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Serenity Booksellers, Stockport (2025)

18/08/2025

Peter James’ Roy Grace is Queen Camilla’s favourite fictional detective and now she plays a leading role in his latest thriller, The Hawk is Dead!

Combining Peter’s classic fast-paced action with extensive behind-the-scenes research at Buckingham Palace, The Hawk is Dead is the not-to-be-missed publishing event of the autumn and the perfect entry point into the world of Roy Grace for anyone yet to meet him.

Following a fantastic event with Peter back in September 2024, we’re delighted to be welcoming him back to Stockport on Sunday 12th October, this time at the beautiful St. Mary’s Church on Churchgate. He’ll be talking to Bookshop co-owner Chris about how Queen Camilla and King Charles came to feature in the book, plus his fascinating research learning about the inner workings of the Royal Household and Buckingham Palace.

Tickets are £5 each or £22 including a hardback copy of The Hawk is Dead (a week ahead of its official publication). The event will be held in the beautiful St. Mary’s Church, Churchgate, Stockport SK1 1YG.

Event starts at 6:00pm (doors at 5.30pm)

Tickets at the link or in both bookshops.

Link in comments or at the bookshop counters for tickets!

17/08/2025

We are so looking forward to this!

Join us in our Stockport town centre bookshop on Tuesday 16th September when we welcome award-winning author, broadcaster and journalist Damian Barr to the shop to discuss his new book The Two Roberts - a captivating and beautiful novel about art, class and q***r love based on the true story of working class artists Robert Colquhoun and Bobby MacBryde.

Damian will be in conversation with author and poet Andrew McMillan, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £18.99 including a copy of The Two Roberts, available through the link in comments or at either of the bookshop counters. Light refreshments are included in the ticket price.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

15/08/2025

A big thank you to Ashley Thorpe for including us on his tour of independent bookshops on publication day for his brand new book for kids that love adventure - SPIRIT WARRIORS!

An alternate Jamaica of magic and mystery, inspired by figures from history and Caribbean ghost stories ...this amazing book is the Books Are My Bag Indie Book of the Month!

Signed copies available in both Stockport and Romiley bookshops now!

15/08/2025

Love That Endures: A Conversation on Baby Loss and Healing.

This Wasn’t Meant to Happen - Ali Harris in Conversation with Jennie Agg

A very special evening in Romiley of connection, conversation and community for a discussion on love, loss, and the role that writing and sharing stories play in surviving the darkest of times - and in finding hope on the other side.

This September, to celebrate the launch of her new novel This Wasn’t Meant to Happen, Ali will be joined by the award-winning journalist and author, Jennie Agg.

Talking about these themes with author friends whose work Ali deeply admires feels like the most joyful and meaningful way to mark this moment - a reminder that community holds us up, and that honest conversation has the power to heal, hold, connect and strengthen us.

Inspired by her own experience of baby loss, the novel tells the story of Sofie, a woman terrified of risk, whose world is upended when she experiences the stillbirth of her baby boy, Leo. As Sofie and her husband navigate the deep waters of grief, they are forced to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew about love, marriage, identity, and the fragility of life.

Yes, it’s a story about loss, but it’s also a story about what comes after. It’s about survival, friendship, family, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going. It’s about choosing hope, even in the darkest moments. In many ways, it’s the ultimate love story.

Readers have said it will “break your heart and put it back together again.” Many have told Ali that they’ve felt seen, held, comforted - even uplifted — by this book. It’s a novel that invites you to feel deeply, and to ask yourself, in the words of Mary Oliver:

What will you do with your one wild and precious life?

Whether you’ve known grief yourself or love someone who has, this event is for anyone who believes in the power of stories to heal, to connect us, and to remind us we’re not alone.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £9.99 including a copy of This Wasn’t Meant to Happen. Complimentary light refreshments are included in the ticket price.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) at Serenity Romiley, 12 The Precinct SK6 4EA

14/08/2025

Join us in our Romiley bookshop for a fun evening of guessing ‘who done it’ with the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author, Martin Edwards as we talk about his engaging puzzle-novel, Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife.

Martin will be in conversation with co-owner Chris as we look at this play along book, plus find out more about Martin and his love of all things crime fiction!

The talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing and complimentary light refreshments are included in the ticket price.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £16.99 including a copy of Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife. Available through the link in comments or shop counters.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

About the book:

Find the clues. Play along. Solve the murder first.

‘A true master of British crime writing.’ RICHARD OSMAN
‘All the entertainment you’ll need this Christmas. Wonderful stuff.’ IAN MOORE

Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting:

Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully atmospheric village in north Yorkshire to win a prize that will change your fortunes for good.

Six members of staff from the shadowy Trust are there to make sure everyone plays fair. The contestants have been meticulously vetted but you can never be too careful. And with the village about to be cut off by a snow storm, everyone needs to be extra vigilant. Midwinter can play tricks on people’s minds…

The game is set – but playing fair isn’t on everyone’s Christmas list.

After all, when the prize is to die for, it’s so tempting to inject a little murder into the mystery.

13/08/2025

A venue change has meant that our previously sold out event with the wonderful Len Pennie, we have a few more tickets available!

Now with our friends at

poyums annaw - an evening with Len Pennie
6:30pm- 8:30pm

Runaway Brewery and Taproom 9-11 Astley Street, Stockport, SK4 1AW

Len Pennie is the award-winning author of the bestselling poetry collection poyums and we’re thrilled to be welcoming her to Stockport for the launch of her stunning follow-up poyums annaw - an incisive and fiercely honest collection of poems that confront sudjects such as the patriarchy, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and mental illness.

Receiving rave reviews from the likes of Lemn Sissay, Susie Dent and Nigella Lawson, poyums had the biggest week of poetry sales in the UK when released in 2024 and in May this year, Len became the first poet in a decade to receive an award at the British Book Awards.

*Due to outselling the original venue, this event has now moved to the Runaway Brewery in Stockport*

Tickets are £5.00 each or £14.99 including a copy of poyums annaw and can be bought through the link in comments or from either shop.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

Getting to Runaway Brewery…

Train & Bus: The brewery/taproom is within easy reach of Stockport’s bus (1 minutes walk) and train (8 minutes walk) stations.

Parking: There is no parking at Runaway Brewery and Taproom but they are a short stroll from Heaton Lane Carpark, Great Egerton Street, Stockport SK1 1RS

Cycle: They have space for cycle parking in the courtyard to the rear of the brewery (Bike parking at owners risk)

12/08/2025

BOOK LAUNCH! ✨🚀

Join us in Romiley on Tuesday 9th September for the launch of Kerry (KJ) Whittle’s debut novel SEVEN REASONS TO MURDER YOUR DINNER GUESTS - a knife-sharp thriller that sees seven strangers at an anonymously hosted dinner party recieve mysterious cards that reveal the age at which they will die.

With all the twists and traits of a devilishly puzzling Agatha Christie tale, it’ll keep you hooked until the very end!
Kerry will be in conversation with local crime author Chris McDonald (A Wash of Black) and the talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and booksigning.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £9.99 including a copy of Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests and can be bought through the link in comments or from either shop.

Light refreshments are included in the ticket price.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm) on Tuesday 9th September at our Romiley shop, 12 The Precinct SK6 4EA.

11/08/2025

We are absolutely thrilled and honoured to be welcoming the three time International Booker Prize nominee and highly acclaimed Argentinian author Samanta Schweblin to Stockport for the launch of her new short story collection Good and Evil and Other Stories (tr: Megan McDowell). Samanta will be in conversation with Jodie Matthews (Meet Me at the Surface) and the talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £16.99 including a copy of Good and Evil and Other Stories. Light refreshments are included in the ticket price. Available through the link in comments or at the counters in the bookshops.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

About the book:

The strange and explosive new collection from the incomparable imagination of Samanta Schweblin, a master of the short story.

11/08/2025

✨ Special Event! ✨

Natalie Haynes – No Friend To This House

Stoller Hall
7.30pm
Hunts Bank Manchester M3 1DA

The quest for a magical object, the ship for an impossible journey, the crew for a remarkable story…

The Argonauts and their search for the Golden Fleece has been one of the most enduring myths in history, told and retold for well over 2500 years. But what did the Greeks themselves make of this tale? Where did the fleece come from, how did you find it, who guarded it, and how could you steal it?

Join Natalie Haynes, star of Radio 4’s Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics – now in its 11th series – to find out.

‘The modern embodiment of the best of Homer’ – Radio Times

‘Natalie Haynes is a rockstar mythologist’ – Washington Post

Copies of No Friend To This House will be available to buy at the event. Natalie Haynes will be signing copies of the book after the show.

Tickets available through the Stoller Hall website (Link in comments)

10/08/2025

Embracing the pigeon in Stockport.
(If you can’t beat them, put ‘em on your window!)
Art by

05/08/2025

Tonight in Romiley…the lovely Suzan Holder for her brand new novel, What Would Dolly Do? Thank you Suzan!

03/08/2025

Join us for a darkly comic evening as we welcome Connor Hutchinson to our Stockport bookshop for the launch of his debut novel DEAD LUCKY.

Set in Openshaw, Manchester, Dead Lucky follows Jamie, an embalmer at a funeral home with a secret gambling addiction. As his debts get bigger, and the pressure mounts to get his life together, he comes up with increasingly elaborate and unconventional ways to cover his tracks.

Funny, tender and honest, Dead Lucky explores the intricacies of working-class communities, masculinity and addiction and has already been getting rave reviews from the likes of Mike Leigh.

Connor will be in conversation with co-owner Chris and the talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £20.00 including a copy of Dead Lucky and can be bought from the link or either shop. Light refreshments are included in the ticket price.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

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