ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Contemporary & Classic Fiction Crime & Mystery Fantasy Graphic Novels & Comics Browse more Fiction categories
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Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel
Essays, Memoir & Biography Nature & Travel History & Archaeology Science & Technology Browse more Non-fiction categories
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These stories for children and young adults will pique imaginations and inspire young readers
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Spitalfields Life Books publisher

The Creeping Plague of Ghastly Facadism cover

The Creeping Plague of Ghastly Facadism

The Gentle Author - Hardback

£15.00

The Life & Times of Mr Pussy cover

The Life & Times of Mr Pussy

The Gentle Author - Hardback

£15.00

The Gentle Author’s Cries of London cover

The Gentle Author’s Cries of London

The Gentle Author - Hardback

£20.00

A Hoxton Childhood & The Years After cover

A Hoxton Childhood & The Years After

A S Jasper - Hardback

£20.00

Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971-87 cover

Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971-87

David Hoffman - Hardback

£35.00

Journal of a Man Unknown cover

Journal of a Man Unknown

Gillian Tindall - Paperback

£10.00

Tessa Hunkin's Hackney Mosaic Project cover

Tessa Hunkin's Hackney Mosaic Project

Hardback

£30.00