Our community is our lifeblood, and it’s fair to say that between buying a bank and moving our stock, to helping us keep our doors open during lockdown, that we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the support of our customers and the wider October Books community. A key component of that is our local authors!

At October Books, we prioritise independence - not just in the way we think, but across every level of the business, from management, right the way down to our book ordering and selling. Indeed, in today’s context, where Amazon wages war with the everyday brick and mortar seller and where the two largest publishers in the world are set to merge (Penguin and Simon & Schuster), supporting small and independent publishers has become not only a priority, but a necessity.