Quiet please, robots are listening!
Robots have taken over Milton Keynes Central Library until the end of March - and they are eating toasties!! Yes really. Read all about it here www.robotazia.co.uk January 2019
DetailsBook sales up and more store openings …
Margareta Pagano, London Evening Standard Dec 12, 2018 wrote: “Books are back in fashion. It has already been a good year with a number of stellar ‘feel good’ books breaking records …
Details… but purchasing by libraries falls
Spending on printed books for libraries in England fell 20 per cent year on year in the 12 months ending March 2018, according to an analysis by library campaigner Tim Coates (The Bookseller Dec 13)
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Newport Pagnell Christmas Fayre
Come and see us at the Christmas lighting up time on Saturday 24th November
DetailsWH Smith to close six stores
WH Smith will be closing six loss-making high street stores, as well as "winding down" non-core initiatives once the leases expire, the company announced. For the year ended August 2018, its books business experienced a 6% drop in like-for-like revenue...
DetailsBury Field article in the Milton Keynes PhoneBox publication
WordGo has published an article in the local Milton Keynes publication PhoneBox, below is the article.
DetailsSpecial Profile: Ken Graham and his emporium
Why people like Ken are the heart of our high streets. One of a series or articles titled Not Such a Soulless City by local writer and photographer STEPH LOAKE.
DetailsBury Field Geophysical Survey – Free Open Day
Good news for all those who have bought – or are thinking of buying! – the new Bury Field handbook ….here’s news of an event not to be missed on the town’s ‘most valuable asset’ to be held on...
DetailsBury Field Second Edition Out Now
AN updated pocket-book on one of the most popular open spaces in north Bucks has been published by WordGo. The second edition of Bury Field, a thousand years of history (ISBN 9780954143299; price £6) was launched at Newport Pagnell’s...
DetailsMedian earnings for professional writers have plummeted
A report by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) shows median earnings for professional writers have plummeted by 42% since 2005 to under £10,500 a year, well below the minimum annual income of £17,900 recommended by the Joseph...
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