The Second Shelf

11/09/2025

We’ll be in York with all sorts of work by women this weekend. Hope to see you there.

25/04/2025

We will be at the Oxford Premier rare book fair this weekend, will we see you there? Check out story for a link to details and a complimentary ticket.

18/04/2025

13/03/2025

We are popping up in Scotland for our first rare book fair since prepandemic times! Whew! Come see us at the end of the month. We’re bringing hundreds of books, a lot of modernism, Scottish writers of course, and some unusual items and ephemera, most of it new to our customers! Prices will start at £10, so there will be something for everyone!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

23/04/2024

There are always surprises at The Second Shelf, but this unexpected and delightful invitation from to model the bag as a bookseller and be interviewed with nine other booksellers around the world for their VSling magazine available at stores may take the cake. We loved every minute of it and are so thrilled they highlighted independent bookshops so beautifully.
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Photo by .christina.hancock. Make-up by: Saskia Rothstein-Longaretti
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04/05/2021

Some great news.

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Tinder Press) has topped online retailer Bookshop.org's bestsellers chart for April, while a campaign by bookshop The Second Shelf helped Torrey Peters' Detransition, Baby (Serpent’s Tail) hit third place.

07/04/2021

07/04/2021

Have you read Women's Prize long-listed "Detransition, Baby" yet? We're donating a £1 of all sales through our Bookshop page to trans orgs in support of this incredible diverse and inclusive list of women writers and in response to continued transphobia.

In honor of Torrey Peters's incredible novel, Detransition, Baby, and its nomination for The Women's Prize, we will donate £1 from every copy we sell until the announcement of the prize to trans-led organizations. In fact, we'll donate £1 from every copy of every longlisted author to trans-led org...

28/02/2021

Thank goodness! And happy book birthday ! Best way to order new books right now is through ! Just find us on the map! There’s a link on our website too!