One week on
Thank you for such a warm welcome.
To everyone who has visited, browsed the shelves, stopped for coffee or shared such wonderfully kind comments: thank you. Your support has made our first week at 38 Newgate Street very special.
— from The Book Gadgie, est. 2020
Now open in Morpeth
The first chapter is under way.
Expect new books, pre-loved books, antiquarian finds, local shelves, takeaway coffee and the same no-rubbish curation The Book Gadgie is known for.
Family-run and independent
A permanent home for books and readers.
House of Stories is a new independent, family-run bookshop created by James and Sharon Davies, alongside their daughter Megan. After years of buying and selling second-hand and antiquarian books, the family chose Morpeth for its thriving town centre, independent spirit and warm community.
Read our storyOn the shelves now
Browse the latest highlights
A curated selection from the shelves: history, Roman Britain, illustrated classics, nature writing and better books chosen for Morpeth.
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Our calling card
Word Crafters of the County
The writers this county raised — and the local shelf that could only be ours.
The writers this county raised
From Morpeth’s own — Turner, Morrison, Emily Davison — to Bewick, Bunting and the crime writers who turned our coast into a set. A shelf that could only be ours.
Read: Northumberland in Print →