Paper Tales

Paper Tales A Shop for Book People.✨️
Local writers and makers 📚
Sustainable bookish gifts 🎁
Find us inside SPARKS Bristol!🌱

Organisers of the Festival of Stories.

Contact us for Book Clock commissions.

29/05/2026
23/05/2026

We just got this lovely testemonial from aka Housereads on TikTok ❤️

Help me name these lil pocket froggos! Pop your suggestions in the comment ❤️They'll be available for adoption from tomo...
22/05/2026

Help me name these lil pocket froggos! Pop your suggestions in the comment ❤️

They'll be available for adoption from tomorrow 🥰

22/05/2026

Our newest titles from

18/05/2026

We are beyond excited to announce we are a finalist at the in the category:

✨️ Best Community Contribution✨️

Over the last 2.5 years we have been building a wonderful bookish community in

Currently we stock over 80 local authors and 18 local makers as well as overseeing a free bookswap and organising the annual Festival of Stories. I'm really hopeful that this award could put a spotlight on the wonderful creativity present in Bristol and can help showcase the local talent on our shelves. They're all bloody marvellous ❤️

So thrilled to have Irja Rose joining our shop! These Bristol based geniuses make their own watercolour paint... and it'...
16/05/2026

So thrilled to have Irja Rose joining our shop! These Bristol based geniuses make their own watercolour paint... and it's sparkly... and it's eco-friendly!!!! 🤯

You can buy their super cute nature and book based kits with us including:

Jewellery kits (necklaces or earrings)
Bookmarks
Book pin badges

These are such lovely, wholesome and creative products- we're so pleased to have them on the shelves ❤️

14/05/2026

I asked Harry to make a video about his top 5 books from the shelves and why he picked them. You get what you ask for I guess 😂😂

Featured books:

The One who Wrote Destiny (Nikesh Shukla)

No One is Coming to Save You (Nicky Marshall)

Shaking Hands with the Devil (Bryan J Mason)

Wideawake (Sandra Tena)

Ghosted (Kate Dulson)



09/05/2026

It's Deaf Awareness Week 2026!

We tried a few signs from the Inspirisles RPG game by Hatchlings Games- an adventure that teaches you sign language!

Bristol V Bakery // Bristol Saint

08/05/2026

SPARKS Bristol turns 3 tomorrow!!

Join in the celebrations and get 10% off Culla Co, Paper Tales and Lycia!!

08/05/2026

My Brother Harry has joined us for work experience this week! This is his first ever post so give it some love ❤️

Featuring:

Books- The workshop of Filthy Creation by and The People's Republic of Love by

Gifts- RPG games by , sensory clickies by .print, crochet book sleeves by , prints and stickers by and more!

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Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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