MORE GOOD NEWS has emerged from Norwich in a report published yesterday following Norwich Christian Resource Centre‘s AGM held on November 19th: after reaching crisis point last year with a loss of £18k, the shop has returned to the black with a net income in the current financial year of £14k. The situation is far from … Continue reading »
CONGRATULATIONS to the Christian Bookshop, Rugby, as they celebrate 40 years in business: long may it continue! And I’ll let them do the talking via this superb video tour and introduction to the shop: Discover More… Revive Rugby: Rugby’s own Christian Bookshop UKCBD Entry
A BIT LATE WITH THIS NEWS but never mind: good news is always worth reporting in my book. From Network Norwich, 22/4/2012: Future of Norwich Christian centre more secure Following an appeal to the Norfolk Christian community, the business future of the Norwich Christian Resource Centre and Forget-me-not-Cafe now looks reasonably secure due to a … Continue reading »
IT’S BEEN ANOTHER REMARKABLE MONTH in the world of Christian bookselling, with news emerging of shops and businesses struggling or closing down on the one hand, rescues, signs & wonders on the other, and somewhere in between, Christian author Stephen Sizer has his back to the wall as he faces further accusations of antisemitism. Let’s weep … Continue reading »
THIS is the sort of post I love to post, oh yes. Spring has sprung, the grass is ris, and HERE is where the bookshops is. I fear the Bath may have overflowed, however, as they’ve built an ARK in Grantham, with plans to go to the rescue in Nottingham… First Microshop now open in … Continue reading »
CONGRATULATIONS to CLC Wholesale, now live at PubEasy.com. The anticipated news (officially announced March 1st) broke yesterday on facebook, with an initial post in the Christian Authors, Booksellers and Publishers, group, followed by a post from CLC Wholesale themselves on the UKCBD facebook page. Registered PubEasy users can now check wholesale availability of and place … Continue reading »
CONGRATULATIONS to Convivium Press and Alban Books on their new trade distribution partnership, to be officially launched on Wednesday 28th March 2012 at St Paul’s by Westminster Cathedral bookshop — and you, gentle reader, are invited to a drinks reception from 6pm to 7.30pm to mark that launch. RSVP is not essential but would be appreciated: … Continue reading »
CONGRATULATIONS to Petra Nemansky and the team at CLC London on their recent thanksgiving celebration for 66 years of Christian bookselling in the nation’s capital: a remarkable achievement, made all the more remarkable by the fact that they’re still there, doing it, when so many other Christian bookshops are falling by the wayside: Not only ‘still … Continue reading »
NO DOUBT there are many more good news stories kicking around out there waiting to be told, but today, three will suffice… By Royal Appointment, Booksellers to the Queen… CLC Wholesale join PubEasy – Official Announcement SPCK Shortlisted for IPG Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year Award Update, 10/3/2011: Follow on report from the team … Continue reading »
CONGRATULATIONS to Richard Greatrex as the next step forward for his recently announced bespoke bookstall service to churches begins to take shape in Bath in partnership with agreatread.co.uk, bringing the two worlds of online bookselling and local shopping together. From a report issued earlier today in the Bath Chronicle: The first of a new series … Continue reading »
