Quacked Spines CIC

17/07/2026

well done Bamil's Book Emporium! expertly run by young booksellers at Preston Primary who took part in our Enterprise Day - Buzzilliant Books.

22/09/2025

Calling Teesside Primary schools - We have TWO free workshops remaining under our current funding ...

Buzzilliant Books – Enterprise Workshop
A hands-on, whole-day workshop that brings the world of books and business together.
Pupils work in teams to design and run their own bookshop, applying skills across the curriculum.
Activities include:
Budgeting and buying stock (Maths)
Branding, logo design, and shop naming (Art & English)
Pricing, discounts, and sales strategy (Maths & Business)
Teamwork, communication, and presentation skills (PSHE)
Each team pitches their bookshop idea to a panel of judges.
The winning team gets to run the school’s bookshop for real — with all profits staying in school.
Buzzilliant Books gives pupils a taste of enterprise, teamwork, and literacy combined.

22/09/2025

“Every child deserves the joy of owning their very own signed book. That’s what Quacked Spines is here to deliver.”

Quacked Spines is the not-for-profit wing of Drake The Bookshop, created to make books and authors accessible to every child. We reinvest profits and funding to deliver inspiring, free, and subsidised events in schools and communities.
Our Offers -

• Buzzilliant Books – A hands-on enterprise day where pupils design, budget, and pitch their very own bookshop. The winning team runs it for real in school — with profits staying in school.

• The Great North Author Tour – A two-day celebration of stories. 12 authors visiting schools across Teesside with free workshops and signed books for children, followed by a bus tour linking our region’s independent bookshops.

Our mission: More books. More stories. More children inspired.

If you want to find out more - please get in touch!

13/09/2025

We’re proud to launch Quacked Spines CIC, the not-for-profit arm of Drake The Bookshop in Stockton on Tees.

Our mission: to remove barriers to reading by providing free/subsidised books, author events, and workshops in schools across Teesside.

Stay tuned for news of our primary school enterprise workshop opportunity ...

18/08/2025

We absolutely love this interview Tom Palmer gave on BBC Breakfast last week about the importance of reading with children as the perfect way to help children learn and gain an understanding of big issues - time spent reading with kids is never lost

02/07/2025

Buzziliant Books! fingers crossed our entry is a winner - £500 will allow us to take this enterprise day into another 2 schools absolutely free of charge!

Buzziliant News Alert! 📚

We love this entry from Quacked Spines CIC in our latest Snap & Share to Win competition! With a little help from Tees Million funding, they’ve been busy bringing their brilliant ‘Build-a-Bookshop’ day - Buzziliant Books - to life and offering it free for primary schools across Teesside!

Pupils from Croft Primary School are pictured getting to grips with everything it takes to run their own bookselling enterprise - from designing logos, budgeting to buy stock and using entrepreneurial skills to sell their idea to a judging panel.

The winning team gets to run their bookshop in school for a whole week - and even better, they keep the profits for their school!

👏 Well done to everyone involved – you're officially in the draw to win a £500 grant!



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22/10/2024

Watch out! there's a brand new bookshop on Teesside! The Buzziliant Bookshop was created by pupils at The Avenue Primary School in Nunthorpe. They've been helping us test drive our proto-type Build-A-Bookshop Enterprise Day.

During the enterprise day pupils work in teams to build a bookshop for their school from scratch - designing a logo, choosing which books to stock, managing a budget, and finally... marketing their bookshop to a panal of judges (comprised of teachers and pupils). The winning team gets to build their bookshop in school and run it for a week. Books sold earn profits for the school.

Buzziliant Bookshop were the winners and ran their bookshop during Parent Teacher evenings at their school last week.... and they did an absolute Buzziliant job!

The Build-A-Bookshop enterprise day is a work in progress, we're fine-tuning the delivery using feedback from The Avenue and we're almost ready to roll with it. We are currently seeking funding to purchase the physical elements of the bookshop (pop-up shelves, signs, till and card machine etc).
If you'd like to know more about Build-A-Bookshop drop us a message.

22/10/2024

At Quacked Spines, we believe that reading is for everyone. Based in Stockton-on-Tees, our brand new community interest company is dedicated to fostering a love for literature and ensuring that all individuals have access to the resources they need to explore the world of reading.
If you're a teacher, a home schooler, or any other community group wanting to find out more about how we can help drop us a message.