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Heygates Bookshop, Bognor Regis, England

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Heygates Bookshop, Bognor Regis, England

Heygates Bookshop, Bognor Regis, England

Heygates Bookshop was founded in 1968 at 67 High St by long-established fruiterers, greengrocers, and florists, the Heygate family. In 2016 the business passed to honorary nephew, Jason who was looking for something new having been made redundant from local government. Despite being diagnosed as Dyslexic at school Jason loved a new challenge. As the business had started to show its age, he set to work on new shelving, branding and even taking card payments! It was a slow and sometimes soul-destroying process, but eventually things started to pay off.

Whilst the shop was cosy we needed a bigger (and drier!) location so were delighted when the option to move to the town’s Grade II Listed Railway Station presented itself. We closed in May 2021 and reopened that July with more space, chairs, a courtyard and endless potential. We have not looked back, with more customers who all like the extra space and bigger ranges across all subjects, including book-related gifts. We have recently installed a coffee machine by popular demand. We have been able to host several book signings by local authors, a poetry reading and a now-annual Magic of Books Day, the aim being to show how words in books can conjure up the most magical images and experiences.

The once in a lifetime move of 200,000 + books presented the perfect opportunity to rebrand the shop, using the new location for its main inspiration and set the shop on its next chapter.

Contact:

Station Square, Station Rd, Bognor Regis PO21 1BA

Website: heygatesbooks.com
Telephone: 01243 860 079
Email: heygatesbooks@gmail.com
Instagram: @heygatesbooks
Facebook: Heygates-Bookshop-100063466121399

Librería Pérgamo, Madrid, Spain

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Librería Pérgamo, Madrid, Spain

Librería Pérgamo, Madrid, Spain

Librería Pérgamo is the oldest bookstore in Madrid, due to the gradual disappearance of other former oasis of the printed word. Founded in 1946 by Mr. Raúl Serrano, Librería Pérgamo entered the 21st century under the guidance of his daughters Lourdes and Ana, who upon retirement rented out the beloved space, which to this day continues to be read by many generations of readers, many of whom are still children who learned to read from its shelves during their childhood.

With the spirit of the old wood of its shelves intact, Pérgamo is a forest whose clearing comfortably accommodates up to 30 guests for book presentations, lectures, and discussions, as well as the daily festival of conversations and recommendations shared by visitors with the booksellers. Here, we discuss books and authors, whether they’re ghostwriters or young writers recently published for the first time. Here, we privilege the diverse and different genres of literature, and we offer a worthy selection of titles in history and other social sciences… and if we don’t have it, we’ll order it.

The team that sustains the vitality of an indispensable cultural space is guided by a love of books and reading, the flower of conversation, debate, and civilization whose salvation as a planet, in every country, and in every person, depends on the written word, on what we read—have read, and will read—in books.

Contact:

C. del Gral. Oráa, 24, Salamanca, 28006 Madrid

Website: pergamolibreria.es
Telephone: 647 56 83 52
Email: info@pergamolibreria.es
Instagram: @pergamo_lib

Henry Bohn Books, Liverpool, England

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Henry Bohn Books, Liverpool, England

Henry Bohn Books, Liverpool, England

At Henry Bohn Books you are presented with a plethora of audio recordings and books to choose from.

Extending over two floors Henry Bohn Books permeates an almost tangible and distinct aura that screams passion-for-books. After relocating to 12 London Road, Liverpool in 1998 this amazing little bookshop has gone from strength to strength. And no wonder…

You have a wide selection of books and music to choose from, and our prices are very competitive.

Contact:

12 London Rd, Liverpool, L3 5NF England

Website: henrybohnbooksliverpool.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 639 2401
Telephone: 0151 709 4501
Email: henrybohnbooks1988@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068629538379

Leakey’s Bookshop, Inverness, Scotland

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Leakey’s Bookshop, Inverness, Scotland

Leakey’s Bookshop, Inverness, Scotland

Scotland’s largest secondhand bookshop, family-run in Inverness since 1979.

Most of our books are only available to browse in person. This will probably always be the case; there are too many books and too few of us to even consider trying to list and track them all! That said, since 2010 we have been building a collection of rare and antiquarian books on the AbeBooks marketplace and currently have over 8000 listed.

Contact:

Church Street, Inverness IV1 1EY, United Kingdom

Website: leakeysbookshop.com
Telephone: 01463 239947
Email: leakeysbookshop@gmail.com
Instagram: @leakeysbookshop
Facebook: facebook.com/LeakeysBookshop

Desperate Literature, Madrid, Spain

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Desperate Literature, Madrid, Spain

Desperate Literature, Madrid, Spain

Desperate Literature is a joint project between Charlotte Delattre and Terry Craven, and originally co-founded along with Corey Eastwood and Craig Walzer.

We’re currently joined by our marvelous staff: Jorge Domingo Moron, Sasha Heider, Gloria Lizana Iglesias & Daniela Ruiz Moreno.

Desperate Literature is an international bookshop in Madrid, Spain. Along with the very best collection of used English and French books in the city, the shop also carries a large selection of quality books in Spanish and a variety of other languages.

With a focus on fiction, poetry, noir, sci-fi and belles-lettres, the store also maintains sections (in our three major languages) in philosophy, history, art, science, sociology, film, music and eastern religion. Of course, we also have a children’s section for young readers looking to further explore their mother tongue or learn a new one.

Desperate Literature strives to be a space where good literature serves as a vehicle for dynamic cultural, linguistic and social exchange between Madrileños, extranjeros and travelers from around the world.

In this spirit we host readings, meetings, gallery shows, lectures, and run an international literary prize for short fiction.

We’re open every day 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Winter hours). We’re not on the internet that often, but we check email often enough. Better yet, please stop by the shop and say hi or give us a call at +34 911 88 80 89.

We sell books. Real books. Desperate ones. Paper and glue.

Contact:

Calle Campomanes, 13, Madrid, Spain

Website: desperateliterature.com
Telephone: +34 911 88 80 89
Email: hello@desperateliterature.com
Instagram: @desperateliterature
Facebook: facebook.com/desperateliteraturemadrid
Twitter: @DesperateLit

Dornoch Bookshop, Dornoch, Scotland

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Dornoch Bookshop, Dornoch, Scotland

Dornoch Bookshop, Dornoch, Scotland

The Dornoch Bookshop is a marvellous holiday find! You can browse at leisure through our wide range of books – select from Scottish, Travel, Biography, Fiction, Crime and Cookery sections. We have an acclaimed children’s corner with table and chair for wee ones to check out our stock. As an aid to your holiday, we have OS maps, classical music CDs, postcards, cards and stationery.

We provide services of book ordering and mailing. Photocopying and Fax are available. If you have any queries please ask our knowledgeable staff who are there to help.

Our Coffee Piaggio will be parked outside weather permitting, so you can enjoy a cuppa al fresco!

Contact:

High St, Dornoch IV25 3SH

Website: thisisdornoch.com/listing/the-dornoch-bookshop/
Telephone: 01862 810 165
Email: dornochbookshop@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dornochbookshop

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