My Favourite Bookshops: BRIGHTON
five independent bookshops worth a visit
Friends,
My reading resolution for 2024 is to no longer buy books online but support local independent bookshops near my home instead. I had a most magnificent year for reading in 2023, you can read about that here. I’m excited for all the new books I’m about to read this year!1
Here’s a few of my favourite local bookshops to get lost in:
The Bookend by Jane & Jeremy
📍 61 St George’s Road | Brighton | BN2 1EF
🌍 https://www.jane-jeremy.co.uk
❤️ teeny weeny; feels just like a bookstore in Japan; unique books and prints you won’t find in the high street
The Bookend is an independent publisher and design studio located in Kemptown, Brighton. They work with new & upcoming creatives as well as established artists to produce limited edition books with an emphasis on creating a crafted and considered object that reflects the individual artist in the parameters of the bookform. Expect to find books and magazines you’ve never heard of as well as a few well known names like apartamento and penguin.
Charleston in Lewes
📍 Southover Road / Lewes / BN7 1AB
🌍 https://www.charleston.org.uk
❤️ a shop, cafe and exhibitions; small selection of carefully curated books; Lewes itself is a gorgeous quaint British town
City Books
📍 23 Western Rd / Brighton and Hove / Hove / BN3 1AF
🌍 https://www.city-books.co.uk
❤️ massive selection of penguin books; regular literary evenings; central location in Hove; great signed books selection
Chapter 34
📍 32-34 Brunswick Rd | Shoreham-by-Sea | West Sussex | BN43 5WB
❤️ shoreham-on-sea is a very cute seaside town; books are arranged according to themes; diverse range of authors
Chapter 34 stands against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and the oppression of all marginalised communities.
The Feminist Bookshop
📍 48 Upper North Street / Brighton / BN1 3FH
🌍 https://thefeministbookshop.com
❤️ radical independent bookshop and plant-based coffee shop; celebrating and promoting women, non-binary and marginalised writers; central location in Brighton; hosts incredible literary events
I’m tracking my 2024 reading here: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/51068025
Some great suggestions here, Nicole. Saving this for my next trip to Brighton!