“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

Whilst there has been a bookshop in Burford for over 30 years run by some incredible women June 20th will mark our 5th Birthday - five...

My memories of May Day celebrations revolve around lazy picnics by the river in University Parks, cold beers at picnic tables at The Head...

Not only was it World book Day yesterday but today is International Women's Day! It was my absolute pleasure to join St Jospeh's Primary...

Whilst we think you cannot beat the joys of visiting the bookshop, taking your time to peruse the shelves before selecting a paperback,...

Welcome back literary lovers. I can hardly believe January has only a few hours left. I have never been a fan of Jan but this year I...

Saturday 2nd December We are delighted that the lights on Burford Hill will be switched on at 4pm and Father Christmas will be checking...

Play our online game, guess the 20 hidden books and you could bag yourself £500 in National Book Tokens to spend in your favourite indie...

Felix Francis talking about his new book NO RESERVE Monday 16th October 6.30 pm at Burford Library There are still a few tickets left to...

Friday see's the start of the Burford Literary Festival with cookery writer Torie True, some of our events are sold out but we still have...

Hello everybody and welcome to Autumn, although I am looking out onto Burford High Street and it looks and feels like Summer has...

photo cred to @her_dark_materials It is about this time each year that a tiny bit of imposter syndrome starts to creep in at the edges of...

Felix Francis in Conversation Monday 16th October 18.30 Warwick Hall, Burford Horse racing is the second biggest spectator sport in the...

In case you missed our news! We are totally thrilled to announce that the BOX OFFICE for Burford Literary Festival 2023 is now OPEN! Over...

Thank you to everybody to who bought their pre-loved books to the bookshop for our CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT collection! You gave us over...

It is three years to the day that I opened our doors for the first time since being handed the reigns to The Madhatter Bookshop in March...

It's that time of year when we need your help! This is the third year we have teamed up with The Children's Book Project to help tackle...

Author Faith Martin will be talking MURDER and cosy crime at Burford Library on 10th June at 2pm - tickets are available from Burford...

The sun shone and the flags flew at Witney PRIDE 2023 and The Madhatter Bookshop was delighted to be part of the festival fun. We took...

We refer, of course, to Romeo and Juliet by Mr William Shakespeare. The tale of star-crossed lovers denied their happy ending by the...

Look no further for that special gift - we have now opened our SIGNED BOOK SHOP at www.madhatterbookshop.co.uk We have books signed by...