Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights

                                                                                                    Independent Bookshop of the Year 2008

British Book Industry Awards            

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Welcome to Mr B's Website - Come browse awhile, sign up to our newsletter, join our book groups, follow our tweets, read our blog and check our events.

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Mr B's is an independent bookshop in the centre of Bath - a wonderful place to browse which showcases quality writing & offers wonderfully personal service.  

ORDER FABULOUS BOOKS Usually within 24 hours. Click here to email us your enquiry. We can also find out-of-print, U.S. and foreign language titles

 

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Mr B's  would like to thank all of our customers who came along and supported us at the BATH LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2010.   We all had a fantastic time and we hope that you did too! Watch this space for photos of the momentous week (including Kate Mosse's stint as guest bookseller in the Mr B's Festival Shop!)

 

Mr B's Events Diary

 

Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights Presents....
Linda Saunders - 15 Mar	Julia Green - 18 Mar	Granta Party - 15 Apr
Postponed from January's snowy-season we're thrilled to be able to welcome Linda Saunders to read from her new poetry collection "The Watchers"	Launch party to celebrate the publication of Julia's new novel for young adults "Drawing with Light".	Join us for an evening to celebrate Granta's fabulous quarterly magazine, which brings together some of the best new writings across all genres.
Michael Jacobs - 13 May	Melvyn Bragg - 24 May	C.J Carver - 4 Jun
Intrepid travel writer and South America expert Michael Jacobs, takes us on a journey to through the Andes to celebrate the publication of his book of the same name.	Prolific author and renowned broadcaster Melvyn Bragg joins us for a special lunch-time event to introduce his latest book "The South Bank Show: The Final Cut"	Launch party to celebrate the publication of C.J. Carver's new thriller "The Honest Assassin"
Jonathan Coe - 15 June	Luis Alberto Urrea - 15 Jul
The magnificent return of the author of Bath's Big Read 2009. Jonathan will read from and introduce his new novel of our times "The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim"	Author of "Into the Beautiful North" - One of Mr B's favourite 2009 novels - and expert US/Mexico border issues, travels from Chicago for a flamboyant literary evening.	For more information on any of the author readings listed here please go to the events page of our website CLICK HERE

 

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Mr B's Delightful Book Clubs To join, just call or email books@mrbsemporium.com Click here to read about the book groups
Monday 12th April 6.45pm   "Bomber" by Len Deighton	Tuesday 23rd March 7pm   "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel

Awards

2008

Winner - Independent Bookshop of the Year!

(British Book Industry Awards)

Winner - Best Bath-Based Retailer 2008

(Bath Life Awards)

2007

Winner - South West Independent Bookshop of the Year

(British Book Industry Awards)

Shortlist - Independent Bookshop of the Year

(Bookseller Magazine Retail Awards)

Linda Saunders Monday 15th March

Julia Green Thursday 18th March

Granta Party Thursday 15th April

Michael Jacobs Thursday 13th May

Melvyn Bragg Monday 24th May

Caroline Carver Friday 4th June

Jonathan Coe Tuesday 15th June

Luis Alberto Urrea Thursday 15th July

Books We Love Right Now

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - A successful beginning to Nic's 'Year of the Classics' to read a full review visit our Blog (Nic)

Trespass by Rose Tremain - Disquieting sibling story set in the dark and mysterious landscapes of the Cevennes (Kate)

One Day by David Nicholls - a moving account of 20 years in the lives of a man and a woman as their lives intertwine. With a great twist! (Caroline)

       The Missing by Tim Gautreaux - A girl's disappearance prompts ex-soldier Sam to join the crew of a dilapidated pleasure steamer. Slow and languorous like the Mississippi. (Ed)

Ó Mr B 's Emporium Limited    14-15 John Street, Bath, BA1 2JL  Open: Mon - Sat 9.30am - 6.30pm    ( 01225 33 11 55    Email: books@mrbsemporium.com