Independent Bookshops

'Small is beautiful': How independent bookshops plan to survive – and thrive – in 'volatile' times
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'Small is beautiful': How independent bookshops plan to survive – and thrive – in 'volatile' times

The number of independent bookshops dropped last year – but booksellers are fighting on. Here, two tell us what bookselling is like in 2024
Dead Ink Books: Why we will never publish in the mainstream
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Dead Ink Books: Why we will never publish in the mainstream

When culture warriors attack, independent bookshops offer welcome respite
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Robin Ince

When culture warriors attack, independent bookshops offer welcome respite

The UK’s best independent bookshops
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The UK’s best independent bookshops

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities
Robin Ince

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities

Robin Ince: The forgotten story about how forgotten author Jean Rhys was rediscovered
Liznojan Books
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Robin Ince: The forgotten story about how forgotten author Jean Rhys was rediscovered

Robin Ince: Independent bookshop people are the best people
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Robin Ince: Independent bookshop people are the best people

The independent bookshops that launched in a pandemic
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The independent bookshops that launched in a pandemic

Independent Bookshop Week: 'People often called for a chat as much as a book'
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Independent Bookshop Week: 'People often called for a chat as much as a book'

Independent Bookshop Week: 'We dropped off groceries and grieved with people'
Independent Bookshop Week The manager of Hunting Raven Books has
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Independent Bookshop Week: 'We dropped off groceries and grieved with people'

Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers
Independent Bookshop Week Friends of The Big Issue Illustration: Joseph Joyce
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Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers

John Bird: Bookshops are a social necessity that can't be allowed to die
John Bird

John Bird: Bookshops are a social necessity that can't be allowed to die