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All Bookshops in the Hobart Book Village are OPEN or ACCESSIBLE ON WEEKENDS from now until
MEMORIAL Day Weekend.   Our hours are:

Saturday & Sunday ........................................ 11 am to 5 pm

On Holiday Mondays ....................................... 10 am to 3 pm


 Generally, these hours apply to most shops.
However, please visit each shop's individual page under the "About Us" tab for variations in Hours of Operation.

After 5 full seasons in the Hobart Book Village, Dennis Lauchman and Rosie Richards, have decided to return Butternut Valley Books to their hometown of Gilbertsville, NY in Otsego County.

Fifty-Nine minutes each way and a combined 89 miles can take its toll on both driver and vehicle, particularly during the challenging Winter months.

However, Dennis will still be traveling throughout the year as he continues to sell books, ephemera, bookends, art, maps and periodicals at Book Shows in New York, Pennsylvania and New England.

We wish both of them good health & fortune, and we thank them for their time in the Hobart Book Village.

We are pleased to announce that in the Spring of 2020, two stores will open on Main Street to expand the total number of book related shops to 6.

"NY Books & Ephemera" will take over the space next to Creative Corner Books and offer an array of very interesting books and printed matter.

A yet to be named multi-vendor shop will occupy the north side portion of the Historic Hobart Inn. 
Vendors will include:
   "The Book Nook" - a Children's Lending Library, 
    a Bookshop offering great finds at reasonable prices,         and a Clothing Boutique of hand-made vintage                   garments as well as offering sewing workshops on the       premises.

WATCH A VIDEO OF THE HOBART BOOK VILLAGE  THAT IS FEATURED
ON AN EPISODE OF  
"FULL FRAME CLOSE UP"
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Special Thanks to
Kurt A. Gardinier of america.cgtn.com

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HERE'S WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT US:   ANDNORTH.COM
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What is a Book Village?

The idea of a Book Village or Book Town was born in 1961 in rural Wales in a small, nearly forgotten town called Hay-on-Wye. Richard Booth, an entrepreneur, bought several town buildings and turned them into bookstores. Today, nearly 25 independent booksellers sell second-hand and antiquarian books, prints and other works on paper to thousands of readers and collectors who, via ferry, flood into this small town.

In 2005, Don Dales, our own local entrepreneur established the only book village east of the Mississippi in historical Hobart, New York. There are 5 independent bookshops as well as Art Galleries, Home Embellishment and Antiques shops in the village. There are also many other established booksellers within a 50 mile radius making the Hobart Book Village a not-to-be missed terminus for book lovers everywhere.

Set in the Northern Catskills, Hobart continues to be an agricultural community. It is also becoming known as a center for arts and literary culture as the Book Village hosts the annual Festival of Women Writers, several art shows, author readings and signings as well as the very popular Winter Respite Lecture Series all of which keeps the village a year-round destination.

Two huge semi-annual sales are held on the weekends of Memorial Day and Thanksgiving Day. These sales draw hundreds of collectors, book lovers, vacationers and local residents since it is a great way to stock personal libraries for the summer, fall and winter or kick start Holiday shopping.