Scarthin Books
@scarthinbooks.bsky.social
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.
100,000 books, 13 rooms, one vegan/vegetarian café and someone else's cat.
For all enquiries please ☎️ or email.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
Literary Mortality Quiz
For November 11th
Answers later on our FB page.
For November 11th
Answers later on our FB page.
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Literary Mortality Quiz
For November 11th
Answers later on our FB page.
For November 11th
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
'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.
Answers later on our FB page.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
'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.
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
October 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
October 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
October 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answer initials spell the title of a JC novel
Answers later on our FB page.
October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
Answer initials spell the title of a JC novel
Answers later on our FB page.
Today we challenge you with everything from progressive rock to rap. Here is our Literary Pop Classics Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
September 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Today we challenge you with everything from progressive rock to rap. Here is our Literary Pop Classics Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
September 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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.
Answers later on our FB page.
With current affairs making many of us run far away we offer you our Literary Exploration Quiz
September 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
With current affairs making many of us run far away we offer you our Literary Exploration Quiz
Who would think that politics could be in the air? Today we offer you our Literary Politics Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
September 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Who would think that politics could be in the air? Today we offer you our Literary Politics Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
Today we return to a popular subject but with questions we think we have never asked before. Today we challenge you with our second Literary Animals Quiz:
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
August 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Today we return to a popular subject but with questions we think we have never asked before. Today we challenge you with our second Literary Animals Quiz:
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
On Sunday we had a question about one Ginger, but today we have the opportunity for another. Today we offer you our Literary Spice Girls Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On Sunday we had a question about one Ginger, but today we have the opportunity for another. Today we offer you our Literary Spice Girls Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
On Saturday we stayed in the East Midlands. Today let us take you abroad with our Literary Europe Quiz:
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
August 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
On Saturday we stayed in the East Midlands. Today let us take you abroad with our Literary Europe Quiz:
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
Derbyshire Library Service are sponsoring some interesting talks in the coming months. Here is one in Borrowash in October.
August 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Derbyshire Library Service are sponsoring some interesting talks in the coming months. Here is one in Borrowash in October.
Derbyshire Library Service are sponsoring some interesting talks in the coming months. Here's one in Ripley in November on Dracula.
August 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Derbyshire Library Service are sponsoring some interesting talks in the coming months. Here's one in Ripley in November on Dracula.
The Bank Holiday weekend is beginning. Will you going far or staying close to home? We will start to challenge you close to home with our Literary East Midlands Quiz:
Answers on our FB page.
Answers on our FB page.
August 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Bank Holiday weekend is beginning. Will you going far or staying close to home? We will start to challenge you close to home with our Literary East Midlands Quiz:
Answers on our FB page.
Answers on our FB page.
Are you ready for Shirley Mann's book launch this Tuesday? She'll be signing copies of her latest novel 'Maggie's War' in our Art Room from 2-4pm. Drop by and say hello!
August 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Are you ready for Shirley Mann's book launch this Tuesday? She'll be signing copies of her latest novel 'Maggie's War' in our Art Room from 2-4pm. Drop by and say hello!
A lot of us will have been called names - more than one, and more than once. It happens in books, too. Here is our Literary Other Names Quiz:
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
August 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A lot of us will have been called names - more than one, and more than once. It happens in books, too. Here is our Literary Other Names Quiz:
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
Come and join us for the book launch of Shirley Mann 'Maggie's War', this time next week! She'll be in the Art room from 2-4pm on 19th!
This is not one to miss!
This is not one to miss!
August 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Come and join us for the book launch of Shirley Mann 'Maggie's War', this time next week! She'll be in the Art room from 2-4pm on 19th!
This is not one to miss!
This is not one to miss!
'To begin at the beginning' are the opening words of one famous work, but we have some others. Here is our Literary First Lines Quiz.
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
August 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
'To begin at the beginning' are the opening words of one famous work, but we have some others. Here is our Literary First Lines Quiz.
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
Many an author has looked to a literary forebear for ideas, themes and quotations. Today we offer you our Literary Reappearances Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
August 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Many an author has looked to a literary forebear for ideas, themes and quotations. Today we offer you our Literary Reappearances Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
Authors love to mention dates - they can have significance in so many different ways. Here is our Literary Dates Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.
July 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Authors love to mention dates - they can have significance in so many different ways. Here is our Literary Dates Quiz
Answers later on our FB page.
Answers later on our FB page.