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Character Portrayal
Can we learn something about two classic works of fiction in a day? Character portrayal is one of the fine arts of the writing profession, and two authors who were masters of this in very different...
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A Big Thank You To Our Student
Olivia, our Work Based Learning student from The University of Chester has just finished her placement with City Walls Books and Music after 5 weeks with us. Olivia has been a big help, pushing on with...
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Antiquarian books now listed on our website
There is now a list of our antiquarian books available on our website. Check out the list on http://citywallsbooksandmusic.webs.com/antiquarian-books
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Spike Milligan Books Just In!
Spike Milligan is one of the greats of British comedy. Best known for his hilarious and groundbreaking role in The Goon Show, of which he was a co-creator and in which he played various characters in...
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Top 10 Best Sellers
What sells in a second hand bookshop? Here at City Walls Books and Music we have compiled a list of the top ten best selling categories. Non-fiction and fiction sell about equally well. After that, the...
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Poetry Competition – Winner Announced Tomorrow!
The Winner for the Poetic Feet: Walking The Chester Walls poetry competition is to be announced at the North Gate Festival Sunday tomorrow. There will also be a display of some of the other entries and...
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Announcing the winner of the City Walls Books and Music Poetry Competition!
Congratulations to Mike Penney, the winner of Poetic Feet: Walking the Chester Walls, the City Walls Books and Music poetry competition. Mike read his poem at the North Gate Festival Sunday yesterday,...
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Happy Birthday City Walls Books and Music
That’s right, this week it is the first birthday of City Walls Books and Music and to celebrate we have decked the shop in suitably festive stuff (bunting and balloons) and are reducing all our books...
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How To Find A Good Book
The question most people ask themselves when they step into a second hand bookshop is “How do I find a good book?”. Usually, for a small bookshop like City Walls Books and Music its just a matter of...
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Featured Books
As it’s vaguely coming up to Christmas many people are either groaning or grinning as they start to feel glum about or look forward to the prospect of sitting watching TV with families or friends...
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Happy New Year From City Walls Books and Music!
Hi everyone and here’s to a happy new year! There are lots of great bargains this January, including a wide range of Folio Society books, classical music CDs, affordable antiquarian books and a wide...
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Book Review – Of Mice and Men
Sean has been on an unofficial placement a few days a week with the shop for a while now, but this week he has started his full time Work Based Learning module and so has been slogging it out Monday to...
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Local Authors at City Walls Books and Music
Here at City Walls Books and Music we are always looking for local authors whose books we can feature on our blog and in the shop. Our local authors’ shelf is looking quite full at the moment, but...
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Welsh Books – New In!
City Walls Books and Music now have a wide selection of Welsh language books that will be making their way onto the shelves over the next couple of weeks. I’m thinking of starting a Welsh language...
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Author Event – Wayne Grant
City Walls Books and Music will be hosting a book signing event for the exciting new author, Wayne Grant. Wayne writes adventure books aimed at young adults, and his two books Longbow and Warbow have...
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Big thanks to Wayne Grant for today’s author event!
City Walls Books and Music hosted a book signing for Wayne Grant’s new book Warbow, the second book in the Roland Inness series and a top seller on Amazon in its category. There was a good range of...
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Book Review – The Great Gatsby
There are always new books at City Walls Books and Music, and what better way to spark interest in them than by reviewing the best ones, and possibly writing those reviews on pieces of card and putting...
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Photos of Book Signing
Last month Wayne Grant, author of the Roland Inness series, was here at City Walls Books and Music to sign copies of his latest book, Warbow. Wayne has been successful in the states and has sold quite...
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Author Event – Wayne Grant
City Walls Books and Music will be hosting a book signing event for the exciting new author, Wayne Grant. Wayne writes adventure books aimed at young adults, and his two books Longbow and Warbow have...
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Big thanks to Wayne Grant for today’s author event!
City Walls Books and Music hosted a book signing for Wayne Grant’s new book Warbow, the second book in the Roland Inness series and a top seller on Amazon in its category. There was a good range of...
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