INK@84 is an indie bookshop in Highbury, North London selling stories, dreams, drink and conviviality
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We have a wonderful treat for your bookish loved ones…
💙💚 Gift subscriptions! 💚💙
Our monthly Gift Subscriptions are a fantastic way to discover exciting new titles and hidden gems, all catered towards the readers preferences. We offer 6 and 12 month subscriptions for all ages! We also post all books gift-wrapped in our signature green and blue ribbon monthly!
They really are the gift that’s not just for Christmas 🎁🎄
You can purchase in store and online 🌟
We’re here until 8pm Wednesdays and Thursdays for late not shopping, drinks and free mulled wine! 🍷🎄
Don’t forget our late night shopping begins tonight!
We are open until 8pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays for your shopping and beverage needs, with a FREE glass of mulled wine to all who pop by🍷🎄
Oranges in stockings are said to represent a gift of gold from Saint Nicholas…
Well, we think that a book is just as good as gold and this particular book is also an orange - the perfect stocking filler! 🍊🎄
We were so lucky to have a visit from the lovely today to sign copies of her debut children’s book Kingdom Over The Sea!
Signed copies with hidden messages in store now 🌊✨
We have put together our top picks for all your loved ones in a handy little Christmas gift guide which you can view on our website.
This delightful stack is perfect for the nature loving wilding in your family 🍃🗻🌳
Exciting sunshine-y paperback entry to the bookshop on this dreary day 🌞
Darkly comic and utterly unputdownable, Beagin’s freewheeling novel centres on the unconventional relationship between the quirky Greta and the enigmatic Big Swiss.
We loved this one and hope you do!
Sundays! Open all day thru December 10am-6pm for ☕️📚🎁
Wonderful new fiction is hitting the shelves! Including this coming of age story by Kevin Wilson.
Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge - aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner - is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who is as lonely and awkward as she is.
As romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, Frankie and Zeke make an unsigned poster that becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it.
Copies of their work are everywhere in town, and rumours start to fly about who might be behind the ubiquitous posters: Satanists? Kidnappers? Soon, the mystery has dangerous repercussions that spread further afield, and the art that brought Frankie and Zeke together now threatens to tear them apart.
Twenty years later, Frances Eleanor Budge - famous author, mother to a wonderful daughter, wife to a loving husband - gets a call that threatens to upend everything: a journalist asks if Frances might know something about the Coalfield Panic of 1996.
Could Frances’ past destroy the life she has so carefully built?
📚available online and in store 📚
This year’s winner is a stunner! Taut, gripping, believable and beautifully written: speculative literary fiction that feels far less spec after last week’s Dublin riots. A worthy winner!
Did you know… that we can order in nearly any book you fancy for you or a loved one? If you email us at [email protected] by 3.30pm, we can have your book by 12pm the next day.* Email us the titles you want and your number (you’ll get a text when your order arrives so you can pick it up) and you’re good to go!!!
Hit us up at: [email protected]
*if you send your email order on the weekend, orders will arrive Monday or Tuesday.
Some very literary canines we have welcomed to the shop this week!
Daisy and Gertie were very happy that we had stocked up on doggy treats 🐶
We had a wonderful signing event with Ros Atkins this morning, thanks to everyone for popping in to get a signed copy of The Art of Explanation.
Ros very kindly signed stock for the shop so you still have change to purchase a copy!
We’re a bit late but happy day of illustration! 🖊️✏️
We thought we’d feature one of our fave titles: Ways of Drawing!
Ways of Drawing brings together a range of reflections and creative propositions by contemporary artists and teachers associated with the Royal Drawing School, generously illustrated with images by alumni of the School and the work of significant artists past and present. From explorations of artistic development to short, imaginative strategies for seeing the world afresh, it repositions this art form as a vital force in the contemporary world.
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While working at the Royal Horticultural Society, Fiona Davison came across a cache of letters from a young gardener who was denied a scholarship by the RHS, on the grounds that she was female. Appalled, and intrigued to find out what became of Olive, Fiona began to research the wider story of early female professional gardeners and discovered a group of pioneers whose struggles against patriarchy changed forever the rights and opportunities for women gardeners. Although gardens are often seen as a refuge, a place to escape from the troubles of the modern world,this book looks back to a period when British
gardens were an arena for radical and far-reaching experiments. A time when the ability to cultivate land was mobilised by a group of convention-busting women who wanted to change the world. An Almost Impossible Thing follows six hitherto little-known women gardeners in the years before the First World War, and examines their lives in the context of suffragism, collectivism and Empire.
Winter warmers! Stock up on new cookbooks to get you through this autumn and winter.
We are in loving this new release! The perfect read for anyone who wants to know why so many parts of cities feel soulless, depressing and designed for businesses and not for us. Here’s a story about our humanity told through the lens of our buildings. Full of photos and wisdom, this book is inspiring, enlightening and provocative.
‘Thomas Heatherwick echoes many things I find myself saying as I travel round the country. How the hell did that monstrosity get built? Why is this place so depressing? Why is so much of the built environment so boring? This book will wind up quite a few architects, planners and developers who labour under the delusion that they are the adults in the room. Good. These people need to develop some compassion for the people who have to live with their joyless, bland, unlovable creations. This book is a super accessible guide as to why we shouldn’t put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that.’ - Grayson Perry
It’s time to get snuggly! 🤗
We simply adore this graphic novel at Ink84; wrapped in the snowfall of a blustery Midwestern winter, Blankets is the tale of two brothers growing up in rural isolation, and of the budding romance between two young lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith, Blankets is a profound and utterly beautiful work.
Is there anything better than the golden light shining through the windows at a bookshop? 🪟
Come meet and get a signed book from BBC journalist Ros Atkins next Saturday (Nov 25th) at 11am in the shop. Feel drop to by if you’d love a copy and if you can’t make it, let us know so we can preorder a copy for you and set aside a sign reserved book for you.
We love his book The Art of Explanation - a must have for anyone who wants to communicate with clarity and confidence.
Introducing our new and improved gift subscriptions! 🎁📚
Our monthly Gift Subscriptions are a fantastic way to discover exciting new titles and hidden gems, all tailored towards your individual reading preferences, whether you are treating yourself or another!
We offer 6 and 12 month paperback subscriptions for all ages. To ensure that this is the perfect gift, the recipient will receive a short questionnaire to help us choose the ideal books! The books are beautifully gift-wrapped and posted each month.
All books will be hand selected by our trusted booksellers, so you can be sure of receiving enjoyable reads unique to your taste. Send as a present, or treat yourself!
We hosted a fiction masterclass last night, taught by writer, editor and publisher Tom Conaghan! Tom is also the publisher of Reverse Engineering, a collection of short stories that also includes interviews with the authors, as they divulge how and why they wrote their pieces. Yesterday evening, Tom treated us to a writing course about inspiration, how to overcome writing obstacles, and he revealed how his favourite writers approach the craft over wine and beer.
If you’re interested in more, check out his books for more insight - we’ve got copies of Reverse Engineering, its sequel Reverse Engineering II and The Poet & The Echo - short stories inspired by ten poems - in the shop OR you can purchase online at our website.
Be sure to subscribe to the INK84 newsletter to find out about future writing and book events!
Some wonderful recent fiction picks that we are loving in the shop at the moment! 📖📚
Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
The Understory by Saneh Sangsuk
Antarctica by Claire Keegan
Love Me Tender by Constance Debré
Between Dog and Wolf by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
Lord Jim At Home by Dinah Brooke
Bird Life by Anna Smaill
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
All are in store and flying off the shelves now!
We love these penguin Japanese classics. Charming, eerie, unnerving, beautiful in equal measure. ❤️
The marvellously eccentric Madame Badobedah whisks Mabel on an adventure to the Natural History Museum in this gorgeously illustrated and utterly charming instalment in the beloved picture book series. 🦴🦕
A wonderful story for families, budding readers and dinosaur lovers alike!
NEW!! 💫
From the bestselling and beloved author of Ghosts, Dear Dolly and Everything I Know About Love comes a deliciously witty and wise novel about love, relationships and heartbreak that only Dolly Alderton could write.
Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings.
Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can’t work out why she stopped. Now he is...
1. Without a home
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn’t looking
Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.
Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend’s side of the story.
The lovely Alex O’Brien came in yesterday to sign copies of her new book! Don’t miss out 💫
At the poker table you need certain skills to win. The more Alex O’Brien played competitively, the more she realised those skills are essential in everyday life too. From reading body language to calculating risk, dealing with uncertainty and separating emotion from facts, her toolkit will help you make better decisions and understand what’s happening around you.
Offering insights from the latest psychology, neuroscience, game theory and more, you’ll encounter new ideas and ways of thinking from pioneering researchers and experts in their field. With O’Brien as your guide, you’ll learn to see clearly, think carefully and cut through the noise of a complex world.
Some furry friends who have won our hearts over the past few days! Basil and Hettie we would love to have you (and your owners) back soon! 🐾🐶
Our manager, Aimee, is a big Samantha Harvey fan and was very excited to unbox copies of her new novel - Orbital 🪐🌎✨
Combining an urgent message of the state of our planet - and us humans - with luminous hope and refusal to sink into despair, Samantha Harvey delivers an affectionate, deeply human saga of six astronauts in space reflecting on life back down on Earth.
Lots of lovely fresh picks from our non fiction sections!
The Wisdom of Sheep by Rosamund Young
Love cats? Know somebody who loves cats? We have you covered, apparently we can’t stop stocking anything feline related… Maybe we’re a tad obsessed? 🐈❤️🐈⬛
We put together this baby’s very special first library! The books include all of the classics, plus some baby books in French. This lovely gift was arranged by friends of the parents and together we created this gorgeous library for Baby Sadie, shipped straight to her home.
Email us at [email protected] if you’d like us to make one for your little one or a friend’s little one (or just stop by!)! If you’d like to get a mini-version, you can head to the INK84 website and purchase the Baby Bundle subscription, which includes five of our favourite classic British board books and a Let Petits cloth & wooden mouse rattle packaged in a gift bag with a new baby card.
Bundle can be collected from shop by you or your recipient or shipped anywhere in the UK. We love these as baby present or a Christmas gift!
Britney Spears has arrived!! Requested at popular demand!
Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
🌟gorgeous new homeware arrivals!🌟
We have some delightfully cosy sheepskin hot water bottle and bike seat covers! Perfect for autumn 🍂
Choose whether to wrap up with a hot drink and a cosy hot water bottle or treat your t***y to some comfort on your cycling commute! 🚲🍑
Also excellent gifting for loved ones 🎁
Plenty of stock and colours available. Hot water bottle covers £38, bike seat covers £28.
Lewis was very excited that there were books for dogs, and even more excited that there were treats too! 🐶
Thanks for bringing it your lovely owner in to meet us!
Halloween is fast approaching!🎃👻 ✨
We hope you’ve got your costumes ready and are excited for trick or treating next week! We have compiled a few of our faves from our children’s section for you to peruse… 🔮🪦🧟♀️
Trick-or-treat! We’ve got delightful spooky and silly Halloween books for the little ones!! Pick up a book here and a pumpkin down the road at Seasons and Blossoms for the perfect Halloween weekend!
Yay! Our November Ink & Drink book club will be held on Wednesday Nov 29th at 6.30pm and this month’s book is Jean Stafford's The Mountain Lion, “one of the strangest and angriest novels of the twentieth century.”
Here’s the blurb:
She would not feel safe until the beautiful animal was dead.
Ralph and Molly are inseparable siblings: united against the stupidity of daily routines, their prim mother and prissy older sisters, the world of adult authority. One summer, they are sent from their childhood home in suburban Los Angeles to their uncle's Colorado mountain ranch, where they write, hunt, roam. But this untamed wilderness soon becomes tainted by dark stirrings of sexual desire - and as the pressures of growing up drive an irrevocable rift between them, their innocent childhoods hurtle towards a devastating end . . .
Book your spot in shop or online now at the link in our bio!
Gertie came to visit us today! Sadly she can’t read yet but she can enjoy doggy treats 🐶
84 Highbury Park
London
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We're so pleased to be returning to in-shop events at last! On Wed March 16th at 7pm we'll be in conversation with author Lily Dunn discussing her acclaimed new memoir SINS OF MY FATHER as well as the art of creative non-fiction writing. Tickets are FREE with pre-order of book or £5 without. Book here: https://www.ink84bookshop.co.uk/events
