Next week! We are so excited to be hosting 'Feminism at the Centre' with eleanor careless (academic Liberating Histories ) So Mayer (bookseller, Burley Fisher Books author Cipher Press & team Silver Press 🌙 ) and Jane Harvell (The Librarian University of Sussex). Last tickets: buytickets.at/thefeministboo…

Next Tues 14th May in Brighton!

Our own eleanor careless will be in conversation with author So Mayer Silver Press 🌙 , librarian Jane Harvell University of Sussex & bookseller Ruth Wainwright The Feminist Bookshop

What does it mean in 2024 to put feminism at the centre?

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Salomée's review of Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq💫 'A powerful exploration of trauma and the conflicted gritty emotions someone can feel when violence is at the centre of their existence. An unforgettable voice of the Indigenous literary landscape. Disturbing, surreal, unsettling.'

Today, we wanted to share with you a powerful poem from Brionne Janae's latest collection 'Because You Were Mine'. Their poems explore familial relationships, trauma, community, and queerness.

We've received a bunch of exciting new titles 🥰 We have new work from Olivia Laing, exciting historical fiction, gothic horror, young adult and more... 👀 Make sure to pop in this weekend for a browse!

Our non-fic stack for Lesbian Visibility Day💗🧡💜🩶 What are you reading and recommending?

Today, we wanted to share with you a poem from Baby Teeth by a wonderful local poet Ali Malek 💙 Dive into this intimate and tender collection exploring the beauty and aches of love, growth, mental health, and the healing powers in writing and putting your heart on the page 📝

Today, we wanted to share with you a few recommendations from our Travel and Environment sections. These books celebrate identity, belonging, reclamation of the British landscape, walking as an act of resistance and more.

Happy Walking, Happy Reading 📚

T-Shirt weather... is that you?! 🌞Some exciting new arrivals here at the bookshop and we are hoping we will be able to devour a few of these in the sun with an iced latte over the weekend😎Happy Reading 📚

And thank you to The Feminist Bookshop where #TheFour in in very good company in the shop window

Grab your carabiners and your monocles and get ready for an evening celebrating the vast history of lesbian fashion with everyone's favourite fashion historian Eleanor Medhurst (she/her) (aka Dressing Dykes) in conversation with Jane Traies! Tickets on sale now 🌸 buff.ly/3UktdIs

Today, we wanted to highlight a few titles from And Other Stories publishing. This Sheffield-based press is led by readers, writers and translators, and focuses on contemporary writing including many gorgeous translations. Pop in or head to our website to discover more ✨

Today, we wanted to celebrate our translated fiction collection by spotlighting The Booker Prizes shortlist🌼We also have copies of our exclusive Women in Translation design ✨Not pictured, but back soon: Not a River & Mater 2-10📚

✨ NEW IN ✨

So many exciting and highly anticipated reads have just arrived with us at the bookshop. From fiction debuts, exciting new short story collection, thrilling Y.A. reads, and illuminating non-fiction.

Happy Reading 🌸

Today, we wanted to share with you powerful words by Dean Atta from his captivating collection There Is (Still) Love Here published by Nine Arches Press ✨

This year, World Health Day's theme is 'My health, my right' - advocating access to quality healthcare, education and information for all. Here's a small selection of reading recommendations around these themes, pop in to discover more on housing, work environment, & more📚

A few recent additions for the weekend ahead! From a new collection by a local poet, to a gothic historical debut, an exploration of exhaustion from activists, an electric personal account of an eating disorder and more.... Pop in to see our full selection 🌞

Today, we wanted to share with you a few titles from our shelves by the late Maryse Condé. A small highlight for such a vast career in literature and activism, Condé was a Guadeloupean, French language novelist, essayist, playwright and academic. Happy (re)discovering !

🏳️‍⚧️ TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY 🏳️‍⚧️
Being visible is not necessarily safe for everyone and we have so much respect and admiration for the authors who do the invaluable work of offering research, resources and representation in these books for us. Thank you for all that you do.

NEW IN STACK - Bank Holiday Weekend means only one thing: TIME TO READ! 🌞
And we've got you covered, as always 😍
Our opening times are the same as usual, feel free to check our website ✨