INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP, WINE BAR + SOCIAL SPACE IN LONDON

bringing people together through books

Name: BookBar
Address: 166 Blackstock Road, London, ENG, N5 1HA, GB
Telephone: 020 3457 5186

FIND US IN CHELSEA OR ISLINGTON

OUR UPCOMING EVENTS

BookBar community illustration with readers, books and wine

GETTING TOGETHER IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO

VIEW ALL OF OUR EVENTS HERE

Orange illustration – woman balancing books and holding wine

NEW ON THE BOOKSHELVES

THE LATEST ARRIVALS ON OUR CURATED SHELVES

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Looking for the freshest fiction, trending topics or simply stunning storytelling? Browse the Bookbar Bookshop here ✷

BOOKBAR RECOMMENDS...

OUR BOOKSELLERS' FAVOURITE BOOKS EVER - AND OF THE MOMENT

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SOON TO HIT THE SHELVES

PRE-ORDER THE NOT-YET-PUBLISHED BOOKS THAT WE CAN'T WAIT TO RECOMMEND

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We know that half the fun of reading a book is discussing it with fellow readers afterwards over a glass of wine or cup of coffee.

The BookBar BookClub is created especially for that purpose.

BOOKBAR BOOKCLUB

YOUR NEW BOOK CLUB community

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THE BOOK SUBSCRIPTION YOU NEED

SHELF-MEDICATE

Stuck in a reading rut? Want to get into the habit of reading but don't know where to start? Or simply want to expand your reading tastes?

Our Shelf Medicate Subscriptions are designed to cure any literary ailment. Just what the doctor ordered.

LEARN MORE HERE

AS SEEN IN...

BookBar is a bookshop, wine bar, events and social space centred around celebrating the social side of reading.

At BookBar, we believe there is nothing better than sharing a good book. The joy of unravelling the characters and plot points with a friend over a glass of wine or coffee, hearing inspiring ideas at a book club, sharing in the community a love of reading inspires.

This is BookBar's philosophy.

BookBar is a fun, warm, welcoming space for people to discover and socialise around books. Dedicated to celebrating the social side of reading, it's a place to come and hang out, like your favourite wine bar or your kitchen table. It's never about how many books you've read that year or whether you've read the latest prize-winners. At BookBar, books are social.

We bring people together through our events and create community around books, with music, readings, wine tastings and, yes, even 'Books and Bangers', our DJ night in the bookshop. We host Read Dating events with Bored of Dating Apps for book-lovers, regular jazz nights, and plenty more.

The BookBar BookClub is the perfect place to meet other readers in-real-life and our prescription programme Shelf Medicate is designed for anyone at all who has the desire to pick up a book. You can discover the books we have in-store, and the curated recommendations from our passionate team of book-loving baristas on the Bookshop page, or in our two physical bookshops in London. Follow us on our Instagram and Twitter feeds, and subscribe to BookBar's mailing list for all the latest news and tips.