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From the front table

This month's staff picks

Four books our booksellers pressed into someone's hands this week — with the sort of note we'd leave tucked inside the cover.

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Signed The Blood Orange Grove MARISOL AGUIRRE
Fiction

The Blood Orange Grove

Marisol Aguirre

The most transporting novel I've read all year — you can smell the citrus and the woodsmoke.— Ren, bookseller

£16.99
The Cartography of Silence JONAH REIKE
Essays

The Cartography of Silence

Jonah Reike

Quiet, precise essays on maps, memory and the places we leave behind.— Marlowe, bookseller

£12.99
Poetry Small Hours PRIYA NANDAKUMAR
Poetry

Small Hours

Priya Nandakumar

Poems for 3am and the slow return of light. We can't keep it on the shelf.— Ada, bookseller

£10.99
The Weight of Migrating Birds TOMAS HOLT
Nature Writing

The Weight of Migrating Birds

Tomas Holt

A year of watching the marshes — tender, exact, and full of wonder.— Ren, bookseller

£15.99
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What's on this July

Readings, clubs and late-night poetry — most nights of the week, upstairs by the fire. All welcome.

11Thu · Jul

An Evening with Marisol Aguirre

Reading & signing of The Blood Orange Grove, in conversation with Ren. Doors 7:00pm.

Free · book ahead Reserve
16Tue · Jul

Tuesday Poetry Circle

Open-mic and gentle workshop for new and nervous poets alike. 6:30pm, upstairs.

£3 on the door Reserve
24Wed · Jul

The Late Shelf Book Club

This month we're reading Small Hours by Priya Nandakumar. Wine included. 7:30pm.

£5 · wine incl. Reserve
27Sat · Jul

Saturday Story Hour

Picture books, puppets and a very patient bookseller. For ages 3–7 and grown-ups. 10:00am.

Free · drop in Details
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