14 Lantern Row, Ravensmere
An independent bookshop with a café corner
Good books, chosen by people who have read them.
New fiction, children’s books, poetry and local history, with handwritten recommendations from the five of us. Stay for a coffee, come to an author talk, or ask us to order the book you can’t find.
Nell recommends
Take a book to the window seat. Nobody will rush you, promise.
Any book ordered in
Usually here in 1 to 3 working days
Café corner from 9am
Coffee, tea and Sam’s cakes
Story time on Saturdays
10:30am, free, for ages 2 to 6
From the staff picks shelf
Read by us, recommended by hand.
All our books
The Lantern Keeper's Daughter
Ruth Calloway
Nell
recommends
A lighthouse, a missing father and a winter that won't end. I read it in two sittings, then made Tom read it too.
The Lantern Keeper's Daughter
Ruth Calloway
£18.99
A Death at Low Tide
Imogen Harte
Tom
recommends
A body on the mudflats, a village that closes ranks and a detective who'd rather be fishing. Proper crime with a sharp twist.
A Death at Low Tide
Imogen Harte
£9.99
Field Notes from a Small Wood
Owen Pryce
Sam
recommends
A year in two acres of woodland just outside town. Short chapters, perfect with a coffee.
Field Notes from a Small Wood
Owen Pryce
£10.99
Hattie and the Night Bus
Priya Lamb
Iris
recommends
Hattie rides the last bus home and meets everyone who works while we sleep. A Saturday story time favourite.
Hattie and the Night Bus
Priya Lamb
£7.99
This month at the shop
Author talks, story time and a chatty book club.
Most evenings are small, with twenty or thirty chairs between the shelves, so it’s worth booking. Tickets for author talks come off the price of the book.
Bramble & Quire · Events
Story time
10:30am – 11:15am
Saturday story time
Author talk
7pm – 8:30pm
Ruth Calloway: The Lantern Keeper's Daughter
Book club
7pm – 8:30pm
Book club: Persuasion
Workshop
2pm – 4pm
Zine making for teens
The Lantern Row Book Club
One book a month, a pot of tea and an honest opinion.
We read a mix of new novels and old favourites, chosen by the group. Nell keeps the conversation moving, and copies of the book are 10% off for members.
Third Tuesday of the month, 7pm
The café corner, after closing
£3, with tea, coffee and cake
Anyone. You don’t have to finish the book
Join the book club
1
Tell us the title
2
We order it from our wholesaler
3
We call or email when it’s in
4
Collect it, or we post it to you
Not on the shelf?
We can order almost any book in print.
Heard about a book on the radio, or need a set text for college? Give us the title and the author, or just tell us what you remember about it. Tom will track it down.
1 to 3 days
Most books arrive in one to three working days.
No deposit
Pay when you collect, or when we post it.
Post anywhere in the UK
£3.50 a parcel, free on orders over £30.
Order a book
£25
Bramble & Quire
Gift card · books and café
Gift cards
For the reader who already has every book.
Any amount from £5 to £100, spent on books or in the café, and valid for two years. Buy one at the counter or online, and we’ll post it in a card.
Buy a gift card
The café corner
Six tables, good coffee and a cake that changes every day.
Bring a book from the shelves to your table. If it gets a coffee ring, it’s yours. Coffee from £2.80, tea for one £2.40, cake £3.50.
Come and browse
14 Lantern Row, two minutes from the market square.
Monday to Wednesday
9am – 5:30pm
Thursday
9am – 8pm
Friday and Saturday
9am – 5:30pm
Sunday
11am – 4pm