Archway Bookshop

31/05/2026

New books this week! 📚✨

From top to bottom:

* Road Captain — Luke Rowe
* The Emperor of Gladness — Ocean Vuong
* Before I Knew I Loved You — Toshikazu Kawaguchi
* Inferno — Conn Iggulden
* This Dark Night — Deborah Lutz
* Servus — Emma Southon
* Blitz — John Nichol
* The Repentants — Kate Foster
* The Things We Never Say — Elizabeth Strout
* Dragonborn: The Twilight Child — Struan Murray
* The Kitchen Book — Ella Risbridger

A little bit of history, fantasy, memoir, literary fiction, and comfort cooking — exactly how I like my reading stacks stacked. 📖💫 Which one would you pick up first?

29/05/2026

We have a lovely selection of clothbound classics for children here at Archway Bookshop. Your favourite reads, in a beautifully presented cover 🥰

27/05/2026

Archway Bookshop is looking radiant in the sunshine! If you’re struggling in this heat then Archway Bookshop is the place to be- we have been keeping the shop lovely and cool for our customers 🌞🕶️

26/05/2026

Longer days = more time to make something with your hands 🌿🎨🧶

Whether you’re sketching in the garden, learning to knit, growing your own food, or picking up a new creative hobby, we have books full of inspiration for a slower, more creative summer. ☀️📚

🎨 Sketch: A Project Guide to Drawing with Confidence— Sam Marshall
🌳 How to Draw a Tree— Alex Boon
🥕 How to Grow Food— Huw Richards & Sam Cooper
🥗 Salads— Nicola Graimes
🧶 The Knitting Book— Frederica Patmore & Dr Vikki Haffenden

What creative skill are you trying this summer? ✨

24/05/2026

So many new fantasy hardback books have arrived at Archway Bookshop this week! 📚✨

🔥 *A Queen Crowned in Flames* — Hazel McBride
🐉 *The Geomagician* — Jennifer Mandula
🩸 *Japanese Gothic* — Kylie Lee Baker
🧠 *The Library of Traumatic Memory* — Neil Jordan
🌙 *The Ballad of Falling Dragons* — Sarah A. Parker
🌎 *We Burned So Bright* — TJ Klune

Signed copies, dragons, gothic horror, magical worlds, and unforgettable stories — this stack has a little bit of everything.

23/05/2026

Pre-order now: Journey Across Japan by Chris Broad

From the creator of Abroad in Japan, this new book takes readers beyond the usual tourist trail and across Japan’s 47 prefectures, packed with travel stories, local tips and Chris Broad’s signature humour.

Journey Across Japan is out 24 September 2026, and we have signed copies available to pre-order.

Secure yours today before they’re gone.

Signed Hardback | Journey Across Japan by Chris Broad Secure your signed copy of Journey Across Japan, the highly anticipated new book from Chris Broad, bestselling author of Abroad in Japan. Taking readers across all 47 prefectures, this entertaining and insightful travel guide blends humour, cultu...

22/05/2026

📚 Fresh hardback books have landed at Archway Bookshop. Which one’s going on your TBR first? 👀✨

Featured titles:
📖 A Plot to Die For — by Ardal O'Hanlon
📖 Common Decency — by Tom Allen
📖 A Very Dangerous Pursuit — by Ben Miller
📖 Murder at the Spirit Lounge — by Jess Kidd
📖 The Calamity Club — by Kathryn Stockett
📖 Enough — by Dawn French
📖 John of John — by Douglas Stuart
📖 The Midnight Train — by Matt Haig

21/05/2026

Absolutely thrilled to share that Archway is a recipient of the Penguin Children’s Bookshop Grant!

This grant will help us expand our work with young people aged 14 to 17, supporting those who face barriers to reading through personalised reading mentorships. We are especially grateful to for giving us this opportunity, believing in our work and helping us support more young people through the power of books.

20/05/2026

New paperbacks at Archway Bookshop

19/05/2026

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming .official Chris Chibnall back to our bookshop. It was brilliant to have him with us again!

Keep an eye out for his next book, The Parkwood Murders, out on 16 July.

And of course, we have a few signed paperback copies of his latest book, Death at the White Hart, available in store.