One of the North of England's best-known independent bookshops, situated in Ilkley, gateway to the Yorkshire Dales.
Joined May 2012
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25 Oct 2025
Unfortunately we have to cancel tomorrow morning's Story Time due to unforeseen circumstances. Hopefully it will be back next month!
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30 Sep 2025
For one day only !
The UK's ONLY pop up typewriter museum
Now in our 4th year with exciting new(old) typewriters on display
FREE admission
Win a typewriter
@ilkleylitfest @IlkleyChat @IlkleyGazette @IlkleyPlayhouse @ilkleyjournal @Ilkleygrammar @Ilkleybrewery @GroveBookshop
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
30 Sep 2025
All change!
@ilkleylitfest is in the building .. in fact they're all round the town!There's polishing & prepping in progress as we get ready to host wonderful writers, a bookstall from @GroveBookshop & a host of willing volunteers. Some events sold out already - skates on! 1/2
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
21 May 2025
Thank you for having me @GroveBookshop, can’t wait!
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11 Apr 2025
Come and meet Julia Chapman! Author of the fabulous #dalesdetective series will be here from 10.30-12 today, signing books. Her final one in the series is out now! #juliachapman
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
7 Apr 2025
The Grove Bookshop [@GroveBookshop] events programme is going from strength to strength with more authors in April and May. The authors visiting #Ilkley are Julia Chapman, Lucy Rose, Rob Cowen, Rupert Dastur and A. A. Dhand.
ilkleychat.co.uk/post/high-p…
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
6 Mar 2025
I have accidentally engineered a circumstance where every time I do an event at @GroveBookshop, @DevaneEmily makes me a book-themed cheesecake and it’s quite the most wonderful thing. Last night I got this glorious one, along with a packed house and a brilliant audience. 🍪🩵
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24 Dec 2024
Wishing all our customers a very Happy Christmas and a bookish 2025.
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
20 Dec 2024
Feeling festive yet? Visit your local bookshop this weekend for last-minute cheer 📚📚
@SaltsMill @GroveBookshop @Furtherfrom @SReadBooks
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
17 Dec 2024
My son finally told me what his girlfriend would like for Christmas..🎄
I rang @GroveBookshop this morning & it was in stock📕
Picked it up just now! Quicker than online & with a lovely welcome & fairylights💡
#ShopLocal #Ilkley @booksaremybag @Discover_Ilkley @IlkleyChat
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13 Dec 2024
A few photos from last night's wonderful event with poet Ian Duhig. Ian shared poems - and the fascinating stories behind them - from his brand new collection, An Arbitrary Light Bulb 💡. Thanks, Ian!
Signed copies now available 📚✏️.
@ianduhig
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
4 Dec 2024
Our grand finale at 7.30pm spotlights the world's foremost expert on climate technologies, @ChrisGoodall2, as he explains how a carbon neutral future is possible and discusses the challenges we must overcome and the technologies we'll need to get there.
🎟️buff.ly/4f9xYvK
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
4 Dec 2024
Then at 5pm we're welcoming bestselling author and former inmate @scatatkins to discuss the UK's broken justice system - as he explains why the only thing harder than being in prison is staying out of it.
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
4 Dec 2024
At 2pm, Europe's leading futurist @patrickdixon brings his insights to Ilkley on the future of AI, exploring not only the existential threats it brings but the tremendous benefits - from health and education to cybersecurity, work and humanity itself.
🎟️buff.ly/49ltP6m
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
4 Dec 2024
The day kicks off at 12pm with the BBC's award-winning Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent @mariannaspring taking us on a tour through conspiracyland, sharing her first-hand experiences behind the battle-lines of the online information war.
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
4 Dec 2024
It may be winter, but we're full of the joys of spring to announce a special one-off day of events on Sat 29 March! Expect thought-provoking conversation on everything from internet trolls to the state of the UK’s justice system 🧌 ⚖️
Book now: buff.ly/2WagfkR
ALT Saturday 29 March events, Ilkley Grammar School B-Hall: Marianna Spring, PAtrick Dixon, Chris Atkins and Chris Goodall. Book now: Ilkleylitfest.org.uk; 01943 816714
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
23 Nov 2024
A huge thank you to @GroveBookshop for donating vouchers for our raffle raising money for Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe with lots of other great prizes tickets are just £1 each please help us to sell as many as possible. comment to ask for tickets, Please RT
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19 Nov 2024
Come and hear @ianduhig reading from his brand new collection, #AnArbitraryLightBulb, on Thursday 12th December at 7pm. Tickets £7
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
30 Oct 2024
Bumper 4th edition of #BookshopToursofBritain available to order now.
Bit behind schedule, but we are working to get stock out next week! 😅🦢
🙏Please share!!!!!🙏
@ForumBooks @SaltsMill @GroveBookshop @Hatchards @mainstreethare @blackwelloxford @CWBookshop @Bookbugsdragon1
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The Grove Bookshop retweeted
13 Oct 2024
Lovely to meet Nikki and Penny at the beautiful @GroveBookshop in #Ilkley this morning, on my way to @durhambookfest and discover @ilkleylitfest on the way! #awomanofopinion #thesecondsightofzacharycloudesley #HistoricalFiction
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