The original London Bookshop Crawl, est. 2016
Founders & organisers of Canterbury Children's Literature Festival
Join our Bookish Groups!
Kent, London & Online
London
​​London Bookish Group & Book Swap
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currently exploring new homes following the sad closure of Battersea Bookshop
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Our next event will be on Sunday 8th March, and will be held at Bard Books
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For this group there is a small ticket charge
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Runs 1pm - 2.30pmish on a Sunday afternoon
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Aimed at adults
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We are currently looking for other venues to run regular book swap & bookish groups in London, including our book swap & craft workshop and Bookish Board games Sessions. Please get in touch if you have a space which could potentially accommodate us.
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Sturry (near Canterbury, Kent)
​​Chapters Bookish Group & Book Swap
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Meets every month
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Bookish Group + Book Swap - Bring along books you no longer want & swap them for ones you do plus everyone has the chance to talk about whatever they've been reading lately!
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Free! We recommend booking yourself a free ticket to ensure you get space, but it isn't a requirement.
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Runs from 3pm on a Saturday afternoon
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Yummy local snacks and tasty drinks available to purchase in the cafe
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Children and adults welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult!
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Our Venues
Bard Books
One of our new London based venues, Bard Books is a beautiful indie bookshop and cafe selling tasty snacks, coffee and local wine alongside a brilliantly curated selection of books. Refreshments available to buy, toilets available.
Nearest train station: Mile End (District & Central lines)
Chapters Coffee & Books
Level access throughout, accessible toilet & baby changing available. Book group in cafe section of shop. Refreshments available to buy.
Nearest train station: Sturry (change at Canterbury West from London. 2 minutes walk)
On 8 and 600 bus routes from Canterbury, Thanet & Herne Bay.
What our Online Book Groups are Reading...
February
The first book club filled up quickly - until we know how well it works we are sticking with 8 or 9 people per group - so we put up a form to register interest for a second one, which starts in February. They also suggested books and we chose a random selection of 6 from those suggested!
Book Club 1 will be reading Mrs Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, and Book Club 2 are reading The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
March
In March, our book clubs will be reading varying things once again!
Book Club 1 will be reading Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell.
Book Club 2 will be reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
