New in – James Bond titles, Ian Fleming
Free event, Yo Zushi and Jazzman John Clarke – live in store!
Saturday 22nd June 2013, 4pm
As part of the Love Charing Cross Road Festival, acclaimed singer songwriter, Yo Zushi will be playing a short acoustic set in the shop from 4pm and launching his zine, “Viva Quinto”. He will be joined by south London legend, Jazzman John Clarke who will be performing his jazz poetry.
Praise for Yo Zushi:
“The spirit of Bob Dylan for the 21st century” - Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1
“Yo Zushi’s folk songs have earned him plenty of high-profile fans around the world… A masterclass in storytelling” - Dazed & Confused
“A raw… intriguing talent” - Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2
Jazzman John Clarke, ”does with words what Coltrane did with the horn” - Brixtongue
Jazzman John will also be signing copies of his new poetry collection “All The Way from Kathmandu”.
Love Charing Cross Road Festival coming up, 22nd – 23rd of June!
“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/
Lots of Agatha Christie novels in store!
We’ve re-stocked for June!
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 RE-STOCKING THE BASEMENT!
Cookery month at Quinto!
We’ve just completely re-stocked the basement and we have loads of books on food and cookery. Some are quite old (early 20th century) and others are more recent. It’s an extensive collection covering cuisines from many different countries and there are some great covers to be found. But it’s not just cookery here, we’ve also got loads of railway and theology books this month and lots of other subjects too!
Stock change coming up!
Our next complete stock change…
New Stock For March
Fresh stock!
New Stock for February
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.
HUGE SALE AT FRANCIS EDWARDS!
New Stock!
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
Happy New Year from Quinto!
NEW STOCK AT QUINTO!
Next Complete Stock Change
In Memory of Jimmy Kanga
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









