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We're delighted to share news of our new Pay It Forward Community Secret Santa Scheme - a charitable donation project which seeks to raise funds via customer donations to buy a book or gift for someone within the community who may not otherwise be able to afford it.We've teamed up with our great friends at local, award-winning charity The Well to help identify those within the community who might need a bit of extra support this year. Using the funds raised, we'll then select some beautiful books and gifts, ready to be distributed by The Well in time for Christmas.When...

In recent months and weeks where the news has been dominated with headlines about the UK election, our hearts and minds here at Kibworth Books have been uplifted and buoyed by many things – our customers (always, of course), but also by visits from some fabulous Children’s authors during Independent Bookshop Week, and the appointment of the new Children’s Laureate. Both of these things have given us great food for thought as a bookshop team about the value and importance of children’s books and fired up our (already quite fiery) passion for them. Kirsty, our Children’s Specialist Bookseller, reflects on this…

Do children’s books matter? Should we be spending more time reading them, other than to the children in our lives?

Following 12 years of steady growth, Kibworth’s award-winning bookshop will be moving into larger premises in February this year, providing the business with over three times as much space. Existing shop to become second bookshop, dealing in rare and collectable books.

We are delighted to announce our Book Fundraiser which seeks to get as many new books as possible into the hands of children on the wards at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Our mission is to raise enough money to ensure that there are enough books for every child in the 130 beds on the ward – and then even more for New Year and beyond...