenge today might be inspired by Numbers 32:23, 'Be sure your sin will find you out', as we offer you our Literary Clergy Quiz

Answers later on our FB page.
October 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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If we have to define the word 'oxymoron' then it might lie in the title of our Literary Jilly Cooper Quiz

Answer initials spell the title of a JC novel

Answers later on our FB page.
October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Today we challenge you with everything from progressive rock to rap. Here is our Literary Pop Classics Quiz

Answers later on our FB page.
September 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist has been announced. Read about it here:

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Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist | The Booker Prizes
As the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist is announced, we’ve picked out the most interesting facts, trends and themes that have emerged in this year’s selection
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September 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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We have simplified today's quiz. The theme is in the answers. Here is our Literary Three Word Answers Quiz.

Answers later on our FB page.
September 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Agatha Christie was born on this day, 135 years ago: 15th Sept 1890.

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The world does not seem less murderous than in her prime.
The lessons of Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie wrote her first novel in 1916 and since then her eighty-two books have never been out of print.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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With current affairs making many of us run far away we offer you our Literary Exploration Quiz
September 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Agatha Christie's advice to a young person wanting to write:

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Of Note: Agatha Christie’s Advice | Unfolding History
In 1972, at the end of her life, British mystery novelist Agatha Christie wrote two letters to an American teenager. In them, she shares insight into her philosophy on both writing and crime (fiction)...
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September 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay!
The following text is printed backwards: If you can read this with ease, then you are incredibly talented at reading backwards, which is an incredibly pointless talent to have.
September 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Winter In Derbyshire, 1985: a painting by my dad, Mick.
A snowy Peak District landscape, painted by my dad in the 80s, and showing sheep getting ready to play a game of rounders
September 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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It is said to be very difficult to predict the future, but if it were easy to describe the past we would need only one history book.

Visit Scarthin Books of Cromford to discover history needs a lot more books than that. History extends up the stairs to the first floor.

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September 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM