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Catching Lives Bookshop We are a charity bookshop, our stock is all donated and we are entirely staffed by volunteers.

Catching Lives Bookshop is a second-hand bookshop in the historic Crooked House building on Palace Street, Canterbury that is run by volunteers to raise money for local homelessness charity Catching Lives. Catching Lives Books is a second-hand bookshop in the centre of Canterbury, with two floors of fiction, non-fiction and antiquarian books, as well as CDs, vinyl and DVDs. All the proceeds from the shop go to Catching Lives, a charity which helps homeless people in Canterbury. The bookshop occupies 28 Palace Street, one of the most photographed building in Canterbury. The building is a delightfully skewed 17th century half-timbered building at the extreme end of Palace Street, with projecting jetties onto Palace and Kings Street. We always welcome donations of good quality books and we can collect large donations.

28/09/2026

Gorgeous new Crooked House art prints and cards by the wonderful Trisha Morris, who kindly donated her illustration to help Catching Lives raise funds for our work with people who are homeless

The Crooked House looking wonky in the morning light 🌞 with our window display featuring a range of beautiful books for ...
24/07/2026

The Crooked House looking wonky in the morning light 🌞 with our window display featuring a range of beautiful books for children 📚

Visit us on Palace Street, Canterbury to browse good quality secondhand books at bargain prices, or how about a new Puffin edition of the Canterbury Tales for the young reader in your life?

Shout out to all the volunteers in the Catching Lives Bookshop team this Volunteers' Week, including this lovely group l...
07/06/2026

Shout out to all the volunteers in the Catching Lives Bookshop team this Volunteers' Week, including this lovely group led by Clare who completed a sponsored walk of the Crab & Winkle Way to raise funds for Catching Lives ❤️

TBR pile hiding titles you'll honestly never open? Books you'll never re-read taking up shelf space? Help us with a dona...
06/06/2026

TBR pile hiding titles you'll honestly never open? Books you'll never re-read taking up shelf space? Help us with a donation! 📚️

Our popular Blind Dates give good quality paperback fiction a new lease of life. Beautifully wrapped with a handwritten synopsis, a team of volunteers carefully creates these gorgeous gifts. And the best part is, all profits from the Catching Lives Bookshop help people who are homeless in our Canterbury day centre ❤️ Please support us by donating 'as new' paperback fiction at the Crooked House, 28 Palace Street - don't forget to fill in a GIft Aid form to boost your donation 🙏

Browse & buy at The Crooked House - check out our window display for Pride month 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ The Catching Lives Bookshop ...
03/06/2026

Browse & buy at The Crooked House - check out our window display for Pride month 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

The Catching Lives Bookshop is run by volunteers with profits supporting the Catching Lives homelessness day centre

The bookshop's Easter windows looking lovely in the sunshine 🌸🥕📚
22/03/2026

The bookshop's Easter windows looking lovely in the sunshine 🌸🥕📚

10/02/2026
Christmas has arrived at The Crooked House!Gift with purpose this Season and come and discover great Christmas gifts, in...
27/11/2025

Christmas has arrived at The Crooked House!

Gift with purpose this Season and come and discover great Christmas gifts, including our festive-wrapped A Date With A Book.

24/11/2025

Canterbury Cathedral's charity partner this Christmas is Catching Lives (Charity No. 1014868). Donations given at our two traditional Carol Services, and all...

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28 Palace Street
Canterbury
CT12DZ

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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