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ROMILEY PRECINCT & STOCKPORT TOWN CENTRE
A family owned pair of independent bookstores ready to help you find your next great read!

29/10/2026

OPEN FROM 5 TODAY 🍇

📚 Serenity Booksellers will be with us 6:30pm

28/10/2026

✨Event Announcement ✨
Dave Haslam - Creative Journeys: Intimate conversations with artists, actors, writers and musicians

📍 Serenity Books (Romiley), SK6 4EA
🗓️ Tuesday 1st December 2026

Acclaimed DJ and writer Dave Haslam has been interviewing writers, artists, actors and musicians for over 40 years and his new book Creative Journeys is a collection of revelatory conversations with creative icons that also takes us behind the scenes and explains the strategies behind his most illuminating interviews. Dave will be joining us in Romiley on Tuesday 1st December to discuss his work with Michael Taylor (The Marple Leaf). The talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are just £5.00 (or £20.00 including a copy of the book) and light refereshments are included. 🔗 in comments for tickets.

Doors: 6.00pm, starts: 6.30pm

About the book:

‘Packed with surprising tangents and revealing insights.’ – Miranda Sawyer

‘Engaged, insightful, fascinating.’ – Alexis Petridis

Over forty years, acclaimed DJ, writer and broadcaster Dave Haslam has interviewed some of the most fascinating figures in music, literature, film and art. Creative Journeys gathers revelatory conversations with creative characters including Neneh Cherry, Maxine Peake, Lemn Sissay, Andrew Weatherall, Raymond Carver and Jeremy Deller.

From politics and performance to art, fame and addiction, Haslam’s interviewees speak with honesty about their creative journeys. Viv Albertine discusses ‘Typical Girls’ and Paddy Considine recalls Dead Man’s Shoes. Jarvis Cocker goes deep into ‘This is Hardcore’. Terry Hall and Miki Berenyi speak about childhood trauma. Bernard Sumner recalls the loss of Ian Curtis. Jonathan Franzen talks about torturing his characters. There’s darkness but much humour too.

The interviews provide fascinating stories of unorthodox, creative artists navigating negativity and personal setbacks to become celebrated cultural icons.

26/10/2026

No spoilers. Slow Horses S6 Ep 5: Bookshop scene, spotted so many great books, and so happy to see the brilliant Hunted by front and centre and also fun fact - the prop held by Jackson Lamb we found out is a prop Easter egg for the show’s graphic designer Claire Houlihan.

26/10/2026

🎉 What's On in Romiley 🎉

🗓 Tue 27: Book Club @ Serenity Booksellers
🗓 Tue 27: Quiz Night @ The Duke of York Romiley
🗓 Wed 28: Lightning Quiz @ Hop Haus
🗓 Wed 28: Music Quiz Night @ Grapevine bar
🗓 Wed 28: P1 Quiz Night @ Platform One Romiley
🗓 Thu 29: Serenity Book Club @ Grapevine bar
🗓 Thu 29: Pumpkin Workshop @ Romlily Flowers
🗓 Thu 29: Romiley Talkers @ The Club

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25/10/2026

The Future of Jokes - An Evening with Robin Ince in Romiley

📍Serenity Booksellers (Romiley), Stockport, SK6 4EA
🗓️ Tuesday 24th November 2026

We’re delighted to announce that shop favourite Robin Ince will be joining us in Romiley on Tuesday 24th November for the release of his latest book The Future of Jokes - a witty and thoughtful look at the importance of jokes and humour, and a romp through the comic landscape of the past, present, and possible future. The talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and booksigning.

Tickets are just £6.00 each -or £10 including a copy of the book - and light refreshments are included in the ticket price. Book now, link in comments.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

About the book:

When did laughter become part of our universe? Were we the first planet to have a sense of humour? What was the first joke? Was it made by a chimpanzee or a crow?

These are just a few of the questions erstwhile comedian Robin Ince considers in The Future of Jokes, bringing in elements from science, technology, politics, philosophy and culture to probe just why we need jokes. What can they teach us about ourselves and our future?

Comedy means different things to different people: it can be an act of rebellion, and it can be an act of reinforcing the status quo. It can be expression and it can be repression. Joke-telling is about authenticity and connection Ince argues, and artistic creativity makes us human. We can choose to share love and connection via jokes or spread ugliness and outrage. Which future do we want?

We look forward to seeing you all there and welcoming our friend Robin to our Romiley bookshop! 💜

23/10/2026

Here’s a lovely bookish offer for your weekend!

Buy any pre-loved Crime Fiction Hardback, and get any other Crime Fiction book half price. Check out our murderous medley of amazing titles!

This weekend only at Kelly’s Books & Vinyl - 11 Warren Street SK1 1UD

14/10/2026

There’s nothing Belle loves more than getting lost in a good book! 📖✨

So naturally, she couldn’t resist popping into Serenity Booksellers to see what magical stories she could discover! 💛

We absolutely love supporting our wonderful local businesses, and what better place for our favourite bookworm to visit! 🥰📚

Will Belle find her happily ever after? 🌹

Join us for Beauty and the Beast at The Forum Theatre, Romiley, this Christmas! 🏰✨

🎟️ Book your tickets now and BE OUR GUEST! 🌹

14/10/2026

Session 1 of Take Your Writing Further ✍️

We’re kicking off on Monday 9 November with internationally bestselling author Natalie Chandler!

Natalie will explore how your writing process changes as your experience grows, and how that shapes the way you approach your edits.

Take Your Writing Further is a monthly subscription: £40 a month brings you a different expert from the world of books every month, plus exclusive member-only benefits.

For full information and cancellation policy, please get in touch.

Two hours, 12 sessions, insider advice, limited spaces.

📍 Serenity Booksellers, Romiley

🎟️ DM to join or email:
[email protected]

12/10/2026

The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason is our Book Club Read for October!

We're delighted to let you know that the votes have been counted and our book club choice for October is Daniel Mason's The Winter Soldier - a spellbinding story of love and the tragedies of war. Copies are now available in both shops and don't forget bookclub members get 10% off the bookclub pick.

About the book:

Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a young, idealistic medical student, whose life takes an unexpected turn with the outbreak of the First World War. Volunteering in the name of heroic battlefield tales, he finds himself in a catastrophic field-hospital, besieged by typhus, and thrust into a grueling learning process from the only remaining nurse.

The real test of his resolve comes with the arrival of an enigmatic soldier, his uniform filled with mysterious drawings. He seems beyond rescue, until Lucius makes a fateful decision that will change the course of his life . . .

Next Book Club dates:

Tuesday 27th October - Romiley Daytime
11am - 12pm - Romiley Bookshop

Wednesday 28th October - Stockport Evening
6pm - 7pm - Stockport Bookshop
7:30pm - 8:30pm - Stockport Bookshop

Thursday 29th October- Romiley Evening
6pm - 7pm - Grapevine Romiley
7.30pm - 8.30pm - Romiley Bookshop

We don't charge for Book Club and have always wanted these to be accessible and open to everyone. However, with the rising costs of everything, we are asking for a contribution of £2 per person as a donation, only if you are comfortable and able to. We don't want money to be a barrier to accessing the Book Club community so this will be completely voluntary. Your support is always appreciated and thank everyone that buys the Book Club book and more.

Want to sign up? Let us know at the counter of either shop or message us and we will add you to the Book Club Mailing List, where you’ll get exclusive member offers throughout the year and always a 10% off the book choice for the month. No lock-ins or monthly obligations to come every single month, but we guarantee it is so welcoming and fun, you won’t want to miss it!

10/10/2026

This bookshop day, I got to visit an absolutely amazing independent bookshop in Naperville, Illinois a delightful suburb outside of Chicago. The team were so welcoming and Hadley the manager there took me on a tour, recounted the history of the bookshop and gave great recommendations. 💜 We purchased a couple of books (suitcase space!!) but if you are ever in the area, this is a must for book lovers! Oprah, Henry Winkler, John Green and so many more (you name the author, they’ve been there!) and lots of signatures on the walls from events and signings. Packed with incredible books! Happy Bookshop Day!
Ps we spotted copies of Thirst Trap on the shelves!! xx

Address

12 The Precinct, Romiley & 11 Warren Street
Stockport
SK64EA

Website

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