The two branches of Village Books, in Dulwich Village and Wandsworth Common, must have a claim to be Britain’s most dog-friendly bookshops. Not only do we allow dogs big and small to accompany their owners into our shops, occasionally offering them a treat from behind the till, but this year we have been raising money for a local greyhound charity, by donating £1 for each copy sold of Michael Morpurgo’s novel Born to Run. In the lead up to Christmas our two shops sold a grand total of 245 copies of this wonderful children’s novel telling the story of a maltreated greyhound, and raised £245 for Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare, a charity based in Hersham, Surrey. Last Tuesday, 11th March, the patron of the charity, One Foot in the Grave star Annette Crosbie, together with her daughter, actress Selina Griffiths, and their three beautiful rescued greyhounds, visited our Wandsworth Common shop to collect a cheque which will hopefully go towards lots of tins of dog food for the hungry hounds!

For more information and photographs please contact Daniel Webb, Assistant Manager, Village Books, 6 Bellevue Road, Wandsworth Common, London SW17 7EG
Tel: 020 8672 4413 Email Wandsworth@villagebooks.uk.com