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A warm welcome to Book-ish, our friendly independent bookshop, located in Crickhowell, a pretty town 5 miles from Abergavenny in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Our philosophy is simple, we want to connect people to books, develop a life long love of reading in children and encourage imaginative play. We offer a friendly, quality service and are happy to talk about books all day long....you just try and stop us!

Owned by Emma & Andrew Corfield-Walters, Book-ish offers a professional service both in store at 23, High Street, Crickhowell and here online.

Book•ish Events

National Flash Fiction Day Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

We are excited to announce the details of our Flash Fiction event, which is to be held on National Flash Fiction Day itself; Wednesday 16th May, 7:30pm at The Kings Head Hotel, Cross Street, Abergavenny.

Everybody is welcome to attend, whether you have entered the competition itself, or would just like to come along to an evening of storytelling. We will be announcing the winners during the evening and inviting them, along with shortlisted writers in each catergory, to read their entries.

'Walking on Legends' - Mynydd Llangorse poetry walk with Paul Henry *NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Friday, March 2, 2012

Join Paul on the mountain that inspired his earliest poems.

Crickhowell Walking Festival - Table Mountain Poetry Walk with Chris Meredith *NOW FULLY BOOKED*
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Chris's poetry has been described as showing a palpable passion for landscape and humanity's place in it, and it is this key interest which guides this walk.

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Book•ish News

Flash Fiction Competition!
January 31st, 2012 - 12:09

Regular readers of the Abergavenny Focus will know that each month a very short story  – sometimes called flash fiction – is published by a member of the Abergavenny writing group The Word Counts.
Now YOU have a chance to get YOUR flash fiction published in the Focus by submitting a story to our free-to-enter competition!

Walking festival update! (23rd Jan)
January 16th, 2012 - 22:01

All places on both our walks during Crickhowell Walking Festival are now FULLY BOOKED!!

There are still a few places left for Chris & Paul's joint poetry evening on Friday 2nd March at The Bear Hotel, book now to avoid disappointment.

Book-ish launches new website!
December 20th, 2011 - 15:53

This month sees the exciting introduction of our new website. Here we hope to keep you up to date with our latest news,events and reviews, along with introducing local authors and poets. We hope to add a web shop to the site within the coming months.

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‘So please, OH PLEASE, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away. And in its place you can install. A lovely bookshelf on the Wall.’
R. Dahl,Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
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