Photo Album
Our photos show all aspects of our store - from getting ready to open through to some of our more memorable events. We will add more regularly, so keep checking back.
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Our Store
Previously an engineering works, our building was moved from just down the road and rebuilt. Check out the old crane, and take a guess how long it takes to clean the giant front window. -
Dundee Literary Festival 2008
The view from the 1st floor of the New Teaching Block during the literary festival. -
1st Birthday Editors Sign!
We had editors from DC Thomson's best publications in over our birthday weekend on 10th & 11th November 2007. Highlights included distracting Broons & Oor Wullie editor David Donaldson from painting his house, and the Commando editors signing all their bo -
1st Birthday Princess Poppy Storytime
Author Janey Louise Jones came in on Saturday 10th November to read her stories and chat to our sparkly audience of princesses. In a lovely dress, she looked as if she had just stepped out of the pages of one of her fantastic books! -
1st Birthday: Dennis Returns!
Not content with his opening day menacing, Dennis came back on 10th & 11th November to get more menacing in. Also spotted over the weekend were Maisy the mouse and Wally from the 'Where's Wally?' books (if you could find him!) -
Paddinton's 50th Birthday
We had a 2 day birthday party to celebrate Paddington Bear's 50th Birthday on 28th & 29th June 2008. Sarah and the kids read stories, ate marmalade sandwiches, sang 'happy birthday' and had a lot of fun! -
Doug Johnstone
As part of the 2008 Dundee Literary festival, author Doug Johnstone read from and played songs from his latest book, 'The Ossians', the irreverent story of a band on the very edge. -
Retail Chain of the Year again!!
We won the Retail Chain of the Year at the Dundee Retail Awards for the second year in a row! -
World Book Day 2008 - Show Us Your Pants!
As part of our WBD events we had a pant making masterclass, and hung our newly created smalls on a washing line right across the Kids department. -
Soroptomists - World Water Day
March 22nd was World Water Day, and Dundee's Soroptomists came in for the day to raise awareness of world water issues. -
King Creosote
Fence musician and Fife lad Kenny Anderson aka King Creosote entertained in store prior to his gig on 9th May 2008. -
National Theatre of Scotland Storytime
Our storytime kids were entertained big style by the National Theatre of Scotland on 24th May 2008. In a kilt. -
Whisky Kitchen Demo
Graham Harvey, co-author of 'The Whisky Kitchen' gets stuck in making Haggis & Whisky soup. Mmmmm... -
Robbie Discovers Free Ice Cream!
At our 1st Birthday night out, imagine Robbie's delight when a tub of Ice Cream conga'd its way to his table. The usually level headed manager became a monster after a heavy fuelling of beer and frozen dessert. -
Hazey Janes
The Hazey Janes came in on 24th May 2008 to support their new single 'New York'. Their country tinged sounds attracted lots of followers including a group of dancing 4 year olds! -
Ian Rankin - Dundee Literary Festival 2008
Edinburgh crime author Ian Rankin closed the first night of the festival to a full house before signing and meeting fans. -
Vivienne Westwood - Dundee Literary Festival 2008
Style guru Vivienne chats about her work and manifesto to students of the Art College, all of whom dug into their dressing up boxes for the occasion. -
St Leonards Jazz Band
For the second year we entertained customers with some smooth jazz from the staff and pupils of St Leonards School in St. Andrews. Mmm nice... -
Cath Cassidy Press Ganged!
Intrepid Borders press ganger Cary McLaughlin interviewed kids author Cathy Cassidy for our store newsletter - both Cathy and Carly had a great time at the 'Ginger Snaps' book launch. -
Jeffrey Deaver
Top US crime scribbler Jeffrey came in to sign his books and give us some tips on how to commit the perfect murder. Before not going to Glasgow. Sorry David...
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