Every month we go behind the shelves at a different independent bookshop - we meet the owners, customers and pets. Bookshop dogs and cats are the best! If you’d like us to feature your local bookshop get in touch using the form below.
INDIE BOOKSHOP OF THE MONTH
Loyalty Bookstores, Washington, USA
Indie Bookshop of the Month: February 2023-The Bookish Type
To celebrate LGBT+ History Month we’re taking you to The Bookish Type in Leeds. This queer indie bookshop was started up by Ray and Nic in 2019 when they ran pop-up bookstalls, but in 2020 they finally opened the doors to their shop in the Merrion Centre.
On every shelf you’ll find a range of queer literature, from fiction to children’s books, YA to memoirs, poetry to short stories and zines to non-fiction, and more! Ray and Nic champion LGBTIQA+ authors and books with queer themes and characters, “because we know the importance of seeing yourself – and your community – represented. Also, there is so much amazing queer literature that we want to celebrate it all!”
Celebrating 5 Years of Indie Bookshops!
To celebrate five years of our Indie Bookshop of the Month feature, we’re taking you back to City Books in Hove, the very first shop we featured way back when in July 2018! Read on to see our interview with Paul and Inge:
From the niche to the super-niche, from super-swank to pile-em-high second-hand, we LOVE independent bookshops! We want to highlight the high-street heroes who dedicate their lives to readers and writers so every month we’re celebrating a different indie profiling the owners and their tastes (and bookshop cats & dogs)
Meet Paul and Inge from City Books in Hove!
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