Publishing’s No 1 Recruitment Hub! The page to follow for dream publishing jobs, industry insights, events and office dogs!
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Life-changing educators. Career-shaping employers. Forward-thinking policymakers. Together we can create fair Futures For All young people in state education.
Find out more at futuresforall.org
...a world of different...
hayfestival.org
SFF author, speaker, lawyer, programmer; Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy; rep by Russ Galen; The Dandelion Dynasty & “The Paper Menagerie"
A podcast of conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from.
https://pod.link/1530064310
You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com
WORK TRIP 🏕 out April 25 with Head of Zeus, Aria.
Repped by Safae El Ouahabi, RCW
chloefordbooks.co.uk
We are the member organisation for UK publishing.
The UK's best-loved book awards for children & young people, celebrating outstanding writing & illustration; judged by librarians @cilip.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
https://carnegies.co.uk/
Other socials 👉 https://linktr.ee/carnegiemedals
We are a UK charity that inspires social and personal change through the proven power of reading. In 2024/25, we reached over 2 million people.
The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
Literary and Book-to-Screen Agent at @watsonlittle.bsky.social
explore words, discover worlds
3 - 12 July 2026
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/
Crime Writer - latest novel, Poor Girls, fictional story based on exploits of The Forty Elephants - out now!!!! Pub'd by Head of Zeus
We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
Cambridge University Library
Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
lit mag & small press | supported by the Arts Council of Ireland | issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) out now | latest book: Found in a Context of Destruction by Tim MacGabhann | https://bansheepress.org/
I research the truth and lie to children about it. BBC World Service presenter: The Forum.
linktr.ee/iszi
iszi.com
Artist and Printmaker based on the Isle of Lewis
Member of Printmakers of Scotland
Founder Member of Open Studios Hebrides
Print workshops by arrangement
Author ‘Exploring Printmaking’ for Bloomsbury Press
The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more.
https://linktr.ee/IndependentPublishersGuild
Independent publisher.
Leeds.
Publishing director: Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social
🖤🌈https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop
Director of @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
Website: autonomy.work
Co-author, with Helen Hester, of Post-work (2025) and, with Kyle Lewis, of Overtime (2021)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-9781350089976/
Post-work politics and technofeminism
The scholarly arm of Bloomsbury Books.
Posting news on what we're publishing in the humanities, social sciences, and visual arts.📚
London | New York | Sydney | New Delhi
Bloomsbury Academic starter pack: https://bit.ly/46qkzOf
Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk
Bookshop
34 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
info@ravenbooks.ie ¦ (01) 278 9509 ¦ 086 3390231
Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Sci-fi, fantasy, & LGBTQIA. Queer resistance. Always trying to help. Portalbookshop@gmail.com Mon-Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-5:30; 5 Patrick Pool, York, UK
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lalidoesbooks
A queer online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBT+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekbookshop elsewhere.
https://www.proud-geek.co.uk/
Independent bookshop since 2005. Now in beautiful Winchcombe, Cotswolds. Open Thurs, Fri, Sun. Mostly old books, some bears. Book Nook holiday let for 3 above bookshop. Posts about books, bookshop, the Cotswolds.
Sam posts (she/her).
https://linktr.ee/boo
Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013
Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995
www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk
We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used and rare books.
www.kennys.ie | www.thekennygallery.ie
Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.
Est. by Sam Read in 1887. Award-winning small bookshop in the Lake District. Posts from @likewinterblue.bsky.social and @pollyrowena.bsky.social Insta: samreadbookseller Browse a selection from our virtual shelves: www.samreadbooks.co.uk
Book lover, film watcher, food maker, image taker
flip-flop is my nature
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.uk
https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
One of London's leading independent bookshops, established as a family business for more than thirty-five years.
134 Regent's Park Road
London NW1 8XL
020 7586 2022
www.primrosehillbooks.com
Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
Britain's oldest anarchist publication and bookshop, founded in 1886. Occasionally disreputable.
freedomnews.org.uk for news, freedompress.org.uk for books
editor@ or shop@freedompress.org.uk to contact
https://linktr.ee/f_p
Read, Recycle, Rediscover
Second-hand bookshop and music venue in Kenilworth, Warwickshire run by Victoria Mier. Profits to charity. Patron is glorious Bad Seed Warren Ellis. Posts by Victoria.
An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
In all our forms - bookshops in Gloucestershire, a festival or two, schools and libraries. Occasionally Hereward. Less often, Errol the dog.
A queer feminist zine and bookshop and tiny press, based in Manchester UK since 2015.
penfightdistro.com
Welcoming #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Open in historic Stow, Thurs-Sun 10-12.30, 1-4.30.
Sister shop of @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social
www.wedalebooks.scot
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Weda
Independent bookseller in Kentish Town, London.
🦉📚🎁
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
Sun 11am-6pm
www.owlbookshop.co.uk
owlbookshop@gmail.com
Tel. 020 7485 7793
Only working class bookshop in Belfast. Specialise in used and out of print books about 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland at our tiny York Rd store. New books are at http://www.belfastbooks.co.uk with audiobooks at https://libro.fm/belfastbooks
A tiny world of books and bookish gifts. Come visit, bring chocolate! Owner is a delight, at times. Drinker of terrible tea (allegedly)
Www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fáilte.
www.thebookshop.ie
linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie
https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
We are an indie bookshop selling new books for all ages, games, puzzles and stationary. Situated in the heart of Bridport, near to the jurassic coast.
Independent book and wholefoods shop offering the best in fiction for all ages and nonfiction on permaculture, sustainability, activism. Local and organic foods too. Open 6 days 1pm to 6pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Independent Bookshop in Romiley, Greater Manchester. Second bookshop in Stockport Centre now open! Co-founder Stockport Noir. Admin: @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social
Queer Indie Bookshop in Leeds
An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world. British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025.
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk
A friendly local independent bookshop and cafe in Farsley, West Leeds.
Co-founder of Farsley Literature Festival.
www.trumanbooks.co.uk
🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
We are an independent bookshop just outside Liverpool. We love all authors, trad or indie
Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
Posts by Jo
A community co-op bookshop in the heart of #Haringey, North London located at 35 Turnpike Lane. We do books and events and local.
http://linktr.ee/allgoodbookshop
Award-winning Indie bookshop, Derry, North of Ireland. 70k new & used books. Est 2011. Two LegenDerry Chairs (380 signatures). Typewriter Museum due to open 2025. Donegal owner💚📚
We are an LGBTQIA+ Bookstore based in Plymouth, UK. We currently only ship within the UK.
our website: toqs.co.uk
our linktree: linktr.ee/toqs
An indie comic book shop in Stoneybatter! D07 KC80 Bringing small press comics to Ireland since 2019! By Matt Melis, founder of DCAF, The Dublin Comic Arts Festival
https://littledeercomics.ie
Brighton & Hove's largest and liveliest indie bookshop since 1986.
https://city-books.co.uk
Independent bookshop on Bristol's legendary Gloucester Road https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/
Bookshop in England’s official Booktown
www.westwoodbooks.co.uk
Three lovely, friendly, award-winning independent bookshops in Corbridge, Whitley Bay + Alnwick
https://www.forumbooksshop.com
Events: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks
Scotland's Architecture Bookshop offering wide range of contracts, books and gifts. Part of The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
bookshop.rias.org.uk
uk.bookshop.org/shop/RIASBookshop
eventbrite.co.uk/cc/bookshoplates-1351289
Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
Book shop and board game cafe in Urmston, Manchester. Find us at 72 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AB. urmstonbooks.co.uk
The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979
Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
Thriving independent bookshop, coffee shop, event venue, safe community haven in Worcester, UK!
scripthavenltd@gmail.com
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scripthaven
104 High St, Worcester, WR1 2HW
scripthaven.co.uk
Also on Insta, Facebook and Twitter!
Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for!
An Post Bookshop of the Year 🏆
More bookshelf than bookshop! I stock books for children.
Smallest shop you’ll ever see, but the warmest welcome. ❤️📚
| 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
An independent bookshop in Hillsborough, Sheffield.
Home of colourful and representative books for readers big & small 📚
Books, events, workshops & more!
www.hillsboroughbookshop.co.uk
Support from afar: uk.bookshop.org/shop/hillsboroughbookshop
Family-owned independent bookshop, est. 1983. Browse our range of fiction, non-fiction and children's titles. Plus fast, free ordering service. (0161) 881 6374
Indie Bookshop in York. 🍏 Selling new books for adults and kids. 🍏 Signed books a speciality. 🍏 Next to York Minster. 🍏 Not quite as old.
Award-winning indie bookshop in Herts. Lovers of author events & champions of the finest new and backlist books. Proudly supporting readers, schools, authors & publishers for over 50 years.
https://chilternbookshops.co.uk/
Award-winning indie bookshop in Dulwich, London. We love books 📚and we love dogs too 🦮
South Asian book specialist based in London. Fine art and handmade fair-trade craft products from across the sub-continent. Est. 1968.
Insta: @shalimarbooks
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/shalimar
www.indianbooksuk.com
Open Monday-Saturday 11.30 to 6pm
Independent Bookshop in Brigg North Lincolnshire
Award-winning Children’s Bookshop, Greystones, Co Wicklow, Ireland
www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
Mon - Sat 10-5:30. Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays
Independent. Inclusive. Award-winning children's books publisher 📚|
Independent bookshop based in Brooklands, Sale, Greater Manchester.
An independent bookshop on the Lower Clapton Road, East London 📚 Browse our shelves and order online for collection or nationwide delivery: https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/
Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Award-winning independent bookshop in North London
A feminist press feat. Ursula K. Le Guin, Audre Lorde, & Leonora Carrington. Announcing: Spiral House! An imprint for art, poetry & ways of knowing 💫 silverpress.org
Join our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/silverpress/silver-press-mailing-list
An independent press publishing queer and trans authors
indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Made UK's only regular #illustration reportage in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
2011-2020. Created @smallpressday.bsky.social in 2016 & Jam bookshop in 2022-2025.
https://linktr.ee/jambookshopuk
Still draws stuff:
Read boldly. Think differently.
Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
Independent Publisher and Advocate for getting up and coming writers into publishing
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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