Mostly Books has already changed over to the new owner Sarah Dennis, and today there was a day of celebration in the shop with cake and champagne. At 1pm speeches were made by Mark Thornton, The Mayor of Abingdon, Jan Morter, and Sarah.
There followed a ceremony where a large key was passed from Mark and Nikki to Sarah via The Mayor, which contained some hilarity. Sarah has been in and around the shop for quite some time learning the art of running a book shop from Mark and Nikki.
I also bought a marvelous book and was served by Imogen, and discovered that she is a finalist in the wicked young writers awards, and has her short story in the book of the finalists. So took a picture of that too.
The ‘Oxfordshire Book Crawl’ is happening over the next week, involving independent bookshops in Oxfordshire, to mark Independent Bookshop Week – you can find out more here: https://www.oxbookcrawl.co.uk/
Sorry to see Mark and Nikki move on. We were among their first customers (if not the first) on the day Mostly Books opened, and it has always been for me the benchmark of what a book shop ought to be. I wish Sarah well.
I’ve been a regular since day one too – I think the bookshop is in good hands with Sarah who is lovely. Congratulations to Mark and Nicki for creating my second home – and very best wishes for all future ventures – I can’t wait to hear about them