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image of storyteller Lee Rawlings performing Charles Dickens' The Signalman

Charles Dickens’s The Signalman with Lee Rawlings

In full Dickensian style, storyteller Lee Rawlings performs Charles Dickens’s ghost story The Signalman . Inspired by the writer’s own terrifying experience and based around a real railway tunnel with its own spooky tales, this short story is a creepy and shocking experience with a truly memorable ending.

£5 per ticket . Refreshments available.

Author portrait of Stephanie Austin and cover of her book 'Death on Dartmoor Edge'

In Conversation with Stephanie Austin

We are delighted to welcome Devon crime writer Stephanie Austin to The Bookery bookshop in Crediton. Stephanie will be talking to Devon historical crime author Michael Jecks about her book DEATH ON DARTMOOR EDGE, the eighth in the Devon Mystery series set in the Dartmoor town of Ashburton and featuring amateur sleuth and reluctant antique shop owner Juno Browne. This hit rural cosy crime series is perfect for winter reading.

Tickets £4 redeemable against a book purchase on the evening.

Redrow and The Bookery team up to support children’s reading in Okehampton

After teaming up last year with The Bookery, Redrow is donating a further £500 towards its schools outreach work to support and encourage reading.

The Bookery (formerly Crediton Community Bookshop) is a not-for-profit community-owned independent bookshop & creative hub. They have been serving schools in Crediton and across Devon, with author tours and book activities for the last 8...

Devon author Ann Cleeves launches her latest novel

Crediton hosts launch of new book by Devon’s Queen of Crime

Devon crime writer Ann Cleeves is preparing for the local launch of her latest book, The Heron’s Cry . The launch event in Crediton Town Square on September 1st will headline an autumn programme by local book shop The Bookery.

The Heron's Cry is the second book in Ann's North Devon based Two Rivers series. The first, The Long Call , was a Sunday Times bestseller. Described by the...

Devon author Ann Cleeves

An Evening with Ann Cleeves, Devon launch of The Heron’s Cry

Tickets £5 - £20 including signed book

Queen of crime Ann Cleeves will be hosted by The Bookery in Crediton Town Square on Wednesday September 1st at 6.30pm for the Devon launch of her new book, The Heron’s Cry.

This is the second book in the North Devon based Two Rivers series. The first, The Long Call, was a Sunday Times bestseller and described by the Daily Express as “a triumph that cements Cleeves’ status as one of Britain’s best crime writers” and is set to be developed into a major TV series for ITV.

Ann Cleeves is famous for her crime writing, in particular...