Serenity Booksellers

A Football Odyssey - Rob Potts in conversation with James Sweetnam

📍Serenity Booksellers (Stockport), Stockport, SK1 1UD
🗓️ Thursday 25th June 2026

Join us in Stockport on Thursday 25th June as we celebrate the release of Rob Potts’ A Football Odyssey - a new football book written by fans for fans. Inthe book, Rob travels the five continents looking at how over 80 clubs have transformed their communities and highlightling the history, politics and passion that fans around the world have for the beautiful game. Rob will be in conversation with writer and reporter James Sweetnam and the talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are £5.00 each or £15.00 including a copy of A Football Odyssey.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

We had a lovely time with author-turned-bookseller-for-a-day, the always lovely Eliza Chan! Feeling right at home amongst the books and community in Romiley, it was such a treat for Independent Bookshop Week!

We have signed copies of Eliza’s The Drowned World Duology in the shop and don’t forget, you can pre-order an exclusive edition of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts, a brand new series, visit our website or see us in the shops!

Thank you Eliza! Once a bookseller, always a bookseller and we look forward to seeing you soon! 💜

A British Childhood: How Our Children Live Now.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce in Conversation with Guy Garvey | Wednesday 17th June, St Mary’s Parish Church, Stockport, 6.30pm (doors 6pm)

UK Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has spent two years immersed in the lives of Britain’s young people, visiting schools, libraries, prisons and communities, and what he found moved and troubled him in equal measure.

In A British Childhood, he sets out with urgent clarity what we are losing from childhood in this country, why it matters, and what every one of us can do to protect the freedom, creativity and imagination of the next generation. We would love you to be apart of this very special and important evening.

Tickets selling fast - for more info and to reserve your seat link in comments, visit the website or see us at the counters in Romiley and Stockport Town Centre bookshops.

The votes are in!
Your book club choice for July has arrived! The Book Game by Frances Wise is the gripping debut novel about ambition and greed as the summer turns deadly between eight old friends.

Can’t wait to read and it was so good hearing your thoughts about One Yellow Eye by - lots saying it was the best book club book we’ve ever read!

JULY DATES:

Tuesday 14th - Romiley
11am - 12pm

Wednesday 15th- Stockport
6 -7pm
7.30 - 8.30pm

Thursday 16th Romiley
6 - 7 pm
7.30 - 8.30pm bookshop

10% off the bookclub book for members.
See you there! 💜

Celebrate Independent Bookshop Week with Serenity Booksellers Romiley and Stockport (aka Kellys Books & Vinyl) - Events, Guest Booksellers and Free Book Tokens! 🎉🎉✨

IBW (13th - 20th June) is a celebration of independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland that aims to highlight the vital role independent bookshops play in their communities. We’ll be celebrating throughout the week with events, guest booksellers and free book tokens and we’d love for you to join us!

EVENTS: On Monday 15th June we’ll be joined in Romiley by David Scott who’ll be talking to host Terri White about Rebel in Disguise, his new book looking at the life and legacy of one of Britain’s most influential and beloved comedians - Caroline Aherne. Then on Wednesday 17th June we’ll be heading over to the beautiful St. Mary’s Church in Stockport for the release of UK Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s timely and important new book A British Childhood - a searing account of our failure to look after the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and a call to arms for all of us to protect the innocence of childhood. Frank will be in conversation with Guy Garvey (Yes, THAT Guy Garvery from Elbow!) Full details about both events below.

GUEST BOOK SELLERS: We’re delighted to have two of our favourite authors joining us in the Romiley store throughout the week to try their hand at a bit of bookselling! Eliza Chan will be with us between 12.00 - 1.00 on Tuesday 16th June and Chris McDonald will be behind the till between 12.00 - 1.00 on Thursday 18th June. Come and say hello, ask for a recommendation or maybe get them to sign one of their books for you!

FREE BOOK TOKENS: As a thank you for your continued support over the years we’re giving away 200 £5.00 book tokens (100 in each shop) throughout the week. Simply spend over £20 to recieve your free token (T&Cs apply)




Thank you for your support! See you in the bookshops! 💜

You can always tell when A-ha have been in to return their books

Don’t miss this…!

Caroline Aherne: Rebel in Disguise - David Scott in conversation with Terri White || Serenity Booksellers, Romiley

📍Serenity Booksellers (Romiley), Stockport, SK6 4EA
🗓️ Monday 15th June 2026

Caroline Aherne was one of the most influential and beloved of British comedians and in his new book Rebel in Disguise, David Scott explores her comedic artistry and creative legacy, focusing on Caroline’s iconic characters and groundbreaking TV shows. David will be joining us in Romiley on Monday 15th June to discuss Caroline’s work with journalist Terri White. The talk will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets are just £5.00 (or £16.99 including a copy of the book).

Look forward to seeing you there! 💜

Doors: 6.00pm, starts: 6.30pm

Serenity Saturday! Market Day in the Precinct too. We have letter writing for young ones set up with Mark throughout the day! Come and write a letter for someone special! Also - story time and songs with Julia at 11am! Aimed at 0-5 year olds. Thanks for your support! x 💜✨

This is more than an author event. It’s a conversation about who we are and the children we’re raising.

An evening with Frank Cottrell-Boyce In Conversation with Guy Garvey

Tuesday 17th June
Doors 6pm | Event 6.30pm
St Mary’s Parish Church, Stockport

We are extraordinarily proud to announce that UK Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is coming to Serenity Booksellers to celebrate the launch of his powerful new book A British Childhood — and joining him in conversation will be none other than Elbow frontman and cultural icon Guy Garvey.

Frank joins us fresh from two years as Children’s Laureate, during which he visited schools surviving in temporary buildings, met children lost within the prison system, and spoke with families in limbo awaiting asylum decisions. What he found prompted him to reflect on his own Merseyside upbringing, the transformative power of literature, and how childhood in Britain has changed often not for the better. A British Childhood is the result, searing, urgent, deeply personal, and impossible to ignore.

In conversation with Guy Garvey, one of the North’s most beloved creative voices, Frank will explore the ideas at the heart of the book, his time as Children’s Laureate, and the question that drives everything - what do we truly owe our children?

The evening will include an audience Q&A and book signing.

Tickets: £20 including a copy of A British Childhood (RRP £16.99)

Get your tickets now - at either counter or link in comments.