April’s Bookshop of the Month – The Bookshop on the Green
The Bookshop on the Green is nestled in the heart of Bournville, Birmingham overlooking the beautiful Bournville Village Green and the iconic Bournville chocolate…
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March’s International Bookshop of the Month – Athenaeum Bookstore in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded in 1966 in the centre of Amsterdam on the iconic Spui square, Athenaeum Bookstore is housed in several connected old Amsterdam houses. We…
March’s Bookshop of the Month – Marple Bookshop
Marple Bookshop is a family-owned independent bookshop that has been serving Marple and its surrounding areas over the past fifty years. We spoke with…
February’s Bookshop of the Month – Much Ado Books
For February’s Bookshop of the month we explored Much Ado Books in Alfriston, East Sussex – a bookshop unlike any other, with a unique…
January’s International Bookshop of the Month – Clarke’s Bookshop in Cape Town, South Africa
Clarke’s Bookshop has been on Long Street in the centre of Cape Town since 1957. Founded by Anthony Clarke as a second-hand bookshop, the…
November’s Bookshop of the Month – The Forest Bookstore
At the heart of the Scottish Borders, the Forest Bookstore is an independent bookshop that was founded in 2006. It stocks a wide yet…
October’s International Bookshop of the Month – Smith & Son
Smith & Son is the largest English bookshop in Paris. Established by the Neal brothers in 1870 as an independent business, it was bought…
October’s Bookshop of the Month – The Stripey Badger
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is The Stripey Badger, which stocks titles of all genres, book-related gifts and cards, and Yorkshire maps and…
August’s Bookshop of the Month – Shrew Books
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is Shrew Books, a Cornish independent specialising in new releases, children’s books and nature writing. We spoke to…
June’s Bookshop of the Month – Sam Read Bookseller
For June’s Bookshop of the Month, we headed to the Lake District to visit Sam Read Bookseller. From Wordsworth, Coleridge and the Romantics, to…
May’s Bookshop of the Month – Good Press
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is Good Press, a Glasgow-based bookshop and art space specialising in independently produced publications and projects. We spoke…
April’s International Bookshop of the Month – Bookstore eureka!
This month we travelled (sadly only virtually) to the Baltic state of Lithuania, to hear from an independent who serves the avid reading community…
April’s Bookshop of the Month – Rossiter Books
For April’s Bookshop of the Month, we are delighted to have chosen Rossiter Books, a family run business that has locations in Monmouth, Ross-on-Wye and…
March’s International Bookshop of the Month – Libreria Out of London Press (OOLP)
We have for a while now been highlighting independent bookshops across the UK in a monthly interview on our blog. We love hearing from these…
February’s Bookshop of the Month – The Feminist Bookshop
For February’s Bookshop of the Month, we’re heading down to the south coast to visit the Feminist Bookshop – an independent bookshop and plant-based…