Welcome to the website of the Book Case in Hebden Bridge

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We have been serving the local community in Hebden for over 26yrs, selling a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and children's titles, as well as an expanding range of literary gift items and stationery. We also stock a full range of maps and guides for the area, as well as a comprehensive list of local history titles.

Gift Idea

Now in stock, these gorgeous cloth bound editions of the classics published by White's Fine Editions make a gift to treasure (£19.99)

NOW IN STOCK

Hebden Bridge: A Sense of Belonging

By

Paul Barker

Social historian Paul Barker grew up here and has a keen sense of belonging. He chronicles and analyses both the changes and the continuities that make Hebden Bridge special. His lively, colourful portrayal mixes personal and family memories with interviews, investigation and criticism. In his explorations, he meets, among others, a husband-and-wife puppet theatre company, the brass band, a local tattoo artist and a plain-speaking grave-digger. Each adds a unique piece to the social patchwork.

Hebden Bridge is variously lauded and decried as ‘the fourth funkiest place on the planet’, ‘the little town that time forgot’ and ‘the lesbian capital of Britain’. Such descriptions irritate, even alienate, the families who’ve lived here for generations.

These contradictions are unpacked in a series of vignettes that are, by turns, amusing, moving and insightful. Through the distinctive experiences and voices of the people who have lived here, and presented with genuine affection and curiosity, Paul Barker paints a vivid portrait of this vigorous, extraordinary place.

£16.99 Available from The Book Case

Paul Barker will be launching his book at Hebden Bridge Library Thursday 17th May at 7pm.

Free Entry - wine will be served

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Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary - Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge

by Stephen Curry and Takayoshi Andoh published by Royd Press at The Book Case.

Shortlisted for the Prestigious Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book title of the year.

We can now announce that we came second place in the voting for the Diagram Prize. After an early lead we were pipped at the post by Cooking with Poo by Saiyuud Diwong (a thai cookbook). Read more about it here. You can purchase Mr Andoh's diary direct from us. The cost is£9.99 + £1 p+p

Now in Stock

Sowerby Tales by Jean Illingworth

New from best-selling local author Jean Illingworth, the follow up to the highly successful Growing up in Sowerby.

Sowerby Tales tells the stories of life in a Pennine village through the tales of those who have lived and worked there over the years. Not only is this a fascinating social history, but Jean's engaging and conversational writing makes this a wonderful read.

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Friday 25th May at 7pm

Jill Robinson - An Evening in Berringden Brow

Upstairs Room at The Book Case

Local author and Guardian Northerner blogger

Enjoy coffee and cakes with Jill as she reads and chats about her latest novel

Life's Rich Tapestry

Jill recounts incidents from the small-town everyday oddness of life in the Pennines, including chasing errant peacocks down the back streets, 'skipping' pizzas to feed the unemployed, and finding herself chaperoning an unruly troupe of dragon dancers at a folk festival... however, the true heroes and heroines of her story are the care home residents and relatives she meets while working on a Life Histories project.

Tickets only £1.50 but strictly limited

NEW BOOK

Life! Death! Prizes!

By critically acclaimed Yorkshire based writer

Stephen May

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Here are some other suggestions for other locally based writers to try.

Sisterwives by Rachel Connor

Amelia and the Virgin by Nicky Harlow

And Then It Happened by Linda Green