| Dear Customer,
Welcome to the Forest Bookshop website for easy access to information and our secure on-line ordering service for books and other items, relating to the
Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley. Also, there is a
wide selection of featured bestsellers and special offers for adults and children. But we are much more than a
virtual bookshop, we are real people in a real shop. We provide real customer care and service both to visitors to
our cosy bookshop,
or those ordering on-line.
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F W Harvey's much sought after 'Collected Poems 1912-1957' is due in the shop next week (November 30. For more details click on the cover (left).
 The 2009 Coleford Festival of Words was a tremendous success. Many thanks to all who attended and to everyone that worked so hard to make it happen. There will be a full report on these pages soon. In the meantime, you can look at a marvelous collection of photographs on our Events Picture Gallery pages.
The download the full 2009 programme as a PDF CLICK HERE
 NEW! Quality toys and gifts section - click HERE
... and to see the range of Penguin Mugs - click HERE
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(green bar on the right) and we will keep you up to date with forthcoming bookshop events and news and of plans for the 2010 Festival.
You may contact us at any time by fax, telephone, email. You may now order Forest Bookshop
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It was recently announced that The Forest Bookshop has gone through to win the  Independent Bookshop of the Year Award for the South West England and Wales region and is now one of five UK bookshops shortlisted for the national Independent Bookshop of the Year Award 2009.
The Independent Bookshop Award, 'The Nibbie', was presented to theHungerford bookshop at the British Book Industry Awards on Monday 1 June 2009. Sadly we didn't win the national award, but remain the best in the South West and Wales region - one of the top five independent bookshops. in the UK.
The coveted and prestigious 'Nibbie' is regarded as the Oscar of the British book world and we are up against strong competition from the four other bookshops. But we have got this far, so who knows?
We recently found an excellent Forest Bookshop picture and kind
comments in Flickr. To view click HERE
 Many of
you will remember the huge Renault Clio advertising campaign last
year. It featured the Forest Bookshop in almost every glossy
magazine and weekend supplement in the UK. It came as a complete
surprise to us, but we decided it would not do any harm, so we did
not make a fuss. Renault did send us a nice framed copy of the
original artwork though. How flattering to be chosen as an icon for
independent shops.
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