Author: Jon Lever

Well, we've thought long and hard about this, and here they are: Saturday 24th - Open 9.30am - 2.30pm Sunday 25th - CLOSED Monday 26th - CLOSED Tuesday 27th - CLOSED Wednesday 28th - Open 9.30am - 4.30pm Thursday 29th - Open 9.30am - 4.30pm Friday 30th - Open 9.30am - 4.30pm Saturday 31st - … Continue reading Christmas and New Year opening times

And now there's this from Wild Swan: £37.50, but worth every penny. Form an orderly queue.

One of the things I promised myself during long years of thinking about owning my own bookshop was that when I did, I would stock as many of the railway books published by Wild Swan as I could reasonably accomodate. During the long years of thinking about owning my own bookshop, I also cast envious … Continue reading Wild Swan Books

There's a good (excellent) website which works as a sort of Trip Advisor for secondhand bookshops, and which you can find here: thebookguide . Our latest review, dated May 2016 is not entirely flattering. It is however, as far I can tell, entirely accurate. Since then of course, there's been a change of ownership and … Continue reading Lest we forget…

Both myself and Bob were out on scouting missions over the weekend in our ongoing search for yet more interesting, desirable, wild and homeless books. Bob had much the better of it, returning with some good general stock including some interesting Motor Sports books and a selection of horseriding titles. I obtained a copy of … Continue reading Weekend Manoeuvres

Just arrived. There's about 150 Penguin "Green" crime paperbacks, with a lot of Maigret, McBain and Erle Stanley Gardner. £3 each, while stocks last.

So far, we have... some new shelves...                a new boss... a new apprentice...          new bankers...                    some more old books... and a new credit/debit card machine...  

A while back, Mani Parkes produced a picture (see very poor photo above) in which Wild & Homeless Books played a large supporting role. We now have copies of the picture for sale, both as a greetings card (£2.50), and as an unframed print (£20.00). The print is also available from Mani's store and you can … Continue reading More Art – Mani Parkes

We're doing our bit for Bridport & West Dorset Open Studios by displaying this fine example of Isla Chaney's work. Isla can be found online here: isla chaney and at her studio, venue 27 in the Open Studio brochure. Jon

Well, it's taken me a month to get to a point where I can put something up on the site. Myself, Bob, John, Fred, Olly & Joe (sounds a bit like an all-male Enid Blyton cast to me) have worked with varying degrees of incompetence, lethargy and boredom to rearrange the deckchairs on the SS … Continue reading Under New Mismanagement