Bookish Type
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Contact Details:

77a Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3BR
07947460692
thebookishtypeleeds@gmail.com

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  • Opening Hours

    Monday

    Closed all day

    Tuesday

    10:00 - 18:00

    Wednesday

    10:00 - 18:00

    Thursday

    10:00 - 18:00

    Friday

    10:00 - 18:00

    Saturday

    10:00 - 18:00

    Sunday

    12:00 - 16:00

Bookish Type

Hello! We’re Ray and Nic and we run The Bookish Type, a queer indie bookshop in Leeds. We started out by running pop-up bookstalls in 2019, then we set up a website and finally we opened our bricks and mortar shop in September 2020 in the Merrion Centre.

We sell a range of queer literature: fiction, children’s books, YA, memoirs, poetry, short stories, zines, non-fiction, colouring books and graphic novels. We champion LGBTIQA+ authors and books with queer themes and characters because we know the importance of seeing yourself – and your community – represented. Also, there is so much amazing queer literature that we want to celebrate it all!

We’re a community bookshop so we aim to actively support and work with the local queer community. Here are some of the things that we do:

We have a Pay It Forward scheme which is a way of making queer books available to those who can’t afford them.

We run Queer History Tours around Leeds so that everyone can learn about the rich LGBTIQA+ history of our city.

We hold Second Hand Sundays where we sell pre-loved queer books to raise money for local grassroots LGBTIQA+ groups.

We run Bookish Stroll which is an outdoors book group where you can chat about a queer book as you amble round a park.

We have a community noticeboard where we promote local LGBTIQA+ events and groups.

We offer discounts to members of local queer book groups.