Booksellers' Leaflet

 The new booksellers' leaflet is out today.  Last year's is orange - this year it's purple.

There are a couple of new additions this year, too.

Coming in at number 9 is Gay-on-Wye, the new LGBTQ+ bookshops - they sell new books, as well as tote bags, mugs, badges and so on.

Clocktower Books and Green Ink Booksellers have changed places, at 12 and 13, to make the numbers on the map work more logically.

Then there's the Literature Laboratory at number 14, which describes itself as a child-centred bookshop.  As well as new books, they stock toys and games, and a range of adult books too.

At 15 is the new Red Cross Book Shop, opposite the original Red Cross Shop on the corner of the Pavement.

At 18, North Books can no longer call themselves Hay's newest bookshop, but they are a shop of new books only.

Only one bookbinders is listed this year - there is no listing for the Hay Binders on Lion Street (which was established in 1974) and the Black Mountains Bindery will be working from home, with customers welcome by appointment, as it looks as if the shop next to the launderette will have to close.

Out of town, there is a new bookshop in Westhope near Hereford called Arresting Titles, specialising in murder, mystery and detection.  This shop is only open by appointment, as they are quite remote and hard to find!

There is a dedication in the leaflet to Judith Gardner, of the Children's Bookshop, who died earlier this year.  The Children's Bookshop is still number 1 in the leaflet, and is being run by her son Colin.