We're feeling dead jammy this morning because we received an early proof of Eliza Clark's new short story collection, SHE'S ALWAYS HUNGRY. If, like us, you raced through BOY PARTS and PENANCE, you should pre-order your copy immediately. Out 7 November! collectedbooks.co.uk/products/pre-o…

Veggies, vegans, flexitarians: your attention please. Meera Sodha (East, Fresh India) has a new cookbook out on Thursday 1st August and it looks like an absolute dream... Pre-order your SIGNED edition here 🍴 collectedbooks.co.uk/products/pre-o…

NEW BOOK THURSDAY! Loads of lovely new fiction gracing the shelves and tables today, lapping up the sunshine that has pushed through. Here to 8pm with cake and coffee, wine and beer, books and books and books!

Thanks so much for coming to see us! Hope to see you next time you're in town

BOOK CLUBS! We had a TOTALLY lovely time on Wednesday evening with @tinakover talking about her translation of The Postcard with Ruth Clarke. And COMING UP - Mother Naked with Glen James Brown 18/09, 6.30pm. Message/drop-in to get your seat and the book!

Knight to E4! Get set for the most anticipated novel of the year…⬛️⬜️♟️INTERMEZZO♟️by SALLY ROONEY⬜️⬛️ Team Collected think is her BEST NOVEL YET. Intermezzo will be making a gambit onto our website for PRE-ORDER at 10am TODAY. First 25 copies available at 20% discount!

I'll be doing a book launch for 'To the Limit' Collected Books Durham on the 25th September. Tickets are £5, and available here: Michael Crawley - To the Limit | Wednesday 25 September, 6.30pm – Collected (collectedbooks.co.uk)

Join Michael Crawley on the 25th September as he discusses his new book TO THE LIMIT: the meaning of endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas. 📍 Collected Books Durham ⏰ 6:30pm Tickets £5. Book now: bit.ly/3X46kZP

Michael is a wonderful regular here at the shop! This is getting a lot of buzz - we can't wait!!

We're SO looking forward to our book club on Mother Naked with Glen James Brown on Weds 18/09. Still a few spaces available and copies of the book in-store. Call in or message to snag a seat and bag a book!

It definitely feels like Autumn! We've got the perfect day planned for you - a walk round the Cathedral and along the river path with a takeaway coffee before coming and browsing our incredible selection of spooky books with a cinnamon bun! Sound good? Then come on in!!

BOOK CLUB! 💛💛💛 We had an ace time with you all last night, chatting with the brilliant Glen James Brown about Mother Naked. Sign-up now OPEN for October's event. Message to snag a seat. Head into the shop to bag a book.

Today's the day! INTERMEZZO is finally here - Sally Rooney's exquisite, much-anticipated fourth novel says hello to the world today. We're ready with lots of lovely copies of (and lots of love for!) this brilliant book. Open through to 6pm today!

04/11 - get ready for a fascinating evening with Emily Herring and Emily Thomas about the profound, interesting, extraordinary, compelling, yet largely forgotten philosopher Henri Bergson. HB was all for creative and radical change. We could probs all do with a bit of that atm...

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