My Bookshop Backstory by Tom Rowley
Tom RowleyOn quitting a secure, well-paid job I love to start my own bookshop
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We’re open as usual this bank holiday weekend, so pop in from 9am-6pm today and 10am-6pm Sunday and Monday.
And, of course, we’re always open online…
WE’VE HAD SOME SUCCESS recently with a slim h...
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Choose from 500,000 titles from our website available for next-day collection or home delivery when you order by 4pm. (Sunday orders arrive Tuesday.)
CUSTOMERS ARE OFTEN DISTRACTED when they come up to the till to pay. Often one or more ch...
What you took to the beach
EVERY YEAR IN MID-AUGUST I envy those Parisian shopkeepers who lock their doors and put handwritten signs in their windows around now, promising customers they will return in the autumn. Sadly we can’t do likewise: our rent is the same in t...
The books that should have made the charts
New events announced
Check out our full line-up of events and signings for the next three months, including a Jacqueline Wilson signing at Backstory this coming Monday.
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I WROTE LAST WEEK about the overwhelmin...
How many books find an audience?
Jacqueline Wilson at Backstory
10th August, 2.15pm
The beloved children’s author will join us to sign copies of her latest book, Esme Pepper. Spots must be reserved in advance (no need to book a ticket for parents/guardians or sibling...
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I quit my job to found Backstory, London’s independent bookshop of the year. Visit Backstory.London to browse our books: we ship worldwide and next day in the UK (free over £25).
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