Visit our bookshop in Hay-on-Wye
Selling shiny new books plus beautiful cards, ceramics, candles, tote bags and more, North Books opened in the autumn of 2022.
We offer cosy spaces to browse and comfortable nooks to nurture your love of reading.
We host regular author events, book signings and two book groups and operate a pop-up cafe. For all our up to the minute news, please follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We send quarterly newsletters - please do sign up - simply scroll down and add your name and address.
Explore our eclectic selection
Find inspiring new fiction including contemporary women's voices, fantasy, young adult and children’s. Browse our range of non-fiction titles focusing on the environment, nature, sustainability and politics, plus our selection of Welsh literature and books by local authors.
If you can’t visit in person you can buy from us online via bookshop.org.
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We host regular book launches
in the shop
Bryony Rheam - one of Zimbabwe's finest writers - and Julie Pike in conversation
Wednesday, April 23 5.30 to 7
with a wine and Welsh cakes reception
Her work includes the novel This September Sun and a new short story collection, Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?
So come along and find out with Parthian Books and Firefly Press, two leading Welsh publishers.
Firefly Press presents one of their favourite authors, Neath born Julie Pike.
Entry free but ticketed. Email jules@northbooks.co.uk.
Discover our new gift idea
Are you looking for a special gift for that bookish friend or relative? In which case, we are delighted to present The Bookshop Breakfast voucher which entitles you and your guest to spend time together in the bookshop ahead of opening hours. Read more…
North Books recommends…
Brand new bookgroup for 2025 - Found In Translation - see events for info
Stitches & Stories April choice -
This Golden Fleece
Pre-order this year’s hot releases, like Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s The Blockbusters
email jules@northbooks.co.uk
One thing you will experience in person in the bookshop are some beautiful indie special sprayed edge editions of new titles. You can also purchase from North Books through @bookshop_org_uk now! https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10764/9780241624814
Pre-order this stunning edition of Adam Nicolson’s Bird School out 10th April £22
email jules@northbooks.co.uk
The hotest fantasy titles available instore and at @bookshop_org_uk link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10764/9780008597016
Committed to sustainable business
It's really important to us that all of our suppliers and the goods that we sell are as sustainably sourced as possible.
This includes things like packaging and display materials as well as the miles that an item has travelled to reach us.
When we can, we buy locally and would encourage you to as well. Where we spend our money matters. An example of this policy is with our in-house tote bag which was designed by Hay-based print designer Prints of Hay and printed by a Cardiff-based community-based screenprinting workshop Printhaus. The bags themselves are made from ethically sourced organic cotton which is lighter on the planet.
