Knaresborough turns pink in August for The Knaresborough Festival of Entertainment and…read moreVisual Arts (FEVA) feva 2009 will run from Friday 14 to Sunday 23 August Check out the website for more info http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/festival/

Well laid out shop, friendly and helpful but not overbearing staff. Seating area to browse books…read morebefore buying, excellent order service, good selection of a wide range of books.

From the owner: Independent bookshop selling new books in store and onlineread more

Unfortunately a Negative Review Refused to except a small…read moreparcel to post first class signed for due to the fact that stamps had already been applied towards payment & attempted to sell a postage label to apply over the stamps not allowing there value to be taken into consideration or I could take it to the main post office. When I informed him politely that I didn't believe this to be true he became aggressive & shouted that I wasn't welcome in his shop & ordered me to leave. Firstly I would like to point out to the aggressive shop keeper that I had walked past the "Main Post Office" to get to the small independent shop as I always try to spend with smaller businesses & intended to make an additional purchase. Secondly the stamp on the parcel had been purchased from his location earlier in the year along with a postage label. Sadly a very angry & aggressive individual & as a result a formal complaint has been made to The Post Office customer service.

I cannot believe this place! I was on my way to work and stopped outside their shop to use the…read morephone. The owner came running to the window, started banging,shouting and swearing!!!! I was understandably quite shocked and carried on my way. I did decided to phone this irate man after as maybe a case of mistaken identity.. he then accused me of taking photos of his greeting cards... what the hell! I am a successful business man (ok dressed in casual clothes because it was Friday) What do I want with photo of his cards??? Totally nuts! He did not apologise and just slammed the phone down after his false accusations. I generally like to support local business rather than going to large corporate firms but I cannot support someone who verbally abuses inocent members of the public for no reason.

Very cramped, unhelpful staff who was overheard telling a young boy being supervised by an adult…read more'do not go touching the books, this is not a library', astounding when we are trying to encourage children to respect and enjoy books rather than x-box etc

good shop, very interesting stock with stuff you don't often see in other bookshops. local…read moreinterest and children's particularly good. helpful and informed service, especially good with children's queries and questions about suitability for reading ages etcetc