Home

Axminster’s beautiful independent bookshop

Our online store

Every book in our stock at the shop also lives here on our website. It means that you can browse from the comfort of your armchair and order by phone, email or social media message for collection from the shop or delivery by post.

The shop

While we offer a variety of ways to buy your books, we particularly like to see you in the shop. We love to chat about books and are happy to advise and to source those we may not have.

Bookshop.org

Our new storefront at Bookshop.org allows you to source from hundreds of thousands of books and buy through us for postal delivery. It is a wonderful asset to help keep small shops like ours in business.

See our upcoming events

See our upcoming events

Axminster’s own book and gift tokens

Loyalty card

How our loyalty scheme works

New at the Archway

New books we like the look of and think you might too

Pre-orders

There are many books published in a year … but a few stand out. You know you will want them as soon as they arrive, and it makes good sense to pre-order. If you order those books from us you can secure discounts and we will sometimes be able to supply copies signed by the author.

News

2 weeks ago

Archway Bookshop
Book selling but only giving away the first line of the story- which one would you pick?! These all have some great first lines! ..#bookrecommendations #bookseller #booksellers #booksellerlife #booksellerrecommends #booksellersofinstagram ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook

2 weeks ago

Archway Bookshop
The Bowerbird is the irresistible tale of Bert- a small bird with a very big heart, from Number One bestselling Julia Donaldson and Catherine Rayner. ..#thebowerbird #juliadonaldson #catherinerayner #childrenillustration #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook

2 weeks ago

Archway Bookshop
Mother’s Day bookish gift ideas 🎁 less than 1 week to go!..#mothersday #mothersdaygift #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #giftideas #giftidea #giftideasforher ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook

2 weeks ago

Archway Bookshop
Archway Bookshop’s top 10 bestsellers of February ..#top10 #Top10 #newbooks #bookstagram #bookshop #bookseller #booksellers #bookstack #bookstacklove ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook

3 weeks ago

Archway Bookshop
To pre-order your signed exclusive edition of the new Skandar book, use the link in bio 🔗 this special edition will only be available for a short time ..#ComingSoon #skandar #childrensbooks ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook

3 weeks ago

Archway Bookshop
We are fully stocked for World Book Day and ready for you to come in and spend your tokens with us ..#WorldBookDay #worldbookday2024 #bookshop ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook