English Bookshop Holiday - Yorkshire coast, moors & books - Read & Rabbit

13/09/2026

Everyone should come for a holiday to Loftus and see the beautiful scenery and that is before you even get to the more famous places like and and the . We don’t allow dogs in the English Bookshop Holiday Let but there are plenty of holiday lets here that do.

13/09/2026

If coming to stay go visit whatever temporary exhibition is on at Loftus Arts near our swanky new library and may be get hands on with creating yourself either with Claude at Saltburn Pottery or all sorts of creating at Loftus Arts.

11/09/2026

Reminder that our guest bookseller is open 9-4pm today (Friday) and Saturday.

💰Special offer of 3 non fiction books for £5 exc poetry and local interest. We have a large selection of second hand fiction and non-fiction.

📚We no longer take donations of non fiction as need the space for our fiction books which we will be focussing on. Exception will be books local to the area.

08/09/2026

🤯Fancy a blether about Jung? Want someone to explain why Jung is a big deal? Fri n Sat this week 9-4pm with Chris.

📚Ever wanted to know more about editing or publishing? Then next week Thurs & Sat 10-1pm Brooke is running the shop.

🚶‍♀️You can read more in events on the Read and Rabbit 🐇page.

We regularly have guest booksellers bringing you a varied array of conversation and sometimes they do events or sell their own creations. Follow us and see who else is coming.

If passing check if we are open as often open more than stated hours and pop in for a chat to see how they are liking exploring our beautiful area or being a bookseller.

We are about human connection as much as being a happy place full of books and things to make you smile. No need to buy anything. We just hope your visit makes your day a little brighter 🥰

05/09/2026

Wonderful time today in levitating posessed green fairy mode with friend Jane at Falling Foss and The Hermitage near . Sadly tis last weekend the tea garden is open til Easter. Pay on Ringo app at top for parking as no signal at car park down the hill. Wear walking shoes. It’s hilly.

05/09/2026

We went looking for seals and found them a short walk from Seal Sands car park near Middlesbrough/Hartlepool. Followed bt Cattersty Sands at Skinningrove where Hsaio had fish even better than the Magpie in Whitby

05/09/2026

I know what you're thinking. No, it's not poo. What you're actually looking at is actually part of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in history. For nearly 2,000 years, an entire library lay buried beneath volcanic ash, its scrolls so badly charred that no one could read them without destroying them. Most believed their secrets would remain lost forever.

Now, thanks to particle accelerators and an international team of researchers, those ancient books are finally speaking again. Discover the remarkable story of the Herculaneum scrolls, the philosophers whose voices are returning after two millennia, and why this may be one of the greatest literary discoveries of our time.

Discover more: https://magazine.1000libraries.com/after-2000-years-lost-books-buried-by-a-volcano-are-finally-being-read/

05/09/2026