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London Bookshop Crawl 2025

Group Bookshop Crawl Programme

Bookshop Crawl across the city on your own or with friends using the Self Guided Bookshop Crawl Kit, or join one of our Group Bookshop Crawls to meet new book loving friends. Come along to some of our fantastic literary events, celebrating & supporting bookshops, libraries & literacy in general, or join in from far with our online events programme.

Bookshop Crawls

Group Bookshop Crawls are running across London and are a great way to meet new book loving friends, discover new bookshops & buy books without judgement. Bring your friends or come alone and make new ones. If you're not sure which to choose, let us help you!

solo bookshop crawlers: New for this year, join one of our groups for solo bookshop crawlers, and meet others who are also coming alone. You're also welcome to come along to any of our other groups on your own as well. 

Friday 14th February

Bunk off and Book Shop: So called because you're taking an afternoon off your usual Friday activities to bookshop crawl!

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Shoreditch & Brick Lane

1pm - 4.30pm 

£18 // £16 members // under 16s free with paying adult

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Kentish Town & Camden

1pm - 4.30pm 

£18 // £16 members // under 16s free with paying adult

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Teddington & Richmond Plus...
1pm - 4.30pm 
£18 // £16 members // under 16s free with paying adult

This route will include public transport

Saturday 15th February

Group Bookshop Crawls are split between 2.5 hour and 3.5/4 hour groups allowing lots of time to explore the bookshops of an area with our lovely group leaders. Longer routes will include snack stops.

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Herne Hill & Dulwich
10-12.30pm 
£12.50 // £10.50 members // under 16s free with paying adult

This route may include public transport

10am - 12.30pm

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Brixton & Peckham
10-12.30pm 
£12.50 // £10.50 members // under 16s free with paying adult

This route may include public transport

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South Bank
10 - 12.30pm 
£12.50 // £10.50 members // under 16s free with paying adult

 

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Kings Cross
1 - 4.30pm
£18 // £16 members // under 16s free with paying adult
 

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Notting Hill
2 - 4.30pm 
£12.50 // £10.50 members // under 16s free with paying adult

 

Sunday 16th Feb

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Leicester Square & Covent Garden
1-3.30pm 
£12.50 // £10.50 members // under 16s free with paying adult

 

Events

Events

Saturday 15th February 

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The Big Bookish Quiz

6.15pm - 8pm 

Battersea Bookshop

£5 per person // fundraising for Give a Book

The Big Bo0kish Quiz

6.15pm - 8pm 

£5 per person // Fundraising for Give a Book

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Rare Books Rendezvous at the British Library
1.45 for 2pm 
£10

 

Sunday 16th February 

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Birthday Book Swap & Book(ish) Group
1pm -3pm, Battersea Bookshop
£5 // £3 members // birthday cake & drinks included
 

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Rare Books Rendezvous at the British Library
1.45 for 2pm 
£10

 

Author Signings & Events

Author Events

Friday 14th February

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Book Launch 
7 - 8pm, Housmans
Tickets various prices
 

Housmans and the London Bookshop Crawl are delighted to welcome Ellen Jones to King’s Cross to celebrate the launch of OUTRAGE: Why The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It, published by Bluebird Pan Macmillan.

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Already named a Foyles Top 10 Recommended Read for 2025, this groundbreaking and essential book sheds light on the ongoing challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people worldwide. Despite greater visibility in mainstream culture, LGBTQ+ communities continue to encounter unacceptable levels of prejudice and danger—from rising homophobic and transphobic violence to the rollback of rights across the globe. In Outrage, author and activist Ellen Jones explores these issues in depth, examining their impact across education, sports, religion, marriage, mental health, and more.

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Join Ellen in conversation at housmans. 

Sunday 16th February 

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Bespoke Poetry from Jen Feroze
12-4pm, The Poetry Pharmacy

£6 or free with your London Bookshop Crawl ID card
 

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Author/Illustrator Workshop with Sophy Henn
2pm -3pm, The Alligators Mouth, Richmond
£5, redeemable against any of Sophy's books

Join Sophy Henn for a fabulous drawalong based on her brand new Happy Hills series. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman and Tom Gates, meet the residents of Happy Hills, a place where anything can happen and it does!


 

Want to do your own thing on the bookshop crawl weekend?

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