Foxden Acres @ The BookStop Cafe, Lincoln

The Grand Opening of the fabulous, BookStop Café in Lincoln, May 4, 2013 

 

Joff and Becky cutting the ribbon - 10am

 

Left: Outside the café with authors, June Kearns, Madalyn Morgan and Nicky Wells. 

Inside author, Lizzie Lamb joined us.



Lincoln is a beautiful city, with a Cathedral, Castle, craft market, and of course the fabulous  BookStop Café.  I was welcomed into the city by the King and Queen, and Robin Hood. 

 

The BookStop Café is only a stones throw down the cobbled lane behind Robin Hood.  Convenient for all the car parks and the sights.

 

By 11am The BookStop Café was buzzing

 

                                                                                                                                 

 

 

Above left: The Jazz Beats.   Right: Actor and writer, Paul Redfern, Madalyn Morgan & friend James

 

 

 

 

 Looking at Foxden Acres on the bookshelf of, The BookStop Café.  More about The BookStop Café and Foxden Acres later on http://madalynmorgansfiction.blogspot.co.uk/  x

 

 

 

 

And later I relaxed with Joff Gainey's novel, Sleeping On A Cloud.

 

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The BookStop Cafe. Enjoy a lovely cup of tea or coffee, and relax with a book. If you like what you read, you can buy it.

"Where you can enjoy lovely cup of Tea or Coffee and read a good book, from our shelves, in comfortable surroundings."

Joff Gainey, the proprietor said, "Our aim is to provide our customers with a relaxed atmosphere in which to read and enjoy the books available and to support local and Indie Authors.

The BookSop Café is situated on Steephill in Lincoln, beneath Imperial Teas. 

To begin with we shall be open every Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm.  We very much look forward to meeting old and new friends there.

We are having a real live Jazz Duo playing on the open day... 4th MAY... called Jazz Beats... they are fantastic."
 

What a unique idea.  A fabulous idea for anyone who wants to relax with a cup of fresh coffee, or tea, and read a book.  And, this amazing café is supporting authors by having a 'café book shelf' where customers can take a book, read it while relaxing with their drink, and if they like what they're reading they can buy the book.  BookStop Café will sell good condition second hand books, BUT more importantly, Authors books. The customers would be able to sit, drink and read a book - try before they buy. 

I'm proud to say, three signed copies of Foxden Acres, with bookmarks and cards, are in the BookStop Café already.  

 

What a spectacular bookcase

Foxden Acres is right in the middle of it.

Good luck Joff. 
See you at the opening.  May 4th at the



 

Inside the BookStop Café  
 
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A little piece of history about the building in which BookStop Cafe is situated.

Norman House on Steep Hill, Lincoln in England is a historic building and an example of Norman domestic arthitecture.  The building is at 46-47 Steep Hill and 7 Christs Hospital Terrace. The architectural evidence suggests a date 1170-80.  The building was known for many years as "Aaron the Jew's House", and appears as such in many references, as it is believed to have been the residence of Aaron of Lincoln (d.1186), then the greatest Jewish financier of England.  The building has been a shop for many years, and currently home to a tea importers.

 

The BookStop Café is through the black doors.



Smart Entrance

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And Parking?

There are several carparks in the Bailgate area. The nearest is in the corner of Castle Square. You can get to it by driving up Drury Lane. The carpark is about 100yds from the Cafe. :)