Books and summer usually mix pretty well. Longer nights and balmy days make for reading conditions that are close to ideal. But for Norwich’s outstanding independent bookshop, The Book Hive,… Read more »

For a long time, Manchester’s Northern Quarter has been a haven for independent businesses. Tucked away behind the city’s busy, messy central square, Piccadilly Gardens, (which is flanked by a… Read more »

Foyles is to have a new CEO as Sam Husain, its current head, retires and is replaced by Paul Currie. Husain has been at the helm of the bookseller for… Read more »

John Sandoe Books in London’s Chelsea is an institution: a wonderful, old-fashioned bookshop that has the joys of curiosity and discovery at its heart, as every bookshop should. It describes… Read more »

The independent bookshop Kew Bookshop in West London is under threat because the building’s landlords want to demolish the building that houses it. The bookshop is currently located in a… Read more »

Yesterday the Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement in which he announced some good news for small businesses, which includes bookshops. As the Guardian summed it up: “Small shopkeepers… Read more »