AN independent bookshop in Newquay will be featuring a line up of author visits in store.

Clemo Books, on the corner of Bank Street and Beachfield Avenue, is organising free and ticketed events including a Cornish folktale storytelling session with Anna Chorlton, an author event with journalist Hannah Marsh and a book signing with author of The Happy Nomad Charlotte Bradman.

Bookshop owner Jaimie Poyner said: “We’re so excited to welcome these authors into Clemo Books in June and we hope people discover and join in with these cultural opportunities on offer to locals and visitors to Newquay. From a free children’s storytelling session with an acclaimed folklore writer, an author event uncovering the myth and history of birth, to the journey of one writer finding freedom living in a van – there are so many stories to hear and discover at Clemo Books. Get involved if you can and support Newquay’s high street.”

For children and grown-ups interested in Cornwall’s folklore, writer Anna Chorlton will be in Clemo Books for a mystical storytelling session inspired by our mines, moors and seascape's most mischievous characters on Saturday, June, 7 at 10am.

Local journalist and author Hannah Marsh will be at the bookshop on Wednesday, June 25 at 7pm, talking about her new non-fiction book Thread which blends the medical with the mystical, charting the development of a now common procedure, once a dance between life and death – the c-section. Tickets are on sale now for the event which is expected to be a sellout.

Charlotte Bradman, author of The Happy Nomad will be in Clemo Books for a book signing event on Saturday, June, 28 at 11.30am. People will have a chance to meet the author for free, ask questions and perhaps share van-life stories.

Clemo Books will also be celebrating the UK’s Independent Bookshop Week which takes place Saturday, June 14th to Saturday, June 21. They will be taking part by giving away free £5 National Book Tokens vouchers to children and young people who visit during the week which highlights the importance of bookshops on the high street and promotes the importance of reading for pleasure.

“It’s so important that children and young people discover the magic of books early on in life. Novels and non-fiction let people travel the world, back in time or inside the minds of some fascinating thinkers. Hopefully the free National Book Tokens vouchers we’re handing out will inspire a new love of literature in some young people,” added Jaimie.