A bookshop run by booklovers for booklovers. That's a lotta love.
The art of books in Edinburgh's old town
A "heady mixture of new, second-hand and rare titles" and one of London's best kept secrets
A much-loved local bookshop with wonderful themed window displays
To mark the end of Sober October join us for a drinks evening at Treadwell’s bookshop in Bloomsbury. We’ll be giving away prizes to star Sober October participants and there’ll be some delicious wines from the fantastic and innovative company, Naked Wines, who exclusively stock independent...
Name: Brittany Durgin Company: Worcester Mag Name of bookshop: Acoustic Java Website: http://www.acousticjava.com/ City/Country: Worcester, MA I love this bookshop because: It’s actually a coffeehouse that dedicates two walls to used books and sells both new and used books that are always chosen by the...
Name: Stefanie Posavec Company: Name of bookshop: Artwords City/Country: London I love this bookshop because: it’s around the corner from my studio and it’s got such a thoughtful mix of illustrated and essay-based books on art and design… I know if I save my pennies...
Name: Mariana Lobao Name of bookshop: Artwords Bookshop City/Country: London / UK
Name: Sally Hawken Name of bookshop: The Book Shop City/Country: Liskeard
Name: Jessica McHattie Name of bookshop: City Books City/Country: Brighton I love this bookshop because: It’s everything a bookshop should be: peaceful, with varied, well-selected books, polite and unobtrusive staff, and has the added bonuses of good coffee and a dog. The books on my...
Name: The Monkey Company: Monkey Travel Name of bookshop: Clásica y moderna City/Country: Buenos Aires, Argentina I love this bookshop because: its bookshop, cafe, restaurant, performance space, and faded façade unify so many strands of the culture of one of my favorite cities. Clásica y...
Name: Faye Name of bookshop: Gosh Comics City/Country: London I love this bookshop because: …I love graphic novels. The books on my wishlist are: Life with Mr Dangerous – Paul Hornschmier Jimmy Corrigan Graphic Novel by Chris Ware Box Office Poison – Alex Robinson La...
Name: Helen Forester Name of bookshop: Chener Books, East Dulwich City/Country: East Dulwich, London I love this bookshop because: it’s local and friendly The books on my wishlist are: too many to mention!…I want to save for some lovely Christmas pressies for my nearest and...
Name: Rob Dyson Company: Whizz-Kidz Name of bookshop: Copperfields City/Country: Wimbledon I love this bookshop because: Okay, so I was going to go sober for Foyles – a large but independent bookstore, owned by the same family who founded it in 1903. But they ruled...
Name: Agnieszka Skibinska Name of bookshop: Biblocafe City/Country: Glasgow/Lanarkshire The books on my wishlist are: Shakespeare, William: The Tempest Mann, Thomas: Magic Mountain
Sober October is a campaign for book lovers. It has two simple aims:
1. To rest your liver.
2. To get you back into your local bookshop.
It's free to participate - all you have to do is pick an independent bookshop you want to support, give up the booze for all or part of October, then go and spend whatever you've saved on beer, on books! Read more...
