Bookshops I have visited - 3: Oxfam Bookshop, Coventry.

Welcome back to my blog everyone. It is that time of the month where I give you the ins and outs to another bookshop that I have recently been to. This time, it is the Oxfam Bookshop in Coventry city centre.

When I was on my travels, I found myself in Coventry. Now having lived and studied in the West Midlands, I knew about this bookshop. Funnily enough this was not my first visit here. Just as I remembered, they have a nice range of books and music despite being on the slightly smaller side. I noticed they still had a little collection of Doctor Who stuff! I am a big Doctor Who fan.

Anyway, as I went nosing around, there was one book that caught my eye. It was this book:



Sculpted: Poetry of the North West (2013) edited by Lindsey Holland and Angela Topping. There is an introduction by David Morley who I have read before as a poet, teacher and editor. The important thing here though is that I picked up a poetry book and April (in case you were unaware) is National Poetry Month! I know I have not brought it up yet but I decided to wait until I felt the right moment came along to celebrate poetry. This book to me was something I thought I would enjoy. I love reading regional poetry as you can get an idea into somewhere that you are perhaps unfamiliar or even less familiar with. One of my favourite poets has to be Liz Berry who wrote a collection called Black Country (2014), named after the West Midlands area.

Having found that poetry book what with it being National Poetry month was the main reason I picked this bookshop as my bookshop of the month. Besides, I have been here before and it was one of those I wanted to return to. It is a nice bookshop with some books reasonably priced, others can be a little higher in price. The book I got, I thought was good value as I did pay less than 70% the original price. I did find some music over priced though.

When it comes to opening hours, they appear to be open from 09:00 - 17:00 every day of the week, except Sundays. I find it rather handy as you have some flexibility on when you can go. The Oxfam staff are polite too. Here is a bookshop that has potential to offer what you want at the right price. It is a nice bookshop and you can get yourself a book. You might get what you want at the right but even if not, it is still not a bad bookshop to visit.



Until next time,


Thomas.

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