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Colemans acquired the Bookshop from Oundle School in July 2010. They’d already had their lovely stationery shop in the town since 2002, so it was an obvious add-on to that business. Below Joey Coleman gives us an insight into the beautiful shop and its staff.
Tell us more... I had always loved the bookshop as a customer and when the opportunity arose to take over the bookshop we just jumped at the chance.
Favourite book on sale today? Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and Landlines by Raynor Winn.
What is the best thing about your job?
Meeting all sorts of different customers with hugely diverse reading tastes and learning about subjects you would never normally come across.
How have you seen the High Street change? There have been huge changes in the High Street. Thankfully we have found that independent bookshops have become a rarity therefore customers appreciate them
more and will travel further to find one. If we provide excellent customer service in a lovely environment, customers will keep coming back.
What are your best sellers? The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman, Kiss of Death by local Rutland author Adam Croft and It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover.
Anyone famous popped in? Rowan Atkinson (‘Mr Bean’ actor) was the most famous person
I served when he used to live locally. Derek Nimmo also came in many years ago.
You have £10 to give to charity, who do you choose? Cancer Research or Dementia UK.
What’s the best thing about being in Oundle? Working in a town with so much history and such beautiful buildings.
Most challenging moment? When customers come in and ask for “the book with the blue cover by that person I heard them talking
about on the radio the other day”! But we love challenges and finding books for people that they have been unable to find elsewhere.
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Love books? Love the bookshop!
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