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OUR TOP 20 BEST-SELLERS in 2021 in BEST-SELLERS 20 TOP OUR BOOK ORDERING AND BOOK ENQUIRIES ENQUIRIES BOOK AND ORDERING BOOK BURWAY BOOKS RESPONSE TO COVID-19 “If we hadn’t done this there’d always have been things we wouldn't have known, a part of ourselves we (updated 18th March 2021) wouldn't have found, resilience we didn't know we had.” We are OPEN FOR BUSINESS even though our shop has from ‘The Salt Path’ by Raynor Winn been closed to the public from Wednesday 6th January in accordance with government guidelines. But we have OVER OUR BOOKSELLERS’ RECENT READS HAPPY EASTER 6,000 titles IN STOCK and we are able to fulfil orders, Although the shop won’t be open to the public for Easter, please although delivery may be slower from our suppliers due to any There are a lot of new titles coming out at the moment, and we also remember that we can send books by post to your friends and prevailing guidelines. have shelves full of books in a wide variety of genres, recent and family—or you can come and collect if you live locally. Please allow
Classic, fiction and non-fiction. Here is a selection of some of the at least 3 working days (for books that we have in stock) to make We will also update our window display regularly to showcase books that we have enjoyed in 2021 to date: sure they arrive in time for Easter. some of our books and give you ideas and recommendations. Our website includes our online shop, and our Twitter and Ros: Instagram accounts will also be updated regularly with news and recommendations etc. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford Please see the back page of this Newsletter for details of how The Midnight Library by Matt Haig you can order from us. Inventory of a Life Mislaid by Marina Warner
When it is safe and legal to do so we will reopen—hopefully not too long to wait now. Keep an eye on our website and shop window for the latest updates.
Hilary: IS THIS THE PERFECT BOOK FOR CHURCH STRETTON? The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP OF THE YEAR 2020 The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths REGIONAL FINALIST Sally Coulthard weaves the fascinating story of sheep into a Lethal White by Robert Galbraith vivid and colourful tapestry, thickly threaded with engaging Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce We were delighted to be shortlisted again in the British Book anecdotes and remarkable ovine facts. So much of Church Business as Usual by Anne Stafford & Jane Oliver Awards as a Regional Finalist for Midlands Region. Throughout Stretton’s history features sheep, from the town-ceentre sheep the Covid-19 crisis Burway Books has endeavoured to be proactive sales to Carding Mill Valley (which wouldn't be Carding Mill rather than reactive and to place the community at the heart of its re- Valley without a nod to sheep’s wool!). sponse. Little things can matter in bleak times, and Ros, Hilary, and Alun: Gwen created elaborate, informative and, above all, jolly window-displays. These are changed on a frequent basis, usually multi- In a Free State by V S Naipaul ple times each week. ‘Community’ however, does not just mean that of Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman Church Stretton and environs but a wider ‘community of readers’ across the entire country, and we have made an effort to reach out through social media – in particular Twitter and Instagram.
We were not selected to go through to the national final, nonetheless we are very proud of our bookshop and very grateful for the support we have received (and continue to receive) from our customers. Thank you. “This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari’s ‘Sapiens’” Julia Norton, the Yorkshire Vet.