SUMMER FAYRE and GULLIVERS Teddy Bears Picnic Story Time

We had a great Fayre here in Wimborne last Saturday. It was held on the new town-centre park - just a stones throw from the shop. And OK, so it rained like an April day in the middle of June, but it didn't dampen the occasion one bit.

Here's our GULLIVERS story teller - our friend Barry (he's an actor) - reading from 'Where's My Teddy'. We put out a tannoy and the tent soon filled with an eager little audience. Barry had an amusing time. He's not used to the audience telling him they already know the story

The crowd thinned a bit here so we got a good shot of our stall. We had a chance to meet new potential customers and also have a chat with quite a few friends of our enchanting shop. Being an independent we really rate the great posters from the Indiebound campaign.

Looking down the hill from the Teddy Bears Picnic. This shot gives a flavour of the day - in case you've never been to Wimborne, it's a really nice place

We stock the great PAPERBLANKS range of journals (and diaries of course, but they are a bit more seasonal.)
PAPERBLANKS the journal as functional art.
(They are also works of art). Here's a few on our counter

Bear Grylls latest book, out now in hardback: MUD SWEAT AND TEARS

The extraordinary life story of the world's most intrepid young explorer

 

 

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. Inevitably, it wasn’t long before Bear was leading out-of-bounds night-climbing missions at school.

As a teenager, he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya and a grandmaster’s karate training camp in Japan. On returning home, he embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS – a journey that was to push him to the very limits of physical and mental endurance.

Then, in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident in Africa, Bear broke his back in three places. It was touch and go whether he would ever walk again. However, only eighteen months later and defying doctors’ expectations, Bear became one of the youngest ever climbers to scale Everest, aged only twenty-three. But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures . . .
Known and admired by millions – whether from his global adventure TV series, as a bestselling author, or as Chief Scout to the Scouting Association – Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go. Now, for the first time, Bear tells the story of his action-packed life. Gripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armchair adventurers alike.

Bill Bryson's AT HOME out now in paperback

AT HOME by BILL BRYSON is now out in paperback - and it's a cracking read.

The irresistible book by Bill Bryson which does for the history of the way we live what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.

What does history really consists of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business – sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable.

And where did all these normal activities take place?

At home.

This was the thought that inspired Bill Bryson to start a journey around the rooms of his own house, an 1851 Norfolk rectory, to consider how the ordinary things in life came to be. And what he discovered are surprising connections to anything from the Crystal Palace to the Eiffel Tower, from scurvy to body-snatching,from bedbugs to the Industrial Revolution, and just about everything else that has ever happened, resulting in one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live.

Introducing Ecoboo at Gullivers

We are pleased to introduce Ecoboo to our range of craft and learning toys for younger children.

Ecoboo is an exciting new range of childrens toys and other products made from the highest quality bamboo. They are bright, fun, environmentally safe, and are designed to withstand the rigours of play from the most active of children.

Bamboo is a grass, not a wood, it has an extensive root system that continues to replenish itself continually sending up new shoots. It is re-harvestable every 3 to 5 years, making it one of the most renewable resources in the world. It’s harder than maple, lighter than oak and can be as strong as steel.
The Ecoboo range has been developed with the intention of educating children through play, and educating parents about the depletion of the world’s tropical forests.

April 7th 2011

Hi, my name's Jane & I'm co-contributor on this blog, this is my first attempt so please bear with me!  I'll start by telling you that I love working here as one day is never the same as the next.  My main role in the shop is unpacking the stock and I never tire of lifting new books out of the boxes!  Some have titles that you couldn't make up and trying to log them in a specific category can be tricky!

It's also a pleasure to work on the shop floor as we're often presented with problems! The classic questions begin with "now I don't know the author & I don't know the title but it's about......"  these queries are actually fun to deal with and I do love a challenge!  I even managed to solve a fellow bookshops "tweet for help" & was thrilled to be able to assist a fellow independent bookseller;

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@NLIreland @LibertiesPress Thanks for the retweet - think we found it care of @gulliversbks 'So Short a Time'  

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@gulliversbks It was the right book! Customer thrilled that we found it 

Been stuffing envelopes for our great new promotion. Got to number 40, loads more to go.
Beautiful afternoon here in Wimborne, I - that's me, Malcolm - spent part of the day exploring the bits of the Minster that you don't often get to see (research for my next novel) then took a look in the Crew shop that opened this morning next door to GULLIVERS. Looks good, asked them to pop in and meet us all.
Wimborne's High Street is looking just fine.