BookWyrm

An indie bookshop owned by a husband/husband Duo in heart of Durham City Centre.

Photos from BookWyrm's post 24/09/2024

Rodeo Roundup... Surprise tabletop edition!?!?

Welcome back to Miles' Writing Rodeo! It has been a while, hasn't it? For those who have only just joined us, my aim for this challenge has been to finish 12 stories in 12 months. This month's Rodeo is a bit of an odd one, though, because it won't have an ending. And that's exactly why I wanted to talk about it!

Inspired by the journalling game Apawthecaria and the difficulty I had in learning and setting up the game, I've made a small journalling game of my very own, one easy to learn and play, but based around a fantasy book I love. (You may recognize it as the one featured in my Zine, All the Lonely Fandoms!)

I aim to limit myself to a maximum of one page per day, with random encounters helping to organically develop a character who adapts and changes in a setting and story that isn't under my control.

My hope is that doing this will create a writing experience that will feel new every time I play. By drawing cards from a standard 52-card deck, I can pull one of 52 potential encounters. By rolling a dice, I'll then find out whether the experience had a positive or negative impact on my character. 

Eg: 

I draw a 6 of clubs and try to learn a new skill.

I rolled a 3. My project went badly and, disappointed, I plan to try again another day.

While I'm hoping to give this story a concrete beginning, middle and end within a single notebook, what those pages contain is completely up to chance.

Whether I stick with this journalling project for 3 months or 3 years, I'm looking forward to giving it my best shot!

Photos from BookWyrm's post 21/09/2024

Author signing!!!

Today we were absolutely delighted to host one of our favourite local authors, Emma Whitehall, for a mini-signing!

Signed copies of Clockwork Magpies and Heretical, are now both available in BookWyrm!!!

18/09/2024

BookWyrm Autumn Opening hours

We’re going to be closed for a couple of Mondays, Sept 23rd and Sept 30th, just as a chance to rest up a little bit.

We’ll have stalls in the outdoor market for freshers weekend, as well as having our usual shop open in the indoor market, on Sept 28th & Sept 29th!

17/09/2024

BookWyrm’s Month-in-Review for August is live now!!
In this issue we talk much more about Durham Children’s Book Festival and reflect on our summer of back-to-back events!!
You know where to find it!

Photos from BookWyrm's post 09/09/2024

Release day!!!!

We're absolutely delighted to introduce Harvey Oliver Baxter's new book, Forever Red, to our shelves!!

Whether you loved Fallen Thorns or a newcomer to the series, you'll absolutely love following the story of an indie vampire goth band in this fully-illustrated prequel.

It is an absolutely glorious book, full of stunning works of art. I'm so excited to read it and I'm sure you will be too!

We have 10 copies in store, so pop by for yours or reserve it on our website today!!

Photos from BookWyrm's post 02/09/2024

Author Q&A!!

It's a zine making day, so Miles is opening the floor to questions while he works!! Pop over to our stories to ask about:

-His works!

-His art!

-His process!

-His inspirations!
..And just about anything in between!!

Enjoy!

Photos from BookWyrm's post 26/08/2024

Matching the classic car to the gay book!

It's a bank holiday, the bookshop is open, there's classic cars all around the city amdthe sun is shining!

26/08/2024

We are opent today!!

We forgot to make a post earlier in the week but we're open today!! (bank holiday monday 26th august)
Our hours are slightly reduced, 11am to 4pm

Theres classic cars all the way around town so why not check those out after buying some gay books!!

Photos from BookWyrm's post 24/08/2024

Author Visit!!

Thanks so much to for visiting the shop and sigining copies of his new picture book What the Crow Saw Below!!
It was lovely to catch up, very excited for all your future projects!!

Photos from BookWyrm's post 23/08/2024

A Big Thank You!!

We’ve wanted to say a Big Thank You to everyone who helped make Durham Children’s Book Festival happen!!
It was our very first year ‘taking over’ the event and it went amazingly! Our biggest event yet!! We hope you all enjoyed it if you came along, feel free to tag us in any photos you took at the festival.

A few special thank yous go to the whole team at Durham Markets for their help in making the festival happen, City of Durham Parish Council for providing funding for the festival and Durham BID for inviting the wonderful W***y Wonka, Gruffalo, Peter Rabbit and Where’s Wally to join in the festivities!

Of course we could not have done this without our incredible local authors! Everyone’s workshops looked so fun!! Heres the full list of authors, please do go and give them a follow, you can find all their books in BookWyrm now!!
The Magical World of Mushroom Marvellous (Kylie Dixon)
Roundabout Rabbits
Cait Stott
chloe.atkinson_author
Lauren Osborne Artworks
Miles Nelson - Author and Illustrator

19/08/2024

Durham Children's Book Festival takes place tomorrow and Wednesday - and we’re proud to be supplying costume characters for this free, family-fun event.

The festival, organised by Durham Markets and BookWyrm, features a full line-up of free entertainment.

There will also be face-painting, a treasure trail and Bugs ‘n’ Stuff will be there with their mini beasts.

For the full line-up, and timings, visit https://durhammarkets.co.uk/event/childrens-book-fest/

19/08/2024

Just one more sleep!!

Durham Children’s Book Festival is nearly here and we couldn’t be more excited! Two days full of free family fun! Six local author’s giving readings, signings and writing workshops! One hundred pounds to be won in our city-wide treasure hunt!!

Will you be there??

Durham Markets Durham BID City of Durham Parish Council Indie Durham City The Magical World of Mushroom Marvellous Roundabout Rabbits bugsnstuff.com Lauren Osborne Artworks chloe.atkinson_author Durham Children's Book Festival

14/08/2024

Have you been to this brilliantly eccentric and independent book shop in Durham?
are doing amazing things as indie book stockists and I was delighted when Miles & Chris the owners asked me to be part of The Durham Children's book festival for the 4th year running! 📚

🤩The lads are now the new co-ordinators of this prestigious event which brings in many people to Durham city centre and they are doing a splendid job!

If you are coming with your families I will be rocking in with rainbow mushies 🍄 on Tuesday 20th ay 11am so come and make sure you get your seats in time!

Make sure you give Bookwyrm a visit too - they are located in the indoor market and you will be amazed at what they have done to their space in such a short time

Top job lads! 😍




Durham Children's Book Festival

Photos from Lauren Osborne Artworks's post 14/08/2024
Photos from BookWyrm's post 13/08/2024

One Week To Go!!

It’s nearly time for our biggest event yet, Durham Children’s Book Festival!! We’ve got two days chock full of family fun featuring local author book readings, signings and writing workshops as well as creepy crawlies from bugsnstuff.com and face painting!
You’ll also get the chance to meet your favourite story book characters and partake in a city-wide treasure hunt!

Event programmes can be found around the city very soon so keep an eye out for them!

City of Durham Parish Council Durham Markets Durham BID Indie Durham City Roundabout Rabbits Lauren Osborne Artworks chloe.atkinson_author The Magical World of Mushroom Marvellous

12/08/2024

A stack of online orders, wrapped and ready to journey off to their new homes today!

Thanks so much to everyone who ordered through our website last week whilst we were closed! We hope your books reach you swiftly!!

Photos from Durham BID's post 10/08/2024
Photos from BookWyrm's post 10/08/2024

BookWyrm’s July: Month in Review

New post over on our Patreon for all members! (Yes, that includes Free members too!)
We take a look back at July and everything that happened in one of our busiest months yet!!
There’s too much to list here so you’ll have to head over to our Patreon and have a read yourself!

Heres the link!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookwyrms-july-109830611?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

09/08/2024

Thank you!!

Over July we raised £340 for the amazing and it’s all thanks to your generous donations both in the shop and on our LocalGiving page!

Our second birthday celebrations have been wonderful and it’s all thanks to all of you! Thank you for making this birthday one to remember!!

08/08/2024

We will be open today!

Again, we are hearing some rumours of things happening in town today but again, we cannot confirm if these rumours are true. We aren't seeing as much about today as earlier in the week so we are operating with normal hours. If this changes we will let you know via our socials.

Thank you to everyone who placed an order on our website, that has helped massively with the business we've lost while the shop was closed. We will get your orders ready today 🩷🩵

Photos from BookWyrm's post 07/08/2024

It's been a really difficult decision but ultimately we have decided to remain closed today.

This has been such a hard choice to make as we understand how important safe spaces like ours are, especially at times of uncertainty.

We were worried that being open would encourage people to come into town, putting them at risk and thats not something we ever want to do.

We will be open tomorrow as normal. Stay Safe and avoid the city if you can. Whilst the shop is closed, our website remains open. If theres anything you'd like us to order in, just reach out.

Your support means everything to us in this difficult situation. Everyone's well wishes and messages mean the world 🩷🩵🐉

06/08/2024

We will be omce again closing early at 3:30pm based on advice from the market managers and police.
We will be making a decision on what to do tomorrow soon.

Please stay safe and avoid the city if you are able.

05/08/2024

Quick little heads up, we have closed a little bit earlier today (Monday August 5th) following rumours of a Far-Right riot happening in the city.

We are currently unsure of how true these rumours are but thought it best not to risk our safety.

Please be safe if you are in the city tonight, avoid the city if you can.

Photos from The Magical World of Mushroom Marvellous's post 03/08/2024
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Unit 12, Durham Market Hall
Durham
DH13NJ

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4:30pm

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