Find us
The teal front, between the deli and the florist.
Number seventeen, with the bay window full of books, two minutes from Penarth station down Glebe Street. Two floors; the café at the back of the ground floor; the children up the stairs. Open seven days, late on Thursdays for the events. The phone is answered in shop hours by whoever is nearest, usually with a book in the other hand.
Getting here, access and hours
The shop
17 Glebe Street, Penarth CF64 1EE: the teal front with the bay window, between the deli and the florist, two minutes from the station and three from the Esplanade. Two floors; the café at the back of the ground floor.
Getting here
Penarth station is a two-minute walk; buses 92, 93 and 94 stop on Windsor Road. Parking on Glebe Street is an hour free with a disc; the Windsor Road car park is two hours free. A bike rack outside and the Esplanade cycle route five minutes away.
Access
The ground floor, with the café, fiction, crime, poetry and the Welsh wall, is step-free from the street through the main door. The children's floor and non-fiction are up a steep listed staircase we cannot alter; ask and we bring anything down, and storytime moves downstairs for anyone who needs it.
Dogs, prams, children
Dogs are welcome on the ground floor and in the café with a bowl by the door. Prams fit through the door and between the ground-floor shelves; the staircase is the problem and we will carry. Children are welcome everywhere and the window seat is theirs.
Hours
Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm; the café closes an hour before the shop. Open again at 6:30pm on Thursdays for events. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day; open every other day of the year.
Orders and the phone
Order at the counter, by phone, by email or on the order page; we text when it is in and hold it a fortnight. The phone is answered in shop hours by whoever is nearest, usually with a book in the other hand.
Standing on Glebe Street and cannot see a teal shop? You have walked past the deli. Ring 029 2018 0480 and one of us will wave from the window.
Any book in print, by tomorrow. Tell us the title.
Title, author or ISBN on the order page, at the counter, by phone or by email: we order it this afternoon, text you when it is in and hold it a fortnight. Nothing to pay until you collect; posted anywhere in Britain for £2.95, free over £25.