Serenity Booksellers

Sunny days call for good books and even better bookish chats! ☀️😃

Come and say hello to Hannah in our Stockport shop today, who’ll light up with any chat about your favourite books and find your next great read!

📍 Serenity Booksellers,
11 Warren Street, Stockport

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New classics just in…so many good ones AND there’s only tomorrow left on the crime fiction offer of but 2 get another free!
11 Warren Street, Stockport! 💚🧡

We’ve been reading. A lot.

We (Kelly, David and Hannah) have each picked our three favourite books of 2026 so far - and they’re in our latest newsletter, along with why we loved them.

More team picks coming soon. Want them landing straight in your inbox? Sign up via the link in comments.

📚 Serenity Booksellers - Romiley & Stockport ✨

✨Serenity Booksellers Creative Writing Showcase!✨

📍Serenity Booksellers (Romiley), Stockport, SK6 4EA
🗓️ Monday 3rd August 2026

Seven voices. Seven stories. One unmissable evening.

Join us as we celebrate the incredible talent within our own Creative Writing Group - seven writers, each taking the floor to share their work with you. Poetry, short stories and works of fiction.

These are your neighbours, your fellow readers, your community - writing brave, original work and finally getting the chance to share it out loud!

Reading on the night will be Andrew Connolly, Gill Dunkerley, Jill Earlam, Gill Fryers, Kathryn Price, Angus Stewart and Charlotte Rowan-Green

“I’m so pleased that you’ll be able to hear from these amazing people who have worked so hard on their craft, been such a support to one another and who I know you’ll want to support too, now and in the future.” - Kelly Peck, owner of Serenity Booksellers.

This is what independent bookshops are made for.

Tickets are £6.00 with doors at 6.00 for a 6.30 start. Available at counters or via link in comments! 💜

Shadow of Madness - in conversation with D.V. Bishop

📍 Serenity Booksellers (Romiley), Stockport, SK6 4EA
🗓️ Tuesday 21st July 2026

✨ Come along and have the chance of winning a double pass to Stockport Noir 2027! ✨

Shop favourite D.V. Bishop returns to Romiley on Tuesday 21st July for the release of the sixth book in his bestselling Cesare Aldo series Shadow of Madness.

Set in 16th Century Tuscany, Shadow of Madness is a gripping and suspenseful thriller where murder and madness blur as inspector Cesare Also is trapped by a snowstorm in a secure institution for the criminally insane!

David will be in conversation with bookshop owner Kelly and the talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and booksigning.

Tickets are just £5 or £20 including a copy of Shadow of Madness.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

About the book:

Tuscany. Winter, 1540.

Travelling north into the hills above Florence, investigator Cesare Aldo seeks answers about his past. The trail leads him to Ospedale de’ Pazzi, a secure institution for the criminally insane.

Soon after arriving a blizzard engulfs the area, trapping Aldo and his companion, Doctor Saul Orvieto. Even more alarming, their cart driver is found dead. It looks like he fell over a nearby cliff in the whiteout – but Aldo suspects foul play. When a brutal slaying occurs in the central courtyard, it becomes clear a killer lurks among them.

With the snowstorm sealing everyone in and a murderer hunting fresh victims, Aldo’s search for the truth proves deadlier than he could ever have imagined . . .

About the author:

D. V. Bishop is the pseudonym of writer David Bishop. His love for Italy and the Renaissance period meant there could be only one setting for his historical thrillers. His novels have won the CWA Historical Dagger, the NZ Booklovers Award, and the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. He has also been shortlisted for Scotland’s McIlvanney Prize, the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and for the CWA Gold Dagger. David teaches creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University.

Shadow of Madness is the sixth Cesare Aldo mystery.

Finally watched the Project Hail Mary film, which I’ve been putting off as it was our very first Book Club book back in July 2023 and I loved it. So glad it was faithful to the book and a great example of how to make an alien film (I’m looking at you, Mr Spielberg…Disclosure Day??).

Andy Weir’s big blockbuster novel was a delight to the twelve that met to discuss what they’ve read and it was one of the highest rated books in the time we’ve been getting together. My gosh, I’ve enjoyed every session - but this one will always hold a special place in my heart and made even more special now by the fantastic film.

Were you at that first bookclub? What did you think of the film? Are there books you’ve read that you loved that just didn’t translate to the big screen?

Book club is one of the great joys of running an indie bookshop! 💜

🚨 CRIME FICTION DEAL ALERT! 🚨

Buy 2, get your 3rd FREE on all preloved crime fiction at our Stockport shop!

Cheapest one’s on us. Already preloved prices, now with a free one thrown in - the perfect crime, if you ask us.

Shelves are groaning with whodunnits and we need the space - no alibi needed, just come and grab a bargain.

📍 Stockport only. 11Warren Street.
📅 Today (Sat 4th July) – Sat 11th July inclusive

Tom is in the bookshop today with some great things new in the Stockport shop (his favourites include some very gorgeous Disney nostalgia), so many great titles, impossible not to find a treasure! Dev’s been carefully curating the shelves - come on in and say hello! 👋 ✨

Midsummer Stockport Noir! Our events for July are four evenings with five brilliant crime fiction authors!

• 10th July - Erin Kelly & Abir Mukherjee
• 21st July - D V Bishop
• 23rd July - Garry Disher
• 25th July - David Baldacci

We’re giving away FOUR double passes! (That’s eight tickets in total!)

Every ticket holder at these author events will have a chance at winning a double pass for the weekend of Stockport Noir Crime Fiction Festival January 30th & 31st 2027, headlined by Ian Rankin!

See us in the shops for all the details and to reserve your spot or link in comments!

See you there! 💜

Introducing GRUFFALO GRANNY... the wonderful new story from beloved author and illustrator duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler!

PRE-ORDER from Serenity Booksellers to reserve your copy of the hardback book and your exclusive poster! Publishing 10th September, 2026.

Link to preorder in comments or see us in the shops - Romiley and Stockport!

Go back to the deep dark wood and discover this new take to be enjoyed again and again! 💜