palimpsestAN INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP

The bookshop

Room to browse.
Someone to talk books with.

Our shelves bring together fiction and books about places, making and nature.

Wooden shelves and reading tables in the bookshop

The shelves

Connections matter as much as categories.

A subject shelf gives you an entry point. The reading table puts different subjects next to one another, so a cover, a sentence or a shared interest can take the search in another direction.

Each book page includes a description, edition details and a passage to try before you choose.

The conversation

Bring a recent read or a curiosity.

You do not need the exact title to begin. A kind of story, a place you want to understand or a subject you keep returning to can help shape a bookseller enquiry.

Ask a bookseller