What we read this month
Five books from the shop floor, and the one we argued about.
An independent bookshop
Read slowly
Hand-picked books, good paper and a few quiet recommendations.
Staff picks
From our shelves
Chosen and reviewed by the people behind the counter. Every title here is fictional.
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The Quiet Hour
£16.99
A lighthouse keeper, a storm and one long night. Quietly gripping.
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A Field Guide to Clouds
£22.00
Look up. You will never see a grey sky the same way.
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The Long Table
£28.00
Recipes for feeding twelve without panic.
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Small Rooms
£12.00
Short poems about kitchens, windows and staying put.
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Salt & Stone
£18.99
Three generations on a salt marsh. Big, warm and slow.
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Weather Reports
£11.00
One poem for every kind of rain. Read it on a wet Tuesday.
Book of the month
The Slow Road
£20.00
“A man walks the length of his country with one pair of boots and no plan. The best travel book we have read in years.”
Ruth, who looks after non-fiction (fictional)
Stationery
Paper for your thoughts
Lay-flat notebooks, steel-nib pens and a light for reading in bed.
- 100 gsm paper, lined, dotted or plain
- Fine and medium nibs
- Warm and cool reading light
Browse
Find your next book
Staff pick
Sold out
- Book of the month
New
Our shop
A bookshop is a place to get lost on purpose.
The FOLIO booksellers (fictional)
Journal
Notes from the counter
Keeping a reading journal
The title, the date and one line you loved. That is all.
Hosting a book club
Six people, one bottle, one book.