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 Events Diary

 

Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights Presents....
Ben Macintyre - 4 Feb	Jon McGregor - 10 Feb
Author of the brilliant "Agent ZigZag", Ben Macintyre joins us to read from his new true-spy tale "Operation Mincemeat".	We are thrilled to welcome the Booker longlisted author of "If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things" to talk about his never novel "Even the Dogs".
Bath Literature Festival 27 Feb - 7 Mar	Linda Saunders - 15 Mar
We have a brief hiatus in our own events program whilst we act as Official Booksellers to the 2010 Bath Literature Festival. Well over 100 events crammed into 9 days. Live Literature Bliss!	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"

 

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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 22nd February 6.45pm   "The Assistant" by Robert Walser	Tuesday 16th February 7pm   "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins

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)

Ben Macintyre Thursday 4th February

Jon McGregor Wednesday 10th February

Bath Literature Festival
Saturday 27th February to Sunday 7th March

Linda Saunders Monday 15th March

Books We Love Right Now

Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey - Spectacular romp through the colourful history of an aristocratic Yorkshire family (Lydia)

Legend of a Suicide by David Vann - Exquisitely written, but utterly gruesome tale of a father/son relationship (Kate)

True Deceiver by Tove Jansson - Fantastically written, compelling novel set in a snowy Swedish hamlet (Caroline)

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