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Africa Book CentreAddress Preston Park Business Centre, 36 Robertson Road, Brighton NB1 5NL
Please note this is a new address from February 2006.
Tel 01273 560 474
Local rate tel (UK only) 0845 458 1581
Email orders@africabookcentre.com
Website www.africabookcentre.com
Poetry for children? Yes
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? No
Mail order service? Yes
"Specialist bookshop, mail order and website providing remote ordering facilities. Please visit www.africabookcentre.com."
Address 100 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG
Tel 020 7292 5100
Fax 020 7240 9665
Email orders.london@blackwell.co.uk
Website www.blackwell.co.uk
"Fed up with poetry sections that only stock Heaney, Hughes and The Nation's Favourite Poems? Want to browse through the latest books from Anvil, Bloodaxe, Carcanet, Peterloo, Stride? Perhaps even magazines such as PN Review, Rialto, Smith's Knoll, The North, Acumen? Then come to Blackwell's! Open 9.30-8 Mon-Sat and 12-6 Sundays"
Blackwells OxfordAddress 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BQ
Tel 01865 792 792
Fax 01865 794 143
Email oxford@blackwell.co.uk
Website www.blackwell.co.uk
"Offering the widest possible selection of poetry, the Literature Department is truly at the pulse of the poetry scene. The Department also benefits from a comprehensive range of poetry magazines, and spoken word, whilst second-hand titles are also available. Poetry and other library event readings also take place throughout the year. Orders can be place by telephone, fax, or Internet."
Bookshop at QueensAddress 91 University Road, Belfast BT7 1NL
Tel 02890 666 302/662 552
Fax 02890 666 099
Email enq@queensbookshop.co.uk
Website www.queensbookshop.co.uk
Poetry for children? Yes
"From Nuala Archer to Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the Bookshop at Queen's, Belfast's last independent general and academic bookshop, carries a varied selection of British, Irish and international poetry. Signed editions of local poets such as Michael Longley, Adrian Rice etc. frequently in stock. A mail order service is available."
Borders Books, Music, Video and CaféAddress 203 Oxford Street, London W1D 2LE
Tel 020 7292 1600
Address 120 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JR
Tel 020 7379 8877
"Borders Books, Music, Video & Café stocks over 2000 poetry titles with a high proportion from small presses. There's also an extensive magazine department where you'll find all the major literary/poetry journals including a great selection of specialist titles and imports. The stores host regular poetry events. For a full listing of Borders UK bookshops see www.bordersstores.co.uk."
HatchardsAddress 187 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LE
Tel 020 7439 9921
Fax 020 7494 1313
Email books@hatchards.co.uk
Website www.hatchards.co.uk
"Hatchards' Poetry Department stocks a broad range of poetry titles. The emphasis is on the classic, but we also keep a good selection of contemporary writing. Our Mail Order Department sends books to destinations worldwide. Hatchards is one of London's largest general bookshops, specialising in fiction, history, biography, art and travel titles."
Heffers BooksellersAddress 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TY
Tel 01223 568 568
Fax 01223 568 591
Email orders@heffers.co.uk
Website www.heffers.co.uk
"Our Poetry Department currently has over 1000 titles in stock covering contemporary poetry from all over the world, along with criticism and biographies. We also have a comprehensive range of anthologies. Visit the website to find out what is available."
Hellenic BookserviceAddress 91 Fortess Road, London NW5 1AG
Tel 020 7627 9499
Fax 020 7627 9498
Email info@hellenicbookservice.com
Website www.hellenicbookservice.com
"The Hellenic Bookservice specialises in the poetry of three distinguished cultures: Greek, ancient and modern including 2 Nobel Prize winners, Seferis and Elytis, and Roman. One can trace the origins of poetry back to the epics of Homer or the lyrics of Sappho, from a period when prose didn't exist as a written form and verse was the normal mode of expression. We run a mail-order service."
Lion and Unicorn BookshopAddress 19 King Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1ND
Tel 020 8940 0483
Fax 020 8332 6133
Website www.lionunicornbooks.co.uk
"We are a specialist independent children's bookshop and stock a wide range if poetry and verse."
Address 17c Balnakeil, Durness, Sutherland IV27 4PT
Tel 01971 511 777
Email lochcroispol@btopenworld.com
Website www.scottish-books.net
Poetry for children? Yes
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? Only by special order
Mail order service? Yes
"We stock poetry from around the world, but specialise in Scottish poetry classic and contemporary. We sell on-line, offer a mail order service, and a book search service for hard to find titles. Licensed restaurant on site. Most North-westerly bookshop on UK mainland. Car park. Disabled access."
Address 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL
Tel 020 7269 9030
Fax 020 7269 9033
Website www.lrb.co.uk/lrbshop
Poetry for children? Very few titles
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? Some titles
Mail order service? Yes
"We stock a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, with particular strengths in contemporary European and American verse. We also host regular poetry readings and other events."
Owl BookshopAddress 209 Kentish Town Road, London NW5
Tel 020 7485 7793
Fax 020 7267 7765
Email owlbookshop1@btconnect.com
"The Owl Bookshop organises regular literary events. Poetry readings have included Margaret Atwood, John Hegley and Tobias Hill. We stock books for all ages and are pleased to supply books by mail order. As well as any British book in print, we can also order American books."
Address 379 Green Lanes, London N13 4JE
Poetry for children? Yes
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? Children's poetry
Mail order service? Yes
"We have good links with local poets Katherine Gallagher and Myra Schneider. In 2002 we held a 10 day festival to celebrate Stevie Smith's centenary. We have a yearly poetry day. We have regular readings and a resident poet working in the shop."
Stock includes output of small publishers.
Address Fourth Floor 2 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RA
Tel 020 7833 9247
Fax 020 7833 5990
Email info@poetrybooks.co.uk
Website www.poetrybooks.co.uk
"The PBS sells new contemporary poetry, by post. Founded by T.S.Eliot in the 50s, the society has members world-wide who buy books at discounted prices. They receive a number of free books, selected from submissions from all major UK poetry publishers, plus a quarterly magazine featuring articles by poets. There are separate membership schemes for teachers - Education membership for secondary schools and Children's Poetry Bookshelf for primary schools, libraries etc. Poetry books can also be obtained through their online bookshop (web site details above)"
Sharston BooksAddress Unit 15 Wearlee Works, Longley Lane, Sharston, Manchester M22 4WT
Tel 0161 945 8604
Website www.sharstonbooks.com
Poetry for children? Some titles
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? A few titles
Mail order service? Yes
"We have been established 15 years and occupy modern warehouse premises in South Manchester in the UK. We have a committed staff all keen to respond to you particular requirement. There is a considerable book list in category and alphabetical order, of which only a percentage currently feature on our website, so do feel free to enquire if you cannot see your particular book itemised; we might just have it hidden away."
Address 38 Kennington Lane, London SE11 4LS
Tel 020 7735 2101
Fax 020 7735 3076
Email books@somabooks.co.uk
Website www.somabooks.co.uk
"Soma specialises in books from Asia (including Urdu poetry with English translations), Africa and the Caribbean. Selection of poetry for children and adults. Imports from USA, Indian subcontinent etc."
Talking Book ShopAddress 11 Wigmore St, London W1H 9LB
Tel 020 7491 4117
Fax 020 7629 1966
Email support@talkingbooks.co.uk
Website www.talkingbooks.co.uk
Poetry for children? Yes
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? Yes
Mail order service? Yes
"The Talking Book Shop has the most comprehensive stock of poetry on tape and CD. Famous poets reading their work e.g. Betjeman, Eliot, Hughes, Auden. Celebrated readers giving their own individual interpretations of favourite poems. We have a yearly catalogue, an efficient mail-order service and an exciting internet site with sound bites!"
Address Ice House, Brook Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BQ
Tel 01497 821 812
Email info@poetrybookshop.co.uk
Website www.poetrybookshop.co.uk
Poetry for children? Yes
Poetry on CD and audio-cassette? Yes (mainly to order - second hand audio titles available to browse in shop)
Mail order service? Yes, and an internet site with secure shopping cart facilities
"We try to cover every aspect of our speciality from the antiquarian and the scholarly to contemporary work: supplying rare, out of print, new and used poetry books from our shop in Hay-on-Wye, and online. We also offer a free, no obligation booksearch service and a fully searchable secure website"
Truro BookshopAddress 18 Frances Street, Truro TR1 3DW
Tel 01872 272 185
Fax 01872 225 032
Website www.cornwallbooks.com
"Truro bookshop is a true browsers' bookshop with over 20,000 titles crammed into two floors of a grade II listed building. Our range of Poetry, Plays and Literary Criticism is the most extensive in the South West and includes works by Cornish writers and in the Cornish Language."
Address 82 Gower Street, London WC1E 6EQ
Tel 020 7636 1577
Fax 020 7580 7680
"We stock work by outstanding contemporary and classical poets, men and women, from every continent, in tranlation, bilingual editions, and original English. Our anthologies section ranges from African to Zen School. We also stock Poetry Journals, Audiobooks, Secondhand/Out of Print, Poetry Criticism and Creative Writing. Full mail order service."
