Philip Pullman + Northern Lights = a very excited bookseller

Our intrepid assistant manager Anna has taken to her snow boots to explore Norway in search of the great northern lights! A lifelong dream trip, Anna has planned this in her head since forever! We're looking forward to hearing all about it. Here is one of her fellow guests at the hotel enjoying the atmosphere.

Latte anyone?

We're so pleased with the coffee shop and we have had such a lovely response from our customers and also some new customers! Here are some photos we took in the morning. Customers are loving the rich and fruity taste of Monmouth coffee and it's a wonderful welcome scent as you enter the shop!

The coffee shop is a great space for meeting friends, stopping by for a quality takeaway coffee, catching up with your pre and post baby groups, enjoying 25mins to yourself with a cup of tea (story time every Thursday 11am) and a whole host of other reasons! This is a perfect family friendly space and we really look forward to welcoming you.

Our first customer for the coffee shop!

The coffee shop is open and we were thrilled to serve our very first customer as soon as our doors opened! There is lots of buzz in the shop with our new venture and a lovely community atmosphere, as our regulars pop in to sample the coffee and cake.

More pics to come!

We tried it!

Thursday was our trial run of the coffee shop with a friends and family evening. Were we nervous? Yes and no. We knew that we had to learn a lot in a short space of time, but we knew that we had planned this carefully and had the best training we could of had, with the absolutely right products and ingredients.

The shop was full of old friends, our families and some loyal customers, so there was a lovely atmosphere and eager samplers of the lovely Monmouth coffee and homemade cakes (Sue and Emily - our STAR bakers!).We worked in 'tag teams' helping each other and getting the feel of things to come. Besides the wonderful coffee, we also had tea tasters for our delicious Tea Pigs range, which were a big thumbs up and the dare I say, "lush" Chocolate Abyss hot chocolate!

We'll be posting a sneak peek of the coffee shop in the next post!

Wild Child by Jeanne Willis and Lorna Freytag

This is a particular book we were looking forward to being published this year!

Wild Child by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Lorna Freytag, tells the amazing story of the very last wild child. She is free to swim with the shoal of fishes, to play amoungst the toadstools and to enjoy the freedom of the of the forest with her wild family and explains why she is the only one left, or is she? Jeanne Willis' story is wonderfully lyrical and expressive, making it a lovely reading experience. Exquisite illustrations by photographer Lorna Freytag take us on a journey with our adventerous friend, where we find ourselves wanting to roam the rich landscape with bears and explore the forests with wolves with her. We love her spirit!

Out now in hardback at £11.99 by Walker Books

Bargain! Mega SALE!!!!

We are now in our BARGAIN period for the sale! 

BUY ANY 5 SALE ITEMS FOR ONLY £5

Come along and pick-up what will be your bargain of 2012. Find gifts for those last minute parties, discover new reads or books you always wanted to read. 

Sale ends this weekend, hurry!

Love coffee, tea and cake?

Have you heard? After much planning, we are embarking on a exciting new chapter here at The Golden Treasury. We are pleased to let you all know that we are opening a family friendly coffee shop within our shop. We will be serving Monmouth coffee, a range of  Teapigs teas, homemade cakes and also a selection of other refreshments!

It's full steam ahead with the building work here with Francis our lovely buider and his brilliant team, we can't wait to show you the results! Check back for more details.