| Dear Customer,
Welcome to the Forest Bookshop website, which
gives easy access to secure on-line ordering 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.
 OUR COLEFORD FESTIVAL OF WORDS 2009 (see 'Forthcoming Shop Events') ALL TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE. INCLUDING KATE ADIE, JOHN HEGLEY and BARRY NORMAN events.
The download the full programme as a PDF CLICK HERE
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You may contact us at any time by fax, telephone, email. You may now order Forest Bookshop
GIFT VOUCHERS sent to you post-free HERE
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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?
STOP PRESS. SEE OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR DETAILS OF BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE GRANNY, JANE FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL'S VISIT TO THE BOOKSHOP THIS FRIDAY 27 JUNE!
 Our Featured Author - Neville Conway
Neville Conway, our featured author, is a talent largely unrecognised within mainstream publishing and we cannot understand why. His novels are page-turners, skilfully paced, insightful, thought provoking, witty and enjoyable, plus they contain all the stuff bestsellers are made from. He has to date struggled to catch the attention of the big publishing houses, but answers that by publishing under his own imprint, Narcissus Books. We present his four novels HERE
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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