Welcome to The Hayling Island Bookshop
The Hayling Island Bookshop is one of the last remaining independent bookshops in the area and has gained a reputation for the quality of personal service and their innovative Author signing events.Authors we have run events with include Terry Pratchett,Jacqueline Wilson, Anne Widdecombe, Ian Whybrow, Kate Mosse, Derek Landy, Chris Ryan, Darren Shan and Louis de Bernieres.
We also provide bookselling services at author events run by Portsmouth School Library Service and Hampshire Library Service. In addition the Bookshop also ran the children's and Hayling events for the 2008 and 2009 Havant Literary Festivals.
In 2009 The Hayling Island Bookshop was named as South of England Independent Bookshop of the year.Bookshop proprietor Marie Telford is a member of the Advisory Panel for the Independent Booksellers Forum within the Booksellers Association and, with her husband Colin, regularly meets with other independent booksellers to share experiences on how to keep small bookshops alive and well in the UK. They are also active in the local community using their event management experience to sponsor and organise the Hayling Island Scarecrow Festivals in 2007,2008 and 2009. Over 4500 visitors and residents took part in the 2009 Scarecrow Festival.
The Hayling Island Bookshop will again be the main sponsor for The Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival in 2010.
Latest News FromThe Hayling Island Bookshop
We are partnering with The Spring the newly refurbished arts and heritage centre in Havant, to present a varied programme of author events during 2010.We will also be supporting The Portsmouth Festivities 2010 as Official Bookseller to the Events Programme. Details of this exciting programme will be announced on the Festivities website
February
February 2nd at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre Havant in conjunction with The Hayling Island Bookshop,paleobiologist Professor Michael Boulter will be talking about his book Darwin's Garden. Tickets from The Spring Box Office 02392 472700.
March
March 4th at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre Havant in conjunction with The Hayling Island Bookshop historical fiction writer Fiona Mountain will be talking about her book Lady Of The Butterflies.Tickets from The Spring Box Office 02392 472700.
April
Watch out for announcements about a very well known children's illustrator who will be holding and event in conjunction with the exibition at The Spring about the History of Children's Illustration.
