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Radical Bookshops in the UK – Interactive Map
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- 56a Infoshop
- A Sceptic's Bookshelf
- Active Distribution
- AK Press and Distribution
- Andrew Burgin
- Aye-Aye Books
- Back To Books
- Blunt Knife Co.
- Bookbuster
- Bookhaus
- Bookish Type
- Bookmarks
- Books On The Rise
- Calder Bookshop
- Calton Books
- Caracol Books
- Category Is Books
- Connolly’s Wee Bookshop
- Cowley Club
- Dreadnought Books
- Drop City Books
- eco-logicbooks.com
- Five Leaves Booshop
- Freedom
- Gays The Word
- Good Press
- Housmans Bookshop
- Hydra Books
- Just Books
- La Biblioteka
- Left on the Shelf
- Letterbox Library
- Lighthouse Books
- Lockdown Books
- New Beacon Books
- Newham Bookshop
- News from Nowhere
- Northern Herald Books
- October Books
- PaperxClips
- People's Bookshop
- Portal Bookshop
- Printed Matter
- Quaker Center Bookshop
- Reading International Solidarity Centre
- Red Hound Books
- Round Table Books
- Rubicund
- Shalimar Books
- Shelflife Books and Zines
- The Folkestone Bookshop
- The Queerish Bookshop
- The Queery
- The Second Shelf
- Veggies
Bookfairs
- Bradford Anarchist Bookfair
- Bristol Anarchist Bookfair
- Cambridge Radical Bookfair
- Cardiff Anarchist Bookfair
- Derry Radical Bookfair
- Dorset Radical Bookfair
- Edinburgh Anarchist Feminist Bookfair
- Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair
- London Anarchist Bookfair
- London Radical Bookfair
- Manchester Anarchist Bookfair
- Nottingham Radical Bookfair
- Rhyddical-Swansea Bookfair
- Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair
- Swindon Radical Bookfair
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New member: Connolly’s Wee Bookshop in Carlisle
A new member to the Alliance is Connolly’s Wee Bookshop, run by Christopher Connolly. Christopher used to jointly run The Besotted Wretch in Sheffield but the rent was too much to survive so he has started again inside Carlisle’s historic … Continue reading
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Help repair the Cowley Club
ARB member The Cowley Club in Brighton is a much-loved, long-established and well-used co-operatively run bookshop, cafe, social center and music venue. Their building is over a hundred years old, and is facing some costly and urgent repairs. They need … Continue reading
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New ARB Member: Quaker Centre Bookshop
The Quaker Centre Bookshop is based in Friends House, Euston Road. Our stock is informed by Quaker faith and work, with books on peace, social justice, anti-racism, politics, LGBT rights, activism, ecology, feminism and religion and spirituality, as well as … Continue reading
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Five Leaves Bookshop wins the Independent Bookshop of the Year Award 2018
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
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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Help October Books to Buy a Bank!
October Books, Southampton’s only independent bookshop, is buying a bank! We’re borrowing funds directly from the community to buy the Natwest building on Portswood Road in Southampton. The aim is to create not only a new home for the bookshop, … Continue reading
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Anarchist Bookfairs in 2018
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
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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Derry Radical Bookfair // 27th January 2018
On Saturday 27th January 2018 Derry will host its, now annual, second Radical Bookfair at Pilots Row Community Centre in the city’s Bogside area. We are pleased to announce that following on from last years successful first ever Radical Bookfair … Continue reading
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The Big Freedom Rebuild
Freedom needs your help! Or at least the Freedom Building in Whitechapel does. One of East London’s last radical bastions, since we moved into 84b in 1968 the Freedom building has weathered firebombs, arrests, police infiltration, stalkers, threats of all … Continue reading
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