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– Erik Heywood, Book/Shop

Bookshop of the Quarter

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.

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2024

  • Summer

    Summer

    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 . . .

  • Spring

    Spring

    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 . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2023

  • Spring

    Spring

    Chris Saunders is the managing director of Henry Sotheran Ltd, the country’s oldest antiquarian bookseller. He is also a freelance writer . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    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 . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    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 . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    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 . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2022

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    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 . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2021

  • Spring

    Spring

    The White Horse Bookshop is a proudly independent bookshop in a renovated Tudor townhouse in Marlborough, Wiltshire . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    As many of our readers will know, Little Toller Books is an independent press that revives classic books about nature and rural life . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    Savoy Bookshop & Café stands tall in downtown Westerly, Rhode Island, USA. This independent bookstore opened in April 2016 as a partnership . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    ‘Buy books. Do Good.’ So goes the motto of The Bookery in Crediton, a sentiment we wholeheartedly subscribe to here at Slightly Foxed . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2020

  • Spring

    Spring

    Sam Read Bookseller is a small independent bookshop situated in the heart of the Lake District in Grasmere, Cumbria . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    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 . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    This year, more than ever, has shown how important it is to support and champion local and independent bookshops . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2019

  • Spring

    Spring

    This independent bookshop is settled between the river and Richmond Green in leafy Richmond-Upon-Thames . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    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 . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    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 . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    Bleak House Books in San Po Kong, Kowloon, is one of the furthermost bookshops from our corner of Hoxton Square . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2018

  • Spring

    Spring

    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 . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    The Suffolk Anthology is an independent bookshop in Cheltenham, named for the bustling Suffolks area in which it sits . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    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 . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2017

  • Spring

    Spring

    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 . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    The Wyken Estate, just outside Bury St Edmunds, encompasses a vineyard, beautiful gardens, a restaurant, a café, a farmers’ market . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    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 . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    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 . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2016

  • Spring

    Spring

    The bookshop is just as attractive as its beautiful and celebrated Georgian surroundings, inviting customers to browse shelves, enjoy a cup of coffee . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    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 . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    Few bookshops in London have the density of books, informed staff or seductive atmosphere to compare with John Sandoe’s . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, which opened its doors in June 2006, is on John Street, right in the heart of Bath . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2015

  • Spring

    Spring

    A former ‘Independent Bookshop of the Year’, One Tree Books is a vibrant independent bookshop in Petersfield, Hampshire . . .

  • Summer

    Summer

    Harris & Harris Books opened in the summer of 2011 and quickly became a well-loved feature of the picturesque wool town of Clare, Suffolk . . .

  • Autumn

    Autumn

    Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge has been a Foxed favourite for decades, before Slightly Foxed was even a notion . . .

  • Winter

    Winter

    The Barnes Bookshop is one of three independent bookshops owned by Isla Dawes, with the others located in Kew and Sheen . . .

Bookshop of the Quarter | 2014

  • Winter

    Winter

    Golden Hare Books is a gem of a bookshop over the border in Edinburgh. Just last month they moved from historic Grassmarket . . .


Bookshop of the Quarter

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