No. 47 Autumn issue of the front table
Books with room to think.
An independent bookshop with a reading café at the back. New and secondhand shelves, picks with handwritten notes, and long tables where nobody hurries you.
Now reading, this month
Autumn fiction, translated crime, nature writing, slim poetry, graphic novels.
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Staff picks
Three books we keep pressing into people's hands. Each one comes with a card written by whoever loved it most. Hover a cover to tilt it.
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A
The Waves
Six voices, one shoreline. Read it slowly, a chapter with each coffee, and let it wash over you.
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B
Middlemarch
A whole town in one book. Long, generous and funnier than you remember. Perfect for dark evenings.
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C
A Room with a View
Florence, a misunderstanding and a kiss in a field of violets. Our answer to grey November.
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Events
Readings, quiet hours and small evenings around the long table. Free unless noted. Sample listings
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05Thu
NovTranslated crime night
Three short readings from Nordic and Japanese mysteries, then an open chat about why we love a cold case.
7 pm
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07Sat
NovSaturday story time
Picture books on the big rug for readers aged three to seven. Grown-ups get a warm drink.
10 am
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11Wed
NovThe quiet hour
Phones in the basket, lamps on, one hour of reading together in silence. Bring any book you like.
6 pm
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19Thu
NovPoetry, read aloud
An open floor for five-minute readings. Your own work or someone you admire. Sign up on the night.
7.30 pm
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The café
At the back, past poetry. Good coffee, a short menu and tables big enough for a novel and a notebook.
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One book.
One table.
Once a month.
We pick a book together, read it over four weeks and meet on the last Tuesday at the long table. Ten percent off the book of the month, and the first pot of tea is on us.
- A new book on the first of each month
- Small tables, every voice heard
- Meets the last Tuesday, 7 pm