The first author in attendance for our mini Crime Literary Festival is LV Matthews 🥳 For over ten years L V Matthews worked both in domestic and international sales for major UK publishing houses, before leaving to pursue a career in writing. To Love a Liar is her latest book ( 2025)

This international women’s day we want to recognise all the incredible women locally and in the wider community, and the incredible work they do. We salute you all as you inspire, learn, lead and teach us all ♥️

🌸It’s not too late to order your Mother’s Day Book boxes! 🌸 …we still have a few delivery slots left If you are unsure about the Book, please don’t worry we can make the selection for you. Local delivery to PO 12 to PO 16 is free or postage charge is £4.95 🌸

🌸It’s not too late to order your Mother’s Day Book boxes! 🌸 …we still have a few delivery slots left If you are unsure about the Book, please don’t worry we can make the selection for you. Local delivery to PO 12 to PO 16 is free or postage charge is £4.95 🌸

ITS WORLD BOOK DAY ! We still have plenty of every title We look forward to seeing your costumes 😍 Please treat our little yellow bookcase with kindness – it has taken a real battering over the last four weeks 🤭

🌼Mothers Day is coming 🌼 Why not get mum a Book box - only £13 Or upgrade to luxury to include a box of chocolates Or to a premium box that included chocolates and a bouquet of flowers from Lee on-the Solent Florist 💐 We will deliver on Mother’s Day ( local post codes only )

Did you know Game Changer is actually book one ? #ifyouknowyouknow

On ThisMorning AGAIN today … the importance of books 2 in 5 children are falling behind in vocabulary development It is more important than ever that children have books! Continuing with our campaign after the This Morning segment on the 22nd January Come and get your free kids books !!!

WORLD BOOK DAY 2026 books now in stock . Exchange your voucher for a free book or £1 off a full price book. Alternatively books can be bought for £1 each 📚

We have given away over 100 free children’s books this week ! We are down to one book case but there are still plenty going into half Term 📚

Book Fair at the wonderful Alverstoke Church of England Junior School We will be there tonight aswell 3.30pm- 6.30pm. Come and say hi 👋🏼 20% off all books and we are giving away free kids books 📚

You never know who you might meet ♥️♥️♥️

Pop in and say hi! Plus, grab a free child’s book whilst you’re in store! Let’s get Books in the hands of children! 

Out delivering subscription boxes-are you lucky enough to get one today? 📚 Over 80 of them this month delivered for free by hand to the local community 📚

Wow 🤩 these muffins by The Sweet Spot - Baked by Tamara exclusively available at Caffe Lee - Cafe/Bar are amazing !! Had to purchase 4!!

Such beautiful clothing at Juneberry. It’s almost criminal that these items are on sale! Plus a little restock on the gorgeous wax melts 😍 #shoplocal #supportlocalbusinesses #supporthighstreets

We gave 5 free books out by the end of today . We will offer free books again tomorrow . We need to get books in the hands of our kids 🙌

Getting kiddies excited about reading starts early ! Bring them along to see us and let them choose a free children’s book 📚

SPECIAL OFFER FREE BOOK FOR YOUR CHILD. The statistics are in …. So starting today to coincide with this years National Year of Reading Bring your child to The Book Shop and they will be able to choose a book for free from a selection of our World Book Day Books. One per child

50% of tickets have sold - still some available ( for now)

Events organised so far … more to come this quarter 🥳

Calling all the ladies – join us for a valentines day candlelit evening about Emily Brontë. Tickets are £15 for the evening and include a book box containing, amongst other things, a copy of Wuthering Heights to read in advance. Upgrade to a hardback clothbound edition for a ticket price of £22

60+ boxes delivered to subscribers! Happy New year 🥳

I cannot thank all of you enough for all your wonderful support during 2025 and we look forward to continuing to serve you as we enter the shops 98th year and giving back all we can to show our appreciation Happy new year to you all and we wish you love, laughter and happiness in 2026 🥂

Coming soon in 2026. Saturday 28th March - expect crime authors, readings, talks, Q&A’s, booksignings and more … Author announcements soon 🫆

In stock BEAUTIFUL, LIMITED EDITION HARDBACKS OF QUICKSILVER, THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS IN THE FAE & ALCHEMY SERIES. This edition features brand new cover jacket artwork, silver/bronze metallic gilded edges, character art endpapers 😍 Only £25 each While stocks last ♥️

One Box of Fudge all profits from Paul’s sales go to Gosport charities - that’s why he was nominated for a pride of Britain award. So let’s help him sell out today !!

And then you end up with a really heavy tote bag … 

Thrilled to bits to be a finalist ! Woo hoo ! 🥳

Christmas in Lee RAFFLE TICKETS 🎄🎄🎄 Available to purchase from The Book Shop now. 50p ticket or £2 a book 🎄

More 2026 calendars have arrived ! 😍

We are left with no choice 😩 New lights and flooring for The Book Shop www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/new-lights...

These gorgeous traditional German advent calendars and advent calendar cards, are now in stock - they are enormous, glittery and simply stunning 😍

These are adorable ! And only £2.75!! Teeny tiny advent calendar cards 😍

We are left with no choice 😩 New lights and flooring for The Book Shop www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/new-lights...

Probably our favourite card in the whole shop 🤭