FOLDE Dorset

Karen and Amber in their bookshop in Shaftesbury, smiling at the camera.

Karen & Amber from the fantabulous @foldedorset.bsky.social chatted about my upcoming talk on their most recent Instagram Live & said they'd noticed a lot of love around for #LandBeneaththeWaves which made me quite emotional! Can't wait to talk to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social in Shaftesbury next Tue 💚💚💚

This time next week I'll be chatting to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social about #LandBeneaththeWaves at Grosvenor Arms in #Shaftesbury thanks to @foldedorset.bsky.social.

Tickets are just over a fiver, or buy my book & come along for free! @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

It’s on the front page of our website for pre orders 😉

Really lovely to meet you!

The sun has come out for @julianhoffman.bsky.social tonight… and we’re so looking forward to the evening

To those in #Dorset on June 12th, do join us @foldedorset.bsky.social for a special event with @julianhoffman.bsky.social!

Julian will be talking about his new book #Lifelines, a heartfelt memoir about finding home through nature and connection:
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What a delight it was to hear Peter’s story, we suspect Angels in the Cellar may become something of a classic!

Twenty years ago Peter Hahn had a breakdown while in the back of a London cab. It became urgently clear the only way to stop the downward spiral was to find a path out of corporate life…

Join us for a conversation with Peter, talking about his book: Angels in the Cellar

Foldedorset.com/events

What a brilliant evening at the Climate Fiction Awards and huge congratulations to the winner Abi Dare for her book And So I Roar.
@climatefiction.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#climatefiction

Ooh - we love seeing our deliveries out in the wild! 🥰

8 Earth Day reads for people wanting to make a positive impact ‘Humbling and hopeful’ in different ways, these timely reads help people of all ages navigate the climate and ecological crises.

Want to know what us booksellers recommend for climate reading this #earthday?

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We’ve got the delightful Roger Morgan Grenville in Shaftesbury tonight, taking about his incredible 1,000 mile walk across Britain in search of the hope for nature.
#naturewriting

This is the best news!

And it remains one of our most loved cards - especially with the ginger cat!

Welcome! 🌿

We’ve been looking forward to this one for quite some time! 🐗👇

Thank you so much!

… like nature conservation and protection, and new and diverse voices in nature writing, all from a tiny shop on Gold Hill, where everyone is welcome. To be recognised for that is a joy.

Huge congratulations to all the other finalists.

Independent Bookshop of the Year Regional & Country Finalist, South-West England

Yesterday we learnt that, for the second consecutive year, we’re regional finalists in the #BritishBookAwards for Best Independent Bookshop!

Being a bookseller is a privilege that affords us the platform to amplify the things we really care about (cont…)

Country diary: Confined to the house, the magic of winter comes to me | Amy-Jane Beer Welburn, North Yorkshire: I watch shadows playing out across the walls, tree trunks and scrambling roses finding their way inside

Oops, am late sharing this one, power cuts yesterday meant I was mostly offline. My #CountryDiary on being homebound by illness but still dazzled and beguiled by nature #naturewriting www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yes, I’ve been lots and am heading back again this year. Definitely not an archaeologist but I love wild places. We were once delayed getting off the island by a day, and another time had to leave a day early (boo!) as a storm was coming that would have delayed our departure for quite a bit longer.

We’ve got a few out already in Shaftesbury with tens of thousands just waiting in the wings

The view from Pine Walk in Shaftesbury, on a winter morning.

It’s a crisp winter morning here in Shaftesbury, one that makes your fingers tingle when you get into the warm again. The fields wear a glistening cloak of frost and the sky is a brisk fresh blue. The first snowdrops nudge through beechnut clad frozen ground. All is well.
#naturewriting

There are so many paragraphs that had us nodding hard in agreement, and sometimes weeping too.

A view of frosty fields taken from the top of Gold Hill Shaftesbury’s Dorset, home of the indie award winning bookshop FOLDE Dorset

It’s a frosty old morning on the hill today, and rather beautiful out across the Blackmore Vale.

We’re open today & tomorrow before our two weeks off, where we’ll take a bit of time to relax and reflect on the past year and plan for 2025.

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#naturewriting

Knew you’d love it ☺️

The award winning FOLDE Dorset bookshop in Shaftesbury Dorset

In between all our lovely customers (thank you ☺️) we had a little glow up of our big window. We say big with the irony of a bookshop on a wonky hill… but even so, we think it’s looking particularly inviting right now.

Pop in to see us and explore our shelves 😉

#indiebookshop
#bookshop

Such a joy to chat all things geology - with customer participation as well! Can’t wait for the book to come out 😁

A woman wearing a blue and white gingham coat with a red sweater beneath. She is standing in front of a green shop sign that says Folde Dorset. She is holding a postcard that advertised her forthcoming book The Whispers of Rock.

A hand with a red sleeve holds a copy of the Serviceberry, the new book by Robin Wall Kimmerer. On the front is a bird holding a berry in its beak. Behind are star print tiles and a woodburner.

Thank you to Karen & Amber @foldedorset.bsky.social for the warm welcome & lovely discussion about my forthcoming book, The #WhispersOfRock ❤️🥰 Exciting to plan for future events & pick up a copy of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer 🌟

Sometimes a Wild God - oh, how we feel this one deeply.