Recent years have shown how important it is to support and champion local and independent bookshops. In this spirit, every three months we at Slightly Foxed choose our Bookshop of the Quarter.
We hope to shine a light on an independent bookshop that we know and love and in a way help you to discover bookshops that may be the best kept secret of a village, town or city. We go behind the scenes with convivial booksellers, and virtually or, if we’re lucky, physically rummage through their bookshelves in search of hidden gems around the country and further afield.
Keith and Pam have been managing the new look The Holt Bookshop for the last four years and have created a beacon for book lovers and a much appreciated literary hub . . .
Andy and Victoria Rossiter opened their first bookshop in Ross-on-Wye in 2010 and since then four more branches have opened in Monmouth, Leominster, Cheltenham and Malvern . . .
Chris Saunders is the managing director of Henry Sotheran Ltd, the country’s oldest antiquarian bookseller. He is also a freelance writer . . .
Since the summer of 2022, Kim Biddle at Lazy Day Books has provided kerbside bookish delight to sunny Los Angeles, California. Her thoughtfully curated collection of books cruises the streets of LA . . .
This May we had a Slightly Foxed day out in beautiful Cheltenham, culminating in an evening event to meet both the booksellers and local Slightly Foxed subscribers . . .
Kate has been a supporter of Slightly Foxed since first opening the doors to her own bookshop in 2010 and we’ve invited her to share the news . . .
We received a cheering email from Eduardo Ballester, a subscriber based on the south coast of Uruguay, back in 2019 which detailed plans to open a bookshop and a wish to stock Slightly Foxed . . .
The White Horse Bookshop is a proudly independent bookshop in a renovated Tudor townhouse in Marlborough, Wiltshire . . .
As many of our readers will know, Little Toller Books is an independent press that revives classic books about nature and rural life . . .
Savoy Bookshop & Café stands tall in downtown Westerly, Rhode Island, USA. This independent bookstore opened in April 2016 as a partnership . . .
‘Buy books. Do Good.’ So goes the motto of The Bookery in Crediton, a sentiment we wholeheartedly subscribe to here at Slightly Foxed . . .
Sam Read Bookseller is a small independent bookshop situated in the heart of the Lake District in Grasmere, Cumbria . . .
Oxford is home to a host of literary greats, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Lewis Carroll, Iris Murdoch and Philip Pullman to name a few. And, as of last month, it is home to a brand-new branch of Daunt Books . . .
This year, more than ever, has shown how important it is to support and champion local and independent bookshops . . .
This independent bookshop is settled between the river and Richmond Green in leafy Richmond-Upon-Thames . . .
We were delighted to launch our new series of Slightly Foxed biography events in association with the Biographers’ Club at Hatchards Booksellers on Piccadilly this summer . . .
Bailey Hill is the well-loved independent bookshop in Castle Cary, a town that lies between the Somerset Levels, Mendip Hills and the Blackmore Vale . . .
Bleak House Books in San Po Kong, Kowloon, is one of the furthermost bookshops from our corner of Hoxton Square . . .
As we look towards bright spring days here in Hoxton Square, we find our minds turn to warmer climes, and particularly to Book/Shop in Oakland, a beautiful space that’s lined with books and flooded with light . . .
The Suffolk Anthology is an independent bookshop in Cheltenham, named for the bustling Suffolks area in which it sits . . .
This independent bookshop, located in the historic Wiltshire town of Corsham, has long welcomed all locals, tourists and passing booklovers through its smart blue doors . . .
Situated in the seaside town of Aldeburgh, this handsome red bookshop looks out over the North Sea and welcomes book-seeking locals and visiting tourists all year round . . .
The Wyken Estate, just outside Bury St Edmunds, encompasses a vineyard, beautiful gardens, a restaurant, a café, a farmers’ market . . .
This independent bookshop, located in the historic Wiltshire town of Corsham, has long welcomed all locals, tourists and passing booklovers through its smart blue doors . . .
Belgravia Books of London is an independent bookshop run by an independent publisher, so it is no wonder that Slightly Foxed has sat proudly on its shelves . . .
The bookshop is just as attractive as its beautiful and celebrated Georgian surroundings, inviting customers to browse shelves, enjoy a cup of coffee . . .
Wenlock Books has been the beating heart of the high street in the ancient market town of Much Wenlock since 1987. Loved by locals and visitors alike . . .
Few bookshops in London have the density of books, informed staff or seductive atmosphere to compare with John Sandoe’s . . .
Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, which opened its doors in June 2006, is on John Street, right in the heart of Bath . . .
A former ‘Independent Bookshop of the Year’, One Tree Books is a vibrant independent bookshop in Petersfield, Hampshire . . .
Harris & Harris Books opened in the summer of 2011 and quickly became a well-loved feature of the picturesque wool town of Clare, Suffolk . . .
Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge has been a Foxed favourite for decades, before Slightly Foxed was even a notion . . .
Golden Hare Books is a gem of a bookshop over the border in Edinburgh. Just last month they moved from historic Grassmarket . . .
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