Why Civilised Saturday Is The Perfect Post Black Friday Treat

Exhausted by Black Friday? Or are you just looking for a lovely way to spend your Saturday? The book trade has you sorted! Around 100 bookshops across the UK will be offering R&R to shoppers who battled Black Friday and lived to the tale with Civilised Saturday... here's why it's the perfect post Black Friday treat.

You can arrive at a reasonable hour, you won’t have to queue to get in AND it’s a well-known fact that booksellers are the friendliest people on earth

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Quench your thirst with prosecco, rest your feet in a comfy chair and fill up on cake!

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Yes, really. Bookshops across the UK will be hosting tea parties and giving out tea, cake and prosecco. Do we need to say more?

Bookshops are the gifts that keep on giving. (Unlike that half priced electrical appliance you'll use 'everyday'...)

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There’s no need to panic buy. Browse* the shelves at your leisure.

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*Swinging on ladders is done at the readers risk

There’s none of this…

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Or any of this...

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*blood boils*

But plenty of this...

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Everything in a bookshop has been labelled, filed and is easy to find… plus they are guaranteed to have your size in stock.

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Oh, and did we mention there would be prosecco?

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No brainer really.