Sustainability
within our
shop
We have always strived to be as sustainable as possible in a great many aspects of our business and community.
The Booksellers Association have a new Green Bookselling Manifesto which we are adhering to and have done for last 7 years.
Many points of reducing waste and lowering our carbon footprint are on our agenda and we are working hard to make this better each year.
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We applied for a grant from the BA to make our business more sustainable, with this grant we purchased an electric bike for which I save roughly 150 miles a month of driving!
What we achieved in 2024
What a year we have had! We've gone from figuring out how on earth we would keep the shop running when Jackie needed to care for family members most of the year to employing a fantastic new manager and organising Tiverton Book Festival.
I would like to thank every single person who has supported us again over 2024 and to those who attended the Tiverton Book Festival, making it a huge success. We're very grateful for our staff who have supported us through family illness and the loss of our great-grandmother over 2024.
Author Events
Huge thanks to Tara and Nigel at Ashley Court who have worked with us on so many occasions over 2024.
We also worked with The Lost Kitchen again to host local celeb, Caroline Quentin with her new memoir. This event sold out in hours. Tiverton Library worked with us during the Tiverton Book Festival where we held school events with Emma Carroll and Sophie Kirtley, which were free to attend for local children. We also held 'The Book Lover's Book Quiz' with the legendary Gary Wigglesworth. This event was a huge hit and the laughs continued all night. (Obviously Robin Ince's team won!)
We have provided book sales for authors at Toby's Garden Fest in Exeter and other talks at various venues.
Working with schools.
A huge thank you to Blundell's senior school and Sampford Peverell School for continuing to order books with us.
We particularly enjoyed bringing The Gruffalo to Muddifords school and Tiverton Library in 2024.
Working with our community
We turned our bookshop into a catwalk for the night, all to support local fashion designer Eve Copper. The community really supported Eve and her sustainable fashion, usually seen worn on Jackie or myself.
Our Durin Room therapists have grown in ranks and success. The room is booked out regularly and they have a great customer base. We loved it when they had an open day and customers could try a quick hand massage, reflexology, reiki and more.
Our new Non-Fiction Bookclub has been a success and is now a year old! We have read some incredibly poignant books and usually discuss each book for nearly 2 hours afterwards! Our fiction bookclub continues to be popular and has a waiting list.
2024 was the year we hired the wonderful Anita and we are very sad to see her go now. We have worked hard as a team over 2024, getting through many family illnesses and losses. Finding time to breathe again after burn out, finding new ways to reach new customers, providing events and entertainment for our customers and being as sustainable as possible has been our greatest achievement of 2024 and this is why we have been shortlisted, again, for the Indie Bookshop of the Year award, South West.
Thank you team Liznojan and our wonderful customers.
