Welcome to Saturday Books – Shop & Gallery
Saturday Books was started twelve years ago and we are now based in a mid-nineteenth-century building in Tower Street, Dudley, originally three townhouses, part of which is now a warehouse and offices.
About Saturday Books
Saturday Books has space at ground level, which houses children’s literature and fantasy. Literature, popular philosophy and the arcane – paperback reading to be found immediately on the second floor. Up there, there is a coffee room, where serious browsers may want to take a pile of books for an afternoon of reading.
Down the second-floor corridor are rooms full of natural history, maritime, flight, motor transport, railways, canals, travel, first and second world wars, European and colonial history, battles, craft, gardening and cookery, then finally poetry, drama, music, religious thought and art.
And at the end of the corridor you’ll find our gallery, with paintings, drawings and other works by local artists, including the curator, Claire Tedstone. There’s also a little shop, where unique, hand-made items may be purchased at reasonable prices.
Saturday Books is headed up by Francis, bookshop proprietor, who is supported by a dedicated team of fellow bibliophiles.
We’re committed to constantly improving our bookshop and gallery, and we’re always keen to hear our customers’ views – either in person when you visit or via a message.
Local Writers
We stock books by authors and poets from across the West Midlands. We specialise in self-published works and books from small, independent publishers.
We welcome regional authors
Saturday Books and Gallery aims to promote writing in the West Midlands, from a view that our region – through its high degree of diversity, unique history and present drive towards ultra-modernity – has an emerging voice, or collection of voices that are rooted in the same landscape.
We therefore welcome contact with regional writers whose writing contains something of the conditions of life here in the West Midlands.
We have established an invoicing process through the Booksellers Association so that authors/publishers will be paid within a month of a sale taking place.
Saturday Books offers both bricks-and-mortar bookshop and dedicated local authors’ website for marketing writers’ work. In the case of the website, each book that is posted as for sale will carry a review/recommendation by Saturday Books’ staff or associates. Those who search online for new regional voices are thus guided to the choices they make.
If you’d like to sell through Saturday Books, please write to us.
Local Artists
Our small community gallery displays works by artists from the Black Country. And we have hand-made items for sale too!
I Cough Up a Feather of Truth
Claire Tedstone
Claire takes inspiration from the natural world and her lived experience, blending this with her interest in the arts, psychology, spirituality and philosophy.
Rhino
Tim Coleman
One of a series of art prints by local artist Tim Coleman, whose pencil drawings of animals range from kittens and rabbits to gorillas and elephants.
Prints of works by local artists
Art prints for sale online and in our gallery shop. All prints are 4x6 inches with a 6x8-inch mount, unframed.
We welcome local artists
If you’d like the opportunity to display a selection of your work in our main gallery room, or perhaps even fill a whole wall, please contact us and our curator Claire will be in touch. We may also be able to offer your art prints for sale.
Used, Rare and Out-of-Print Books
We have an enormous range of second-hand books, just a handful of which are shown here. To browse more of our collection, please visit us in Dudley or view our page at AbeBooks.
Stock images of book covers may not reflect the actual appearance of used items. Please see the specific product page for a note on the condition of the book.
Latest Articles
We blog at irregular intervals. Our posts include announcements of forthcoming events, photos of past events, the proprietor’s musings – and even the occasional poem.
The Brooke’s Bar Review – First Issue
Thriller writers, you need a house
Poetry Breakfast, December 2023
A New Definition of ‘Local’
What are public spaces for?
