The Violet Bookshop

06/09/2026

Less than a week to go until our fabulous Last Night of the Proms celebration in Upton upon Severn! We're so looking forward to sharing a fantastic programme of our favourite pieces from composers including Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Williams, John Powell and Leonard Bernstein. We'll be kicking off at 7.30pm, with the doors and bar opening at 6.30pm, and all profits towards the Friends of Upton Parish Church's Flush Fund.

Tickets still available:
☎️ 07849974654
📧 [email protected]
💷 from The Violet Bookshop, Upton (cash only)

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06/09/2026

Back to school, college or university? You can order any and all books, text books, revision guides and music books with us. Just pop in to the shop or email [email protected] with details of what you need!

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02/09/2026

✨ Now open! ✨

01/09/2026

⬇️ In stock now! ⬇️

30/08/2026

Today's board, by Ava aged 9 😁

Sunshine Festival Sunday - open until 3pm!

28/08/2026

🌞🌻 Sunshine Festival weekend opening times 🌻🌞

Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 11am-3pm
Bank Holiday Monday Closed

Have a marvellous weekend all!

27/08/2026

It's publication day for this very eagerly anticipated new title from Robert Harris! I've got 6 signed indie exclusive editions so please shout quickly if you'd like one.

"Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius' closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius' inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the aroma Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years they rule the world together.

Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?"

Signed indie exclusive hardback £22.

26/08/2026

Very pleased to be featured in the August edition of Midlands Living, along with a few other wonderful local businesses!

Garnet Pearl
J Maverick. Craft Ales and Ciders
My Fabric Store
Albion Meadows
Living Magazine

26/08/2026

Opening a little bit late this morning following an appointment!

23/08/2026