Events, Bookshop Day and many more goings on at Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop!

This Saturday, 12th October, is Bookshop Day! We’ll be celebrating all things bookshop with special offers and exclusives, including the incredibly beautiful Angela Harding tote bags: just £15!

PLUS we’re offering £5 OFF all hardbacks! For one day only, and for the final time this year! The perfect reason to get your Christmas shopping started!

New and improved opening hours!

As we head into the longest nights of the year, we’re extending our opening hours! We’re now open ‘til late every Wednesday evening, pop in for a quiet browse, to collect your order - or to place an order.

Late opening on Thursdays will begin in November and we’ll have some Christmas Late Night Shopping events nearer to the big day: watch this space for dates!

Our final author events of 2024!

In Conversation with James Oswald

Wednesday 30th October, 7pm

St Peter’s Church, Linlithgow

Join us as we welcome James Oswald to discuss Broken Ghosts, a gothic tale of loss and longing, set between Scotland and Wales. This Celtic connection of a book is perfect for a cosy Halloween treat. We’re also looking forward to catching up with James on all things Inspector Maclean, and the goings on down at his farm - particularly his Highland cows!

Tickets £8 includes refreshments and discount on book sales on the night!

Scottish Religious Poetry

Thursday 14th November, 7pm

St Peter’s Church, Linlithgow

Join us as the three editors of the much-anticipated follow-up to the hugely popular Scottish Religious Poetry discuss this brand new anthology. Including work by some of Scotland’s best-known writers, including Mary Queen of Scots, Robert Louis Stevenson and Kathleen Jamie; as well as newer voices such as Jen Hadfield and Roseanne Watt, and Gaelic poets Sorley Maclean and Iain Crichton Smith. It also features work by much-missed John Burnside, his work representing the very best of modern Scottish poetry.

Scottish Religious Poetry celebrates the range and breadth of Scottish poetry written from a variety of religious perspectives and this event will appeal to all lovers of Scottish literature.

TICKETS £8 includes refreshments and discount on book sales on the night!

IN CONVERSATION WITH ELEANOR MORTON: LIFE LESSONS FROM HISTORICAL WOMEN

WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER, 7PM

ST PETER'S CHURCH, LINLITHGOW

Take a tour of the past and uncover stories of the women whose lives and achievements have shaped our modern world. In Life Lessons from Historical Women, Eleanor Morton celebrates the ordinary women whose decisions and accomplishments in their everyday lives resonate with us today. Taking inspiration from the thriving self-help genre, Morton reasons that the greatest lessons can be taken from the female forebears who have come before - all told with the author’s trademark offbeat humour and wit.

TICKETS £8, includes refreshments and discount on book sales on the night!

Christmas is coming: don’t panic!

Our incredibly handy FREE Christmas catalogue is now here! You can pick up your copy from the shop, or browse online and find the perfect book for the perfect gift this Christmas…

Christmas Books Catalogue 2024

And don’t forget we have a FABULOUS selection of the latest titles, many exclusive and signed editions. Plus we have Christmas cards, gift ideas and our incredibly popular ADVENT CANDLES are now in stock!

Ho ho ho…