The original London Bookshop Crawl, est. 2016
Founders & organisers of Canterbury Children's Literature Festival
Join our Bookish Group!
London
​​London Bookish Group & Book Swap
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currently in between homes following the sad closure of Battersea Bookshop
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Our next event will be during the London Bookshop Crawl, and will be held at the Amnesty Bookshop, Hammersmith.
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For this group there is a small ticket charge
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Runs 1pm - 3pmish on a Sunday afternoon
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Includes some fun extra perks as part of the bookshop crawl weekend
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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 1pm 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
The Internet
Our newest book club addition is a monthly online book club. This book club is more traditional and has assigned reading for each month, chosen by the members.
This book club is currently full, but if you are interested in joining, please register your interest here and if there is enough interest we will look into starting a second group.
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...
January
Book Club number 1 is made up of people who had a 2025 Indie Book Advent Calendar and our first 6 months of selections are chosen from their suggestions of books they received in their calendars. The first one we're reading is 52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Streets, which we are discussing on February 2nd
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
