Visit and café
Find us on Lantern Row, just off the market square.
Look for the green door and the bench of second-hand books outside. Come in for a browse, a coffee or a chat about what to read next.
Shop and café hours
Monday to Wednesday
9am – 5:30pm
Thursday
9am – 8pm
Friday and Saturday
9am – 5:30pm
Sunday
11am – 4pm
Address
14 Lantern Row, Ravensmere, RV2 4QE
The café corner
Coffee, cake and somewhere to read the first chapter.
Six tables by the window and a long bench by the poetry shelves. Sam bakes most mornings, the soup changes daily, and the milk comes from a dairy up the road.
Who’s behind the counter
Five readers, one shop.
Ask any of us for a recommendation. We’ll want to know the last book you loved, and we’ll be honest if we think you’ll hate something.
Nell Ashby
Owner
Loves
Literary fiction
Opened Bramble & Quire in 2014 after twelve years in publishing. Chooses most of the new fiction and runs the book club.
Reading now
Persuasion, for the fourth time
Tom Ferris
Bookseller and special orders
Loves
Crime and classics
Will find you a crime novel to suit any mood. Looks after special orders, so he's probably the one who emailed you.
Reading now
The Moonstone
Peg Holloway
Weekend bookseller
Loves
Poetry and local history
A retired English teacher who knows every footpath round Ravensmere, and a poem for most of them.
Reading now
The Wool Roads
Iris Lund
Children's books
Loves
Picture books
Looks after the children's corner and reads at Saturday story time, with all the voices.
Reading now
Hattie and the Night Bus, aloud
Sam Okafor
Café corner
Loves
Food and nature writing
Runs the café, bakes the cakes and keeps the coffee coming through every author talk.
Reading now
Bread, Broth and Butter
Good to know
Before you come, and how to get here.
Ask us a question
Step-free ground floor
Fiction, children’s books and the café are all on the ground floor. Second-hand books are up a short flight of stairs.
Buggies and small people
There’s room for buggies in the children’s corner, and a baby-changing table in the toilet.
Dogs welcome
Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the shop and the café. There’s a water bowl by the door.
Parking
Market Street car park is three minutes’ walk. The 12 and 14 buses stop on the square.