Saltwater
Nadia Rehman
Rs 2,450
Independent since 2016
Books worthgetting lost in
New fiction, quiet poetry, big ideas and picture books for small people — chosen by hand, read by us first.
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Saltwater
Nadia Rehman
Rs 2,450
Quiet Hours
E. Farrow
Rs 1,950
The Glass Orchard
Ines Adler
Rs 2,850
A shop, not an algorithm
Every shelf here was built by a person who finished the book. Ask us anything — we love being asked.
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The Glass Orchard
Ines Adler
Rs 2,850
Nine Letters
Ruth Okonjo
Rs 2,150
Harborline
T. Marsh
Rs 2,600
The Ash Lantern
Dara Vance
Rs 3,100
Almost August
Leila Qureshi
Rs 1,890
Poetry & quiet things
Drag the shelfQuiet Hours
E. Farrow
Rs 1,950
Slow Mornings
Hana Bright
Rs 1,750
Second Spring
M. Idris
Rs 2,050
Hands In Clay
Priya Nair
Rs 2,250
Small Braveries
Otto Lindqvist
Rs 1,690
For small people
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The Moon Bakery
Amara Silk
Rs 1,450
Dragon Takes The Bus
Jo Pemberton
Rs 1,350
Midnight Swim
Rosa Delgado
Rs 1,550
Staff picks
What we are pressing into hands this month
Saltwater
Nadia Rehman
Saltwater
Nadia Rehman
Three summers, one coastline, and a family that keeps almost saying the thing. Read it in two sittings.
Rs 2,450
Signal & Noise
Yusuf Bhatti
Signal & Noise
Yusuf Bhatti
A clear-eyed book about attention. Annoyingly convincing — we all put our phones down after chapter four.
Rs 2,750
The Moon Bakery
Amara Silk
The Moon Bakery
Amara Silk
A rabbit bakes for the stars. Our most-requested bedtime read three months running.
Rs 1,450
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Ordering from us
1
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Pick a format — paperback, hardcover or eBook.
2
Add a gift wrap
Kraft paper, twine and a handwritten note if you like.
3
We pack it today
Orders before 4pm leave the shop the same afternoon.
4
Read it slowly
Then come and tell us what you thought.
Readers
Kind words from the queue
“The box has never once missed. Whoever writes the notes deserves a raise.”
“I asked for something like my favourite novel and left with something better.”
“The kids' shelf is dangerous. We came for one picture book and left with four.”
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We are on the corner with the blue door. There is a chair, and you are allowed to sit in it.
- Address
- 12 Marker Lane, Old Town
- Phone
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