The original London Bookshop Crawl, est. 2016
Founders & organisers of Canterbury Children's Literature Festival
Returns from Friday 12th - Sunday 14th February 2027
2027 Programme & Tickets Launch Nov 1st
The London Bookshop Crawl was established in 2016, and has been bringing book lovers together to explore bookshops ever since! Now a three day weekend of Group Bookshop Crawls, behind the scenes tours, quizzes, book swaps, and a Self Guided Bookshop Crawl Kit for those who'd like to do their own thing, London Bookshop Crawl will introduce you to new bookshops, give you the chance to revisit old favourites and make some new bookish friends along the way!
BOOKSHOPS - If you haven't been part of the London Bookshop Crawl before, here's what you need to know:
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It's free to participate and always will be
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There are two main ways that bookshop crawlers participate. Firstly, by downloading the Self Guided Bookshop Crawl Kit which includes the Big List of bookshops, downloadable itineraries and the ID card, and secondly by joining one of the Group Bookshop Crawls which happen in various areas of central & greater London across the weekend.
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We need you to fill in the registration form so we can make sure we are sharing the correct information (opening hours, details of your shop, accessibility etc etc) with bookshop crawlers through the above means.
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If you'd like to offer any extras for bookshop crawlers, or are interested in hosting an event during the bookshop crawl weekend, the registration form is a great way to tell us about it!
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All of our events, groups and tickets for things go on sale to our Bookshop Crawl UK CIC members on November 1st each year, and the general public a week later.
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We are a community interest company, existing to create events to connect bookish folk in a low pressure, socially antisocial way (so all of our events are low key, fun and very open ended!) and supporting bookshops. Our bookshop crawls are self funded through ticket sales. If you are interested in discussing sponsorship opportunities please get in touch at bookshopcrawluk@gmail.com.
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BOOKSHOP CRAWLERS - If you haven't been part of the London Bookshop Crawl before, here's what you need to know:
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We run a lot of ticketed events over the weekend - these are designed to help book lovers meet each other, and for those who would rather have someone else do the planning for them! They also sometimes include some additional talks and tours.
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There are always free ways to join in! There will be a Self Guided Bookshop Crawl Kit, and you can also pair it with our Bookshop Scavenger Hunt and the London Literary Landmarks trail, all of which are free or pay as you feel.
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Tickets go on sale to our members first - they get a week of exclusive access to tickets, as well as getting slightly reduced prices to Group Bookshop Crawls and other events run by us.
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We don't expect many of the events to sell out during that first week, BUT tickets do sell quickly and groups fill up fast, so if you're thinking about coming to an event we do advise booking asap.
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All types of readers are welcome. Whatever genre you prefer, however many books you read
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Kids are welcome, but if you have children under 10 we recommend using the self guided kit to plan your own day, as coming on a Group Bookshop Crawl can involve some waiting around for other group members, and also potentially going to some more specialist bookshops which may be less interesting for younger children.
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We are 'socially antisocial' and low pressure and we are always happy to discuss any access needs you may have or anything (physical or mental) that's stopping you from attending a bookshop crawl and help to provide solutions where possible! Email us at bookshopcrawluk@gmail.com to discuss.