Welcome to Creative Corner Books

Creative Corner Books, in the Book Village of the Catskills in Hobart, New York, is a book store and more!  We carry a wide selection of new, used, and vintage cookbooks and craft books, as well as beautiful and unique gift items made by local artisans. A recent addition to our shop is Kathy’s Vintage Kitchen, a selection of vintage kitchen items, including china, glassware, utensils, linens, and ephemera. Creative Corner also offers gift certificates in any amount, always a perfect gift!

Creative Corner is an independent community bookstore owned by Kathy and George Duyer, who moved to Hobart in 2014 and soon fell in love with the Book Village and the surrounding area.  After spending many happy hours browsing through the shops on Main Street, we decided to take the plunge into bookselling ourselves.  We opened Creative Corner Books in May 2016.  Our goal is to make Creative Corner an active participant in Hobart community life.  Some of the ways we have gotten involved with the community are:

• Holding classes, demonstrations, lectures, book signings, and other community events at the bookstore.

• Teaching free sewing classes for children.

• Participating in Soup's On! community suppers and donating cookbooks for a Soup's On! cookbook library.

• Collaborating with the Hobart Farmers Market, providing weekly free recipes and samples of treats featuring the fruits and vegetables available at the market.

• Teaching Crockpot Cookery classes in conjunction with Our Community of Caring

• Collaborating with the Hobart Historical Society on its fundraisers, including reproducing a 1938 Hobart Women's Civic Club Cookbook

• Collaborating with the Hobart Business Alliance and other local businesses on community projects.

Local Businesses Build Stronger Communities.

Numerous studies have shown that shopping at locally owned businesses has striking positive effects on the local economy, and shopping at local bookstores has been shown to have an even more pronounced positive economic impact.  A recent study by Civic Economics showed that for every $100 spent at local bookstores, $45 remains in the local economy, compared to only $13 out of every $100 spent in chain bookstores.  Money spent at local businesses simultaneously creates jobs, funds more local services through taxes, and strengthens an environmentally and economically sustainable town.

In an era of big box stores and online outlets, independent bookstores are critically important sites for maintaining literary communities, preserving local flavor by combating the homogenizing effect of corporate stores, and promoting a lively and diverse intellectual discourse.  

If you enjoy spending time in independent bookstores and other small businesses, then support the local businesses in your community!  Visit, browse, chat, shop, and spend!  Local businesses can only stay in business if they have the support of their communities.  

Member of:

Delaware County Chamber of Commerce

Hobart Business Alliance

Are you an artist or craftsperson with products you would like to sell at Creative Corner?  Send us an email with information and images of your products to creativecornerbooks@gmail.com.