If a thick tome feels a bit much in this weather there are some excellent books coming in at around 150 pages that might fit the bill. Here are four that are in the shop at the moment...

We are here Saturday 10 til 5 and Sunday 10 til 3, pop along and treat yo'self to a new read for the weekend, then relaaaaaaaax....

From 23rd May to 20th June, we'd love your donations of new and used children's books. Children's Book Project, a registered charity that tackles childhood social, emotional & educational inequalities, gifting new & pre-loved books to children in under-served communities childrensbookproject.co.uk/

Delighted to show off our new Queer Book Club book choice for May/June - the rather splendid STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters.

We are open 10 til 3 tomorrow to get yourself some reading material before a well earned day off on bank holiiday monday!

We have a new Poetry Book Club Book! Goyle, Chert, Mire by Jean Sprackland. A series of sonnets about land, time, illness and recovery, grounded in the landscape and language of her Blackdown Hill home. Join us to talk about it in the bookshop on Tuesday 2nd June at 6.30pm. All Welcome!

It was a pleasure to have Clare Chambers in the shop this morning signing copies of two of her books, Shy Creatures and Small Pleasures.

An author visit on this lovely day - Lynn Knight came into sign copies of her book 'Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread' which we are already selling out of. Have to get her back to sign more. Marvellous!

25 Books to read before you are 25!! As compiled by Sam Leith, author of 'The Haunted Wood, A History of Childhood Reading'.

Looking for book ideas? Here are our March bestsellers!

Book Club Klaxon, Woop woop! Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-Pyung. Read, think, come chat with us! Thursday 21st May at 6.30.

Hello, lovely Beckenham Bibliophiles! Just a quick note to let you know our Easter hours: Friday - 3rd April - Closed Saturday - 4th April - Open Sunday - 5th April - Closed Monday - 6th April - Closed

Delighted to see Beckenhams very own superstar Stella featured in Bookshop Cats, published 9th April by Harpercollins. What a lovelylil fuzz sasage! #bookshopcats #stella #beckenham

Queer book club choice for April is Stop Me if You've Heard This One by Kirsten Arnett, save £2 at the bookshop, have a read, have a thinky, come along and chat with friendly book clubbers on 27TH April at 6.30, hurrah!

Ta-Da!! Here are the February Beckenham Bookshop Bestsellers! Which ones did you buy?

Our next Poetry Book Club is on Tuesday 24th March, 6.30pm. Wordsworth wrote about daffodils. Mary Oliver wrote about her dogs. What do you do when you work in a factory? Matthew Rice has written 'plastic', time stamping the poems over the length of a night shift. Available in the shop with £2 off.

Starting the day like the Monty Python cheese shop sketch , with a chap asking for book after book that we do not have... I did point out that we order every day so we could get all of these for him by Monday, but this was, apparently, an unconscionable timescale.

Good morning, lovely readers and residents of Beckenham (and beyond). We are so in love with our view across from St George's this morning, we had to share photos of the most glorious dafs that are out and proud and enjoying today's sunshine.

Our next poetry book club choice is plastic by Matthew Rice beautifully produced by Fitzcarraldo. We will be talking about it on Tuesday 24th March at 6.30pm All Welcome!

Our next book club book is here! We will be getting together to talk about The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue on Thursday 26th March at 6.30pm in the bookshop. All welcome!

We are utterly delighted to have had the amazing Fatima Ordinola in today to illustrate our window. We don't mean to brag, but we think it looks rather splendid! We will now go ahead and fill the display with a whole bunch of lush children's picture books that we adore.

Q: Beckenham Booksellers!! Why such an empty window? A: We are having our window illustrated later this week by artist and author Fatima Ordinola! Watch this space!!

Yellow backpack left in bookshop late Friday afternoon. Please get in touch if yours!

Today, as every year, we scramble to put together the World Book Day frame and display case, to much hilarity. And tomorrow, I get to load this gorgeous thing with all the new books selected for 2026 and I cannot wait!

There are some great books on our bestseller list for January, but on this very wet and grey day it has particularly cheered me up that the kid's list includes Bunny vs Monkey and Hans Christian Andersen.

Our next Queer Book Club choice is Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya, meeting 6.30 on Monday 9th March, save yourself £2 on this title in the bookshop and come along for a chat.

These absolutely tremendous puzzles have been so popular, and now there are more designs! Lots of book and author themes. Love them.

Our local bookshop is utterly delightful. Picked up some great purchases over the last few weeks. @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social #Beckenham #books #bookshop #reading

For our first Poetry Bookclub of 2026 we will be talking about Isabelle Baafi's beautifully crafted Chaotic Good. The book is, as always, £2 off in the shop and we will meet on Wednesday 18th February at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome, no booking or expertise needed!

The quite wonderful Ella Mcleod popped by on Satuday afternoon to sign copies of her book Goldilocs, a lovely modern fairy story reminding kids they can be whatever they want to be and being themselves is the very best thing! #modernfairystory #beyourself

Book Club Klaxon! Join us on Thursday 12th Feb at 6.30 to discuss How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris, all welcome. Hurrah!

What a silly question...! Depends on the time of year, the weather, my mood, what else have been reading...honestly, who can choose a favourite when there are so many amazing books out there! What would you choose?

Advent Calendar Day 23! Which thriller (or detective novel) could you not put down? My choice (as in I'm choosing just the one...) would be Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery) which had one one those shouting at the screen moments: "NO!! DON'T GO DOWN THERE!"...😱

Advent Calendar Day 16! What was your favourite audio book of the year? I listened to all 5 of the Canon Clement Mysteries including the Christmas Novella, read by the author Richard Coles. Dryly funny and full of 1980's details.

Bookish Advent Calendar 14! What was your favourite formative middle grade book? Have you ever re-read it?

Bookish Advent Calendar 11! What was the last book you read set in another country? Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, another beautiful publication from Fitzcarraldo set mainly in Berlin. What happens when you constantly chase an Instagram lifestyle?

Day 9 of our advent calendar! William, the father in Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. He combines excitement and security - full of schemes and ideas but always coming back to their old caravan home. I still love this book.

Bookvent day 8, what cook books do you enjoy cooking from? Well, here in the bookshop we mostly enjoy making tea....

Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! Today is Day 7 in our Book Advent Calendar. Today it is all about picture books! MY (Liz) persnal favourite is Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus. It is pure silliness and fun.

Bookvent day 6, What's your favourite bookshop? EASY! We do however, all of us, find it impossible to walk past ANY bookshop....

Bookvent day 5, I cannot think of any books that have made me cry this year, which is a shame in itself, but the very beautiful Viam by Jon Fosse came close for me, K. What have I missed that made you cry this year...? (happy tears allowed!)

Bookvent Day 4, what frequently banned book have you most recently read? As it turns out, T has recently loved and staff picked Despised and Rejected by Rose Allatini which has been recently revived and reissued by Persephone books.

Day 3 in our Book Advent Calendar! We are focussing on Modern Romance in this instance. I (Liz) have not read much modern romance this year, but I do have MERRY CHRISTMAS, YOU FILTHY ANIMAL by Meghan Quinn waiting for me as an upcoming fun seasonal read.

Booky Advent Calender Day 2! What excellent book club book did you read this year? Tara's turn - our Poetry Bookclub, Selima Hill's new book A Man, A Women and A Hippopotamus (she's so good at noticing details) and our Queer Bookclub, Saltblood (pirates & identity in one book!)

Day one of our Booktastic advent, best book I read this year? So many but first thought is Exiles by Mason Coile, AI sci-fi martian horror of the highest order for K and James Tarrant, Adventurer by Freeman Wills Crofts, a gripping story of innocents (or are they?) in peril for S.

he Christmas window is here and the shop is filling up with lots of lovely present possibilities! Pop along and find a gift they can open again and again and again.... #shopindie #booksforeveryone #giftsthatkeepongiving

Good morning, bibliophiles. We (the royal we) have decided to treat ourselves to one of the Bibliophile Advent Calendars. Just look at this lovely thing! We will be opening a panel each day in December (and probably fighting over who gets the book!) so watch this space.