Bath has an excellent selection of book shops ranging from well known high street stores such as Waterstones to small independent book retailers tucked away along quiet streets. The famous novelist Jane Austen lived in Bath and used the city in two of her famous novels. Fans can purchase her books from the Jane Austen Centre and the many green spaces around the city offer the perfect reading environment.
Each year Bath holds The Independent Bath Literature Festival and the Bath Festival of Children's Literature. These events offer the perfect opportunity for reading enthusiasts of all ages to meet their favourite authors and purchase signed copies of their new books.
See our listings of book shops in Bath below.
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The Bath Vintage and Antiques Market
Location
Central Bath
• Last Sunday of every month, 9.30am-4pm at Green Park Station, Bath, BA1 1J
• Free public event
• Market dates: 25.03.2012, 29.04.2012, 27.05.2012, 24.06.2012, 29.07.2012, (No market August), 30.09.2012, 28.10.2012, 25.11.2012Itchy Feet
Location
Central Bath
Itchy Feet is an award winning Travel & Outdoor Store. Whether you are a first time traveller, an intrepid trekker or an old hand- we have the gear (including books & maps) for your travels.
Guildhall Market
Location
Central Bath
Bath Guildhall Market is the oldest shopping venue in the city and has traded on this site for the last 800 years.
Surviving from the 18th century is the ‘Nail’, a table on which market transactions took place, hence the saying, ‘pay on the...
Green Park Station
Location
Central Bath
Green Park Station is a thriving platform for local life & culture right in the heart of Bath. Events, market days, shops & eateries make Green Park Station your destination!
Bath Abbey Shop
Location
Central Bath
Bath Abbey Shop offers a selection of Christian literature, cards, postcards, music, jewellery and gifts, as well as a range of books about the Abbey and Bath. CDs of the Abbey Choirs and organ music are also available.
Topping & Company Booksellers
Location
Central Bath
Bath Topping & Company Booksellers provides a cornucopia of over 30,000 titles in lovely surroundings, with tea and coffee as well as an exciting events programme
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