As well as a range of fiction and non-fiction titles from all genres, East Gate Bookshop is our local Totnes community-minded shop and has a comprehensive selection of books looking at the natural world: from nature writing to identification guides and books concerning environmental issues.
For the WILD BOOK TALKS, we are co-hosting exceptional nature writers discussing their books, and talking about the vital topics of restoring nature, regenerative farming, and climate change.
This will be an on-going series of informative and discursive talks driving knowledge and encouraging debate around the challenges for nature and humanity that we are all facing.
We will also be celebrating the beauty, diversity, and the sheer joy that nature, if allowed to thrive, can bring to all of us.
Our resident bakers at The Albatross, the team at The Almond Thief are deeply involved in the community from the growing and milling of grain. They are part of the change makers who are looking to make our local economy thrive in an equitable and real way.
Based from the Dartington, the local craft bakery produce freshly baked sourdough bread and unbeatably delicious pastries.
Food in Community are an amazing non-for-profit community interest company with a fab bunch of volunteers that aim to reduce food waste, poverty and social isolation by collecting fresh, surplus produce and redistributing to charities, organisations and individuals in need across South Devon. other nutritious, sustainably produced food, then we deliver food boxes to individual households and to charities and community groups. They are an incredible bunch!
We collaborate with them by putting on community fundraisers, talks and supper clubs to help bring more to their plate!
Mend Assembly is a unique blend of grassroots maker space here in Totnes, local production, sustainability expertise, innovation and good old fashioned clothing services.
THE MEND ASSEMBLIES are a curated series of round table conversations, for anyone who wears clothes. We create a space to explore and uncover local and global narratives, new and old, that link sustainability to our everyday use of textiles and clothing.
Bring a hand work project, bring your burning questions, ideas or expertise.
Join experts from our community in the conversation that’s breaking ground for localised slow fashion and textiles solutions in our unique community.
Our musical buds next door, Drift Record Shop stock a wide range of genres, focusing on curating all kinds of contemporary music alongside independent books and magazines, ceramics, fine coffee, beautiful stationery, clothing and excellent printed goods. They are also the masterminds behind the Sea Change Present events, bring exceptional live music to Totnes and the collaborative town takeover festival. They are pretty rad!
Sitting beside us on The Rotherfold Square, Me and East are a hidden gem aiming to support independent craftspeople and businesses and keep the Independent British high street alive. They have the most beautiful selection of handmade gifts, clothing, jewellery, ceramics and more, all by a wonderful mix of British Makers - a lot we use in the pub!
Me and East have curated our craft workshops to bring the best makers to our little space.
