Category Archives: ARB News

Spotlight on Left On The Shelf, specialist second hand bookseller under new ownership

Posted on September 26, 2025 by housmans1945

Left on the Shelf (LOTS) was set up in 1992 when Dave Cope bought the second-hand stock from Central Books, at the time when the shop in Grays Inn Road was closed. Dave has spent practically all his working life … Continue reading →

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New bookshop The Queery in Brighton joins the ARB!

Posted on June 17, 2022 by housmans1945

“The Queery is a co-op in Brighton, UK, owned and run by its members, whose main focus is the benefit of the local queer community. It’s run in a non-hierarchical way by different collectives of volunteers, with solidarity at its … Continue reading →

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Five Leaves Bookshop wins the Independent Bookshop of the Year Award 2018

Posted on June 11, 2018 by housmans1945

Ross Bradshaw who founded Five Leaves writes: “Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham became the first radical bookshop to have won the Independent Bookshop of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, the booktrade equivalent of the Oscars. The bookshop … Continue reading →

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New ARB member! Aye-Aye Books in Glasgow

Posted on June 10, 2018 by housmans1945

Aye-Aye Books is an independent bookshop based within the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow. We are an art bookshop with radical intent. We carry a range of books about art and by artists, particularly small-run and self-published titles, alongside … Continue reading →

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Anarchist Bookfairs in 2018

Posted on March 12, 2018 by housmans1945

Thanks to Freedom Press for putting this list together. As will become clear from reading the list, there are still more details to come on several of these fairs. April 7th: Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair 11am-6pm at The Black-E, 1 Great George … Continue reading →

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New alliance member: Printed Matter in Hastings

Posted on March 5, 2018 by housmans1945

New ARB member Printed Matter in Hastings. If you are in the area be sure to drop in….Great shop. Printed Matter is an Independent Bookshop in Hastings, East Sussex selling new books ranging from sociology, philosophy, psychology, political science, criminology, … Continue reading →

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Welcome new ARB member Just Books of Belfast

Posted on February 1, 2017 by housmans1945

Just Books has a history in Belfast that stretches back to the opening of the original Smithfield shop in June 1978 by the Belfast Anarchist Collective. While the shop closed its doors in June 1994 the Just Books Collective has … Continue reading →

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Radical Bookfairs 2017

Posted on January 30, 2017 by housmans1945

Derry Radical Bookfair – 28th January – derryradicalbookfair.wordpress.com Cardiff Anarchist Bookfair – 18th February 2017 – www.southwalesanarchists.wordpress.com Liverpool’s First Anarchist Bookfair – 1st April 2017 – https://liverpoolanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com Cambridge Radical Bookfair – 29th April 2017 – https://www.facebook.com/events/671426069692438/  Dublin Anarchist Bookfair – April … Continue reading →

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Open letter to Simon & Schuster

Posted on January 24, 2017 by housmans1945

Britain’s radical booksellers have been discussing Simon & Schuster publishing the work of Milo Yiannopoulos in the USA and the worldwide impact of the firm publishing someone known for views that have led 160 children’s writers in the USA, many published … Continue reading →

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Radical Bookfairs in 2016

Posted on February 2, 2016 by housmans1945

Radical Bookfairs in 2016 Cardiff Anarchist Bookfair – 20th February 2016 – www.southwalesanarchists.wordpress.com Dublin Anarchist Bookfair – 16th April 2016 – www.wsm.ie/bookfair Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair – 23rd April 2016 – www.sheffieldbookfair.org.uk Bristol Anarchist Bookfair – 30th April 2016 – www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org … Continue reading →

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