Visit our bookshop in
Hay-on-Wye
Selling shiny new books plus beautiful cards, ceramics, candles, tote bags and more, North Books opened in the autumn of 2022.
We offer cosy spaces to browse and comfortable nooks to nurture your love of reading.
We host regular author events, book signings and two book groups and operate a pop-up cafe on a Friday from 10-12pm. For all our up to the minute news, please follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We send quarterly newsletters - please do sign up - simply scroll down and add your name and address.
Explore our eclectic selection
Find inspiring new fiction including contemporary women's voices, fantasy, young adult and children’s. Browse our range of non-fiction titles focusing on the environment, nature, sustainability and politics, plus our selection of Welsh literature and books by local authors.
If you can’t visit in person you can buy from us online via bookshop.org.
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We host regular book launches in the shop
A selection of poetry from Hay Writers is the next one on
Friday 10th May
Set in NORTH BOOKS from 10-12am
Discover our new gift idea
Are you looking for a special gift for that bookish friend or relative? In which case, we are delighted to present The Bookshop Breakfast voucher which entitles you and your guest to spend time together in the bookshop ahead of opening hours. Read more…
North Books recommends…
Hay Reads suggested June author
Stitches & Stories April choice
PRE-ORDER by email Jules@northbooks.co.uk
The King’s Mother: Four mothers fight for their sons as the Wars of the Roses rage
FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF CECILY
'A vivid and gripping powerhouse of a novel' Joanne Burn
'History retold with all the page-turning compulsion of a thriller' Tim Leach
This gorgeous edition of the best-selling Wilding by Isabella Tree illustrated by Angela Harding is the March @bookshop_org_uk's book of the month which means you are able to have it delivered direct for an additional discount with code TREE10: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10764/9781529092844
If you can get to the bookshop we have a few of the signed copies with free print left.
Fans of Richard Osman (of which there are obviously many) will be excited to hear that his first book in a NEW series will be out this Autumn. You can pre-order the new murder mystery We Solve Murders from North Books through @bookshop_org_uk now! https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10764/9780241608364
The paperback of Romantic Comedy by @csittenfeld @PenguinBooks is @bookshop_org_uk Book of the Month for April! Use code ROMCOM10 with this link to support us AND get an extra 10% off: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10764/9781804991916
Committed to sustainable business
It's really important to us that all of our suppliers and the goods that we sell are as sustainably sourced as possible.
This includes things like packaging and display materials as well as the miles that an item has travelled to reach us.
When we can, we buy locally and would encourage you to as well. Where we spend our money matters.
