“In the second annual event celebrating the literary and musical history of Charing Cross Road, iconic booksellers Foyles and Blackwell’s, plus a host of retailers, venues and cafés up and down the street, present two days of talks, gigs, activities and more.”

Check here for the full list of events from readings and pub quizzes to book launches, gigs and more: http://lovecharingcrossroad.com/

We’ve just re-stocked the basement and we have loads of fiction this month. We have lots of modern fiction, a good poetry section, crime fiction, westerns, horror, fantasy, sci-fi and a good selection of children’s books including Ladybird editions, lots by Enid Blyton and Alison Uttely and much more. We also have loads of cookery books, theology, natural history including ornithology books and history, travel, social sciences and a small art section.

We’re boxing up much of our basement stock this weekend to make space for thousands of new acquisitions! The new stuff will be available from Tuesday (June 4th) at 2pm. We’re expecting lots of literature this time.

We’re boxing up all of our current basement stock this Saturday and will re-open with an all new selection this coming Tuesday (the 7th) at 2pm. We’re expecting a huge a collection of old cookery books this month.

It was going to take place on the Easter bank holiday but we’ve put it back a week – all of the current books will be boxed up on Saturday April the 6th and we will re-open with completely refreshed basement stock on Tuesday April the 9th at 2pm.

We’ve just re-opened our basement with an all new selection for March. We have lots of literature and lovely old children’s books, quite a few books on carpets and rugs and various other subjects.
We’re having a big delivery of travel and history related books this Thursday (7 March).

Many boxes of books have been shelved since our last changeover opening at the beginning of February.

We’ll be boxing everything up on Saturday March the 2nd and re-opening with new stock on Tuesday, March the 5th at 2pm.

The Francis Edwards sale continues!

The basement will be closed on the 3rd and 4th of February for re-stocking. It will re-open at 2pm on Tuesday the 5th of Feb with thousands of fresh titles. We’re expecting lots of crime fiction, occult and mysticism, cookery, gardening and natural history. We’re keeping January’s large theology sections and classical studies books for another month.

We’re having a huge sale at Francis Edwards – many selected books have been reduced by 50% and more! The sale covers art, literature, military, history, philosophy and travel books. Hundreds of more titles are being added today.

Our basement re-opens at 2pm tomorrow (January the 8th).

We have loads of books on Christian theology. Also lots of Greek and Latin literature and ancient history, lots on Native Americans and the American Civil War, foreign language literature, linguistics, poetry, Shakespeare, natural history (especially ornithology) as well as all the usual subjects.
We also have new titles at Francis Edwards and our new Art and Architecture catalogue is out. Get in touch if you want a copy: sales@quintobookshop.co.uk

We are boxing up all of the current Quinto stock next weekend (from the 5th of January) and will re-open the basement with fresh stock at 2pm on Tuesday, January the 8th.
The shop will be closed on New Year’s Day. Wishing you a very Happy New Year from all the staff at Quinto Bookshop!

Quinto is re-opening with new stock this Tuesday (December 4th) at 2pm. Along with the usual subjects, we’ll have lots on classical studies, Africa, classical music and opera, the American civil war, a great philosophy section & lots of other stuff!

We completely change our basement stock every month. We’ll box up all of the current books on Saturday the 1st of December and re-open with an all new selection at 2pm on Tuesday the 4th of December. We’re expecting great new books!

Jimmy Kanga was one of our favourite customers. He sadly passed away a few months ago and we’ll miss him. Here are some photos of Jimmy that Sasha took in the old shop back in 2006. There’s a lovely obituary written by David Tobin of Walden Books on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Quinto.Bookshop

We have new books in at Francis Edwards including books by Austin Osman Spare, Edmund Dulac’s Fairy Book, Mongolian literature, Samuel Beckett, a Tom of Finland biography & a number of others.