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the website of 'The Book Shop' Bridport, one of the worlds main sellers of books about Dorset and books by Dorset authors.

Local Authors

We stock an extensive range of books by local authors. As well as Hardy and Fowles, Dorset has numerous lesser known writers who's books are always kept in stock. Telephone or e-mail us for more details. dorsetbooks

VISIT THE WEBSITES OF LOCAL AUTHORS SPONSORED BY THE BOOK SHOP:
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www.dorset books.com/rebecca (Rebecca Laughton)
www.dorset books.com/bridport (Rodney Legg - Book of Bridport)
www.dorset books.com/Ianlowis (Ian Lowis - Slippery Oil Tales)

www.dorset books.com/georgemillar (George Millar)

www.dorset books.com/davemort (Dave Mort)
www.dorset books.com/tim (Tim Nickels)
www.dorset books.com/pastor (Andrew Pastor)
www.dorset books.com/johnpayne (John Payne)
www.dorset books.com/pinney (Lucy Pinney)
www.dorset books.com/harry (Harry Poole)

www.dorset books.com/dorsetpoetry (Dorset Perspective)

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or click for full book listing......... full listing of local authors


Rebecca Laughton has the definitive book for all smallholders..........

SURVIVING AND THRIVING ON THE LAND
(How to use your time and energy to run a successful smallholding)

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Rodney Legg - Book of Bridport, Dorset

Rodney Legg visited The Book Shop Bridport to sign copies of his "Book of Bridport"

This deeply researched book of the Town, Harbour & West Bay is brilliantly presented and contains many historic photographs.

.............THE BOOK OF BRIDPORT

Ian Lowis - A senior oil analyst travelled all over the UK, Europe & North America. Ian now resides locally and has published this very compelling book...........

.................'SLIPPERY OIL TALES'

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Dave Mort local Bridport AuthorLocal character and autor DaveMort has just launched a new novel, a dark satire on post war US foreign and domestic policy:

"Play it Again Uncle Sam"

this and his first novel: Money For Old Rope
are available through 'The Book Shop' ....... More

 

Local Autor Tim Nickels stories range from slipstream to surreal to science fiction of the most speculative sort. Some are, frankly, all but incomprehensible, while others tickle the edge of your imagination with elusive promises of meaning.

The 21 stories in this collection are peculiarly English in their style.............................

.................. The English Soil Society

Village Voices: Fartming Families by Andrew PastorVILLAGE VOICES: FARMING FAMILIES
Compiled and edited by Andrew Pastor

Andrew Pastor has recorded interviews with local people living between Lewesdon Hill in West Dorset and Clapton in South Somerset for the past two years. This is the first of two books setting out his collection of interviews. ................................. more

John PayneThe West Country: A Cultural HistoryJohn Payne came to The Book Shop to sign coppies of his new book - 'The West Country: A Cultural History'

This book not only explores Dorset, but it covers the other of the five south-western counties of England: Wiltshire,Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

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Lucy Pinney BridportLucy Pinney has been delighted to see her book based on experiences of the Dorset countryside beat Harry Potter in a top ten of sales in Bridport.

Her new book Country Wife held the number one spot in the top ten best sellers at the Bookshop for two weeks.

.........................LUCY PINNEY Lucy Pinney A Country Wife

Harry Poole books on Powerstock, West Milton, Poorton, DorsetLocal author Harry Poole who's books on Powerstock and the surrounding villages are no longer available in print can still be read.

The Book Shop is now making them available for you to read on this site: www.dorsetbooks.com/harry

Dorset Perspective an anthology of contemporary Dorset PoetryDorset Perspective
................................................ an anthology of contemporary Dorset Poetry

Following on the success of the three previous years' Children's Anthologies, when when the winning entries were collated from each of the three Young People's Competitions, aimed at encouraging children to write and read poetry, it was thought this year a new idea could be tried out: adult poetry inspired by Dorset's unique contours..................................... more details and poetry......... Dorset Perspective

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