Dartmouth Community Bookshop
Dartmouth Community Bookshop is a community cooperative, set up specially to sell new books to local people and visitors to Dartmouth. We believe that many people want to browse and buy books in a bookshop and we want our shop to become a focus for booklovers in the area and to help promote reading and literacy in all age groups.
We are a not-for-profit enterprise based at 12 Higher Street, Dartmouth, opposite the Cherub. We set up to replace the Harbour Bookshop, selling new books and keeping alive the connection with Christopher Robin. After lots of hard work by many people, and a generous loan, we opened the shop on December 5.
We have a good selection of childrens’ and adult books and can take orders. New stock is coming in all the time.
Andrea Saunders from the Harbour Bookshop is our professional, paid manager and chooses our stock of new books. The rest of us work as volunteers on a rota. Our list is growing and we hope many more will join.
We will soon be offering shares in the community cooperative to raise funds. Donations of £20 up to £20,000 gives you membership of the co-op and a single vote. We aim to develop outreach services linking to schools, the library and the community and to run promotional events.
If you are interested and want more information contact us via the website, at the shop or Kathy Stansfield, Secretary, Dartmouth Community Bookshop at k.stansfield583@btinternet.com tel: 01803 835140.
