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  • We're hiring - General manager and weekend bookseller

    by Sam Fisher
    We are looking for a general manager and a weekend bookseller to join us at our book shop on the Kingsland Road. There are details of both roles be...

  • Books of the Year 2022: Stocking Stuffers!

    by Sam Fisher
    Part 2 of our Books of the Year covers those handy, gorgeous, intriguing stocking stuffers: small books with big hearts that can get a bit lost and...
    Posted in booklist

  • Books of the Year 2022

    by Sam Fisher
    Yes, it's the most wonderful time of the year - Burley Fisher's Book(s) of the Year list is live! This year we've been loving translations, halluci...

  • Non-stop October: Staff Picks, Big & Small

    by Sam Fisher
    Whether you want to go big, with over 3000 pages between three of our titles, or go pocket-sized with an essay or a zine, we've got you covered. We...

  • September Staff Picks & Pick-Me-Ups

    by Sam Fisher
    Need a book to get you through the autumn, or squirrel away for winter reading? Burley Fisher staff submit their book reports fresh for the first w...
    Posted in staff picks

  • Events - Handy guide for publishers

    by Sam Fisher
    We love events at Burley Fisher, and we are very pleased to be welcoming people back to the shop after such a difficult period! We thought it would...

  • Pre-orders for July!

    by Sam Fisher
    Hello booklovers, it's your boy Sam here filling in for So this month on the deep cuts for the month to come. Plenty for everyone here, and lots of...

  • Jump for June: Pre-orders

    by Sam Fisher
    Books >>>>>> bunting. Read 'em with Pride! 10% off all month, and we're celebrating translations (as we do every month), plus gre...
    Posted in pre-orders

  • A-May-Zing: May Pre-orders

    by Sam Fisher
    To offset the cost of living, we're focusing this month on the hottest new titles in pocket-friendly paperbacks. Remember, there's 10% off too, all...

  • April Spritz: Pre-orders

    by Sam Fisher
    Sun's out, puns out: get set for the Bank Holiday weekends with the finest of new titles – playful and serious, radical and restorative – to pair w...

  • More More More for March: Pre-Orders

    by Sam Fisher
    Spring brings lots of books that have us looking at the world anew – books to wander with, books to sit under trees with, books to renew our creati...

  • Frozen February: Pre-orders

    by Sam Fisher
    There's one book to rule them all this month: Wivenhoe, the second novel by our fearless leader Samuel Fisher, is a future Essex Scandi-noir as wri...
    Posted in pre-orders