Right from the first time you see us, you know we’re no ordinary bookshop. While there’s nothing to distinguish our chainstore rival’s displays, you can always tell that we’re not Wartstones. We don’t use generic posters and unlike Smithers and Wartstones, we don’t get paid by publishers to make their books more prominent. Oh, and we actually know about the books we’re promoting…
First up and simply because it’s only right to remember… a display that recalls the sacrifices of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents generation. Though as a recent publication reminds us, there’s only one man left alive who fought as a ‘Tommy’ in the Trenches. His name is Harry Patch and his life has spanned 6 monarchs and 20 prime ministers. The book is: ‘The Last Fighting Tommy‘ and this window is by Mark. This mark of respect has attracted such interest from the local community that the Royal British Legion – who have offices in Worthing – gave us some extra large poppies to add to the display:
The next window ties in very much with our Deputy Chairman’s work for the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. The copyright to the original JM Barrie Peter Pan story is held by the hospital who commissioned an authorised sequel from a writer chosen by anonymous competition. That writer was Geraldine McCaughrean and she is the author of ‘Peter Pan in Scarlet’. Profits from the sales of this book go toward the charity and this Christmas, customers who support their independent bookstores can have the chance to have a boxed set of the original book and the authorised sequel dedicated to them personally. You can also support the charity by clicking on the link to the right (it’s a doodle of a kid’s face on a white box). This window is Jen’s handiwork:
Occasionally, an in-store display will match the drama of our window displays and this bookcase is a celebration of the launch of the original Penguin Classics. The display sits in front of the dramatic windows that have had a conservation order slapped on them and is accompanied by bits and pieces added by various staff members including Colin who found the posters tucked away somewhere:
And just to show that it’s not just the future that is bright and orange… a Halloween window by Jen:
With a sense of the dramatic, a window celebrating the premier writer of the English language, William Shakespeare:
As though to underline the point that we just don’t do generic displays generated by some anonymous team of cappucino-sucking munchkins at ‘Head Orifice’, a window which features books coloured pink. Why? Well, because…
