At Fairlight Books, one of our 2019 New Year’s resolutions is to ramp up the amount of blogging that we do about all of the UK’s fabulous bookshops. This week’s blog is about The Mainstreet Trading Company, which won Britain’s Best Small Shop 2018. One of the great successes of Mainstreet Trading is the fact […]
Saturday 3 October 2020 is Bookshop Day across the nation. To celebrate, we have teamed up with some amazing independent bookshops which we want to highlight. One of our bookshop partners is Mostly Books, Abingdon. We interviewed owner Sarah Dennis about the team’s experiences during lockdown and reopening. As a bookseller, I imagine that a […]
Each week, we pick a short fiction piece from our Fairlight Shorts archives to feature as our story of the week. This week, we’ve chosen a story about young love by Matthew Twigg. Matthew Twigg lives with his wife and two children near Oxford, where he works as an editor for an academic publisher. He […]
We are pleased to announce that we will be publishing four new literary fiction titles in 2020, all from exceptionally talented new and emerging liter
Deborah Jenkins is the author of Braver, an uplifting story about community and kindness, publishing on 30 June 2022. Struggling with OCD and anxiety,
Last week, we took a look at Borderline Books, a branch of the Kittiwake Trust. This week, we’ll be continuing our interview with Amina Marix Evans
The London Book Fair is an exciting time of year: for three days thousands of people gather to share their passion for the book industry. As you walk
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Each week, we pick a short fiction piece from our Fairlight Shorts archives to feature as our story of the week. This week, we’ve chosen a story about young love by Matthew Twigg. Matthew Twigg lives with his wife and two children near Oxford, where he works as an editor for an academic publisher. He […]