Come in with
nothing in mind.
Leave with three.
What we offer
Indicative placeholder pricing. Every figure on this sample site is written as a placeholder.
New releases
Everything worth reading from the last six months, and nothing that is not.
Second hand
A wall of used stock, priced honestly and checked page by page.
Staff picks
Twenty titles with handwritten cards, changed every week.
Special order
Anything in print, ordered on request and held for a fortnight.
Book club box
Three titles a quarter with notes, posted or collected.
Gift wrapping
Free, always, and better than you would do at home.
New, used and stubbornly hand picked
A reading room
Upstairs, free, no purchase expected, open the same hours as the shop.
Handwritten cards
Every recommendation is signed by whoever read it, so you know who to argue with.
Events most weeks
Launches, readings and a monthly club that anyone can join.
We will find it
Out of print and specialist requests go on a want list and often turn up.
What people say
These quotations are invented for this sample and are not real customer feedback.
“I asked for something like a book I loved and they nailed it on the first try.”Sample customer review
“The used wall is dangerous. I have never left with only one.”Sample customer review
“Hosted our club for a year and never once made us feel rushed.”Sample event guest
Three steps, no mystery
Browse
No sections labelled by algorithm. Just shelves and cards.
Ask
Tell us one book you liked and we will find the next three.
Come back
Special orders are held under your name for two weeks.
Before you ask
In small quantities, by appointment, and we are choosy.
Almost always. Most orders land inside a week.
For the book club and events, otherwise first come.
Within the country, flat rate, dispatched next working day.
Come and browse properly
Open seven days. The reading room upstairs is free and nobody will ask you to buy anything.
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