Selfridges’ Words Words Words Literary Season Kicks Off Today
Let your inner bookworm wriggle free within the safety of Oxford Street’s finest…
bookshops
Independent Bookseller’s Week
According to the Mayor’s draft cultural strategy, London has nearly twice as many bookshops as New York (927 plays 498), and they can’t all be branches of Waterstone’s. As this week is Independent Bookseller’s Week, with a number of events taking place around the city, …
Foyles Planning Islington Expansion
Citing record sales figures, the chief executive of Foyles has indicated that the bookseller may open a new store in Islington. The literati of N1 lost a bookshop last year when Borders closed, though Waterstones remains and Camden Passage has lots of second-hand and antique …
Biblio-Text: Persephone Books
Continuing our amble round London’s independent bookshops Something a little bit different this week as we pay a visit to Persephone Books – publisher and bookshop. Persephone was founded by Nicola Beauman in 1999 and publishes ‘neglected’ fiction and non-fiction by and about women, including …
