This week I had a little trip to Derbyshire, mainly to visit my favourite bookshop, Scarthin Books at Cromford.
Here is a place where you really can get lost for hours. Three floors of rooms, passageways, and staircases all crammed with books. They have a good stock of new books, but the real fascination is with the old, out of print and obscure. If there is ever a book you are struggling to find, just email them and they will track it down if humanly possible.
I bought two in particular that will really help with my novel research.
There's a small cafe on the middle floor, serving vegetarian and vegan food.
Scarthin's even came in at number six in the Guardian's online list of the world's best bookshops. Note - not just Derbyshire's, or England's, or even the U.K's but the whole world's!
Scarthin's even came in at number six in the Guardian's online list of the world's best bookshops. Note - not just Derbyshire's, or England's, or even the U.K's but the whole world's!
Researching is thirsty work, you know. So I bought a new tea mug too. Like it?
