Borders Gateshead, Team Valley - Books, DVDs, CDs, Games and Children's Entertainment!

REMEMBER TO JOIN BORDERS GATESHEAD AT THE JOURNAL'S MASSIVE TASTE 2 FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL, ON THE 30TH OF AUGUST AT THE MACDONALD LINDEN HALL HOTEL. ENTRY COSTS JUST £5, AND SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE THE HAIRY BIKERS, MALCOLM GLUCK, AND NONE OTHER THAN DAVID GINOLA.

Borders Gateshead offers an unrivalled shopping experience; mixing a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere with helpful and knowledgeable booksellers, and adding that certain something extra that ensures our customers always return. Not only do we have a fantastically wide range of books to satisfy even the most hungry of book-worms, we also have a great selection of DVDs and CDs- and if it's all a little overwhelming, our booksellers are always ready to offer a recommendation to suit your needs. So, what is it that sets us apart from our competitors....?

• HUGE STORE!- no-where on the high street can contend with us in terms of square footage, and all that extra space is filled with more books, CDs and DVDs for our customers' benefit. 
• ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL YOUR ENTERTAINMENT NEEDS!- everything you will need under one roof, from Fiction and Non-Fiction, through Kids' books, toys and games, to Cds, DVDs and Blu Ray!
• ENJOY A STARBUCKS COFFEE WHILE YOU BROWSE!- the perfect way to miss the manic traffic of rush hour after a day's shopping in Retail World.
• GREAT SOCIAL CENTRE FOR GROUPS, GIGS AND EVENTS!- check our Events page to get the low-down on all forthcoming events in store.
• PAPERCHASE- for all your cards and gift needs, we have a Paperchase concession in our store.
• EXCELLENT PARKING- because we are situated on a retail park we can provide all of our customers with convenient parking, including Disabled spaces.
• MASSIVE SELECTION OF MAGAZINES- we have an unrivalled range of mags for customers to choose from, from TV guides, through sporting favourites like FourFourTwo, hip art papers like Juxta, to the weekly gossip rags that nourish all those nosey needs. 

..AND THEN THERE'S THE SPECIAL STUFF...

SPECIALIST ADVICE FROM EXPERT BOOKSELLERS: Each and every section of the store has a dedicated and passionate bookseller allocated within it, allowing customers to take advantage of their informed recommendations and advice.

BIGGEST AND BEST CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT: Every Borders store has a Children's Specialist, who is dedicated to dealing with all enquiries parents may have, as well as taking charge of the wide range of activities and story times that we host every week. Why not join Marie in our children's department, and browse our unrivalled selection of books, toys and games?

HUGE SELECTION OF ACADEMIC TITLES: For all of your scholastic needs, whether you're a teacher planning lessons or a student looking forward to sitting SATS, GCSEs or A-Levels, we have the titles available to get you through a whole summer of exams.

BUYING FOR A SCHOOL OR BUSINESS? - GREAT DISCOUNTS AND SPECIAL ADVICE: Ask about our Business and Academic Accounts, which offer all card holders discount on their purchases, as well as the ability to fax us orders through in advance.

 ..AND WHAT ABOUT VALUE?

Every week we bring you the best offers on huge, best-selling titles...

This Week's Special Offer: This week- from 14th- 20th August, we are offering our customers the paperback edition of Number One selling author Jodi Picoult's Second Glance  for only £3.99 (RRP £7.99), as well as Lorraine Kelly's new autobiography Between You & Me for just £9.49 (RRP £18.99) for this week only.  

Come in store for further great Half Price offers.

Multimedia Offer of the Week: Running from Monday 25th- Sunday 31st August, we have the must-see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for just £7.99, as well as The Verve's long-awaited new album Forth, available for just £14.99. Offers not to be missed!

Unrivalled DVD & Music Offers:

2 FOR £10 DVD OFFER: This Autumn we have hundreds of DVD titles available on our massive 2 for £10 (or £5.99 each) offer, including classics like The African Queen and The Shawshank Redemption, foreign favourites like Amelie, and modern cult classics like High Fidelity and Hell Boy. So why not come in store and pick up a pair for only a tenner?!

Discover Something Different: Once again, Borders are proud to present a massive selection of foreign and indie DVD titles to our customers at excellent prices- why not try The Darjeeling Ltd, starring Owen Wilson and Adrian Brody, or Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001:  Space Odyssey both at £7.99, or the fantastic Ed Wood for just £4.99?! Go on, broaden your cinematic horizons and discover something different with Borders this Autumn.

Great CDs from £3.99: We are proud to offer our customers a massive range of classic and new albums for under a fiver: for fans of classics there's Lindisfarne's Best Of, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicle, or Carole King's Tapestry among many others. And for fans of the new school we have Klaxon's Myths of the Near Future, Scissor Sister's Ta Dah and The Killers' Sam's Town, all from just £3.99! Now with added titles, including Bowie's Hunky Dory. 

ADDED CD OFFER: From Saturday 23rd August, we are running a special offer on a selection of chart and new release titles- in time for the bank holiday buy two of the selected CDs for just £20. So why not pick up Amy Winehouse's modern classic Back In Black Deluxe Edition, along with Amy Macdonald's This Is Life, or the Mercury nominated pair of Robert Plant & Alison Krauss' Raising Sand and Elbow's Seldom Seen Kid for £20?!

REMEMBER TO CHECK OUR EVENTS AND FAVOURITES PAGES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON OUR IN-STORE AND EXTERNAL EVENTS, AND ALSO FOR UNRIVALLED RECOMMENDATIONS.

UPCOMING EVENTS: Taste 2 Food & Drink Festival, Roz Southey, Clare Grogan, NUFC.Com's Biffa, Hartlepool United legend Brian Honour and the Viz. Check the events page for further details.

...SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION THIS AUTUMN , GIVE BORDERS GATESHEAD A RING!!