The Bookshop Mons

✍️ Write your own story and share it with our public !
🍂 Take part in our first Short Stories Contest on the theme “Autumn”
📋 Rules:
- Theme : Autumn
- Max. 2000 words
- Deadline : October 10th ( send by email : [email protected] )
🗳️ You want to enjoy and support our local authors, then join the audience to elect the best one !
➡️ Both public and contestants can attend this October 18th event at 19:00 by registering here : www.thebookshopmons.be/event

🦾 He's back. He's rested. His books are ready to pack !

🎉 We're excited to welcome you again as always:
from Monday to Thursday : 10:00 – 18:30
from Friday to Saturday : 10:00 – 19:00

🏠 Let's meet at the usual place ; ) :
on the pedestrian street in Mons – Rue de la Chaussée n°26-28

😎Summer is here ! It's time for us to get some rest and sunlight ! Hence we will close from July 21st to August 12th.

📚Do visit before to pick up your orders and stock up though. We wouldn't want you to be empty-handed.

☀️All in all, we wish you the best of holidays and fair weather !

👍We'll be happy to meet all of you again from August 12th to talk books !

☀️💪 Are you ready for our Summer Reading Program Challenge ?

📚 Read as many books as you can from July 1st to August 31st to win one of our prizes !

5 books read = a coffee with your host ☕ or chocolate for children 🍫
10 books read = a decorated bookmark 🔖
20 books read = a decorated notebook 📔 or a stuffed dragon toy for children 🐉
(books will be accounted for through your loyalty account during this summer)

🤠 This Summer, let's live literary adventures like never before !

✒️ Last week, we had our first poetry night. Poets from around the world wrote about English bookshops for the pleasure of us all ! And now yours too !

❤️ Thanks to all of them for this incredible time !

📜 Congratulations to our contest winner Stephen ! His poem will soon be printed and sold in The Bookshop Mons !

✒️ Did you know Poetry eases both body and soul ? Do you feel the heart of a poet yourself ?

📜 Take a moment out of time to listen to original poems or come to read your own !

☀️ Let's make a start of summer to remember !

➡️ Both public and contestants can attend this June 21st event at 19:00 by registering here : www.thebookshopmons.be/event

🧐 You don’t know what to read this summer ? Trust us to build a book pile for you !

📚 We will suggest you books based on your wishes, likes and budget : a bundle tailored for you !

🛍️📱 Request your pile now in store or by sending us a message online !

🎉 The Bookshop Mons is already 3 months old ! We thank all of you for your daily support and for making this place special !

🙏 It has been a blessing to be able to meet you, find the best book companions with you, or just share our love of books and culture together during awesome events.

❤️ We are excited for the future, to show you all the surprises we still have in store and to continue building this "Home away from home" together !

➡️ Join our next events on : https://www.thebookshopmons.be/event

We had the honor to host bestselling author Rachel Lynn Solomon , last Saturday !

😊 Her passionate and good-hearted romance novels had already convinced many of you but we could hardly have been prepared for such a kind and generous guest.
📚 Not only did she sign copies but she took all the time she could with each reader, even with yours truly !
🗣️ She did also answer all your questions about her books and the writing process in an awesome Q/A before reading parts of her next book “Past, Present, Future” coming out on June 6th. One of you even won an pre-publication copy !
🐉 Rachel left us with a “Doudou” Dragon and a copy “Silver Lining” by our local romance writer Rory Ford, while we treasure great novels and unforgettable memories.

[ CONTEST 🎁 ]

🎟️ In collaboration with Mars - Mons arts de la scène, we offer 2x2 tickets for the Compagnie Canicule play in English « Unbelievable ».

🎭 Live the American Dream for an evening with Britney Spears, Donald Trump, lookalike contests and shiny costumes.
This play questions relationships of power and fascination in the US, revealing our contradictions.

➡️ How to participate ? Tag a friend you'd like to go to the play with in the comments !
We'll draw the winner on Monday 13th (We'll make an announcement on our account, beware of social media crooks).

More info on the play : https://surmars.be/evenement/unbelievable/

[ CONTEST 🎁 ]

The Bookshop Mons will host a Meet & Greet with the New York Times bestselling author Rachel Lynn Solomon on May the 18th. For the occasion, we organize a public contest ! ✍

The winner will receive a signed copy of one of her books along with a customized comment ! 📖

How to participate ? ⬇

- Register for the event on our website : https://www.thebookshopmons.be/event

- Follow our account

- Identify a friend in the comments

- Share this publication on your account

We'll draw the winner on Wednesday 15th🏆 (We'll make an announcement on our account, beware of social media crooks).

Events | thebookshopmons May 02 Conversation Table 2 Culture is sharing. We organize conversation tables in English where people from all backgrounds can meet and discuss around a book. Mons, Belgium

📅 Meet & Greet Caroline Wlomainck

📕 We'll host a Belgian author from Tournai : Caroline Wlomainck on April 27th from 7pm to 8pm.

💬 She'll answer every question you have about her first book translated into English : « Incisives »

😱 A collection of short stories telling the worst humanity can offer.

✍️ Meet the author and have the opportunity to have your own signed copy !

💻📱 Interested? Register now on our website : https://www.thebookshopmons.be/event

📅 Meet & Greet : Rachel Lynn Solomon

📔 We will have the honor of welcoming the New York Times bestselling author Rachel Lynn Solomon in our bookshop on May 18th from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

📚 She wrote books like : The Ex Talk, Business or Pleasure, We Can't Keep Meeting Like This.

✍️ You will have the opportunity to meet her and have your favorite books signed !

💬 We will also organize a Question/Answer session. Rachel Lynn Solomon will even read a passage from her next book : Past Present Future.

💻📱 Interested ? Register now on our website : https://www.thebookshopmons.be/event

🏡 Have you had a bad day ? You can't find the time to say hi ? Your Bookshop will be waiting for you at home.

💻📱 Never out of time, never out of reach, order on our website to get your books delivered to you.

❤️ Jerry will prepare your new friends with care.

📚 Dive in our selection on https://www.thebookshopmons.be

Save the date ! We organize our first children storytime !
Our children space might be welcoming but we also want it to be a place of wonder ✨

📖 Jerry will read "Rufus" by Tomi Ungerer and will also be assisted by Meyssa Gia illustration, our friend and local artist. She will draw the story in real time to complete our storytime with a sense of surprise.

👦👧 We will exceptionnaly close during the event to preserve both security and ambiance.

📅 March 27th 15:00 at The Bookshop Mons (30min)

💻 Registration via our website : https://www.thebookshopmons.be/event/children-storytime-1-2/register

We've built The Bookshop Mons as a Home where book lovers from all backgrounds can meet and discuss in English. Let's share our passion and build this Community Center together ! 🤗

We're happy to invite you to our first activities :

📖 Children storytime : March 27th 15:00 – Jerry will read « Rufus », assisted by a local artist who will draw the story in real time.

💬 Conversation table : April 4th 19:00 – We'll use the « Arpentage » reading method, where each participant only reads a chapter of the book and has to discuss with the others to reconstruct the story.

📗 Beginner's bookclub : April 13th 19:00 – You're starting to read in English ? Join our bookclub by beginners and for beginners ! Idéal pour commencer à lire en anglais.

📕 Advanced bookclub : April 15th 19 :30 – Share your passion with fellow enthousiasts.

Registration is free but mandatory via our website https://www.thebookshopmons.be/event

We're thrilled to share these moments with all of you ! 🥰

He is your host at ; but who is Jerry ? 🤷

We share a common passion : the love of ! 😍

Culture is sharing. We'll organize conversation tables in where people from all backgrounds can meet and discuss around a book 💬

Join our next sessions to discover gems and other treasures 📚

Stay tuned ... We may have other surprises for you 😉

Our buy-back program will strive to match with loving homes ❤️

Our local TV is talking about us ! Only 14 days to go ! 😃

Mons accueille la première librairie anglophone de Wallonie Le 1er mars s'ouvre à Mons la première librairie anglophone de Wallonie. The Bookshop se veut plus qu'une librairie. Jerry Systermans, son créateur compte créer un véritable centre culturel anglophone dans la Cité du Doudou, un lieu qui rassemblera toutes les communautés expatriées de la ré...

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What is so special about The Bookshop ?

💘 Passion : The love of is our driving force

📚 Selection : We select quality books matching you

🌎 Community : We want to be this space of exchanges and sharing

💬 Family : A place to (re)discover books where you can sit and get to know each other

The Bookshop , what is it ?

📚 A where you will find all kinds of : thrillers, romances, fantasy, science fiction, comics, manga, for children, etc.

💬 A center where English readers will discuss their favorite books, whether in our book club or in other activities.

🎨 A cultural space where you will find English like made by Meyssa Gia illustration

🏠 The Bookshop Mons is a space where you will feel at home ! Join us from March 1st !