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Topping & Company Booksellers
About Us
We opened our first bookshop in 2002, in the cathedral city of Ely. In the decades since, we've opened bookshops in Bath, St Andrews, Edinburgh, and now York.
Behind all that we do is a deep and unrelenting love for books, and an unwavering belief in bookshops with individual booksellers at the helm rather than a distant head office. We remain family-run, independent booksellers, now in our second generation.
We opened our newest bookshop in the heart of York on 5th June 2026, in a building dating from 1860.
It is the largest independent bookshop in Britain, spanning three floors and playing host to some fantastic views of the Minster. We hope we can welcome you in to share in this exciting new chapter.
Opening Times
Monday - Saturday: 9am - 9pm
Sunday: 10am - 5pm
Location
Events at Topping & Company Booksellers
Nick Harkaway for The Taper Man
Topping & Company Booksellers
Nick Harkaway is the acclaimed author of Gnomon, The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, Tigerman, Titanium Noir and Karla's C…
Sisters Brothers' Patrick deWitt for Dodge City
Topping & Company Booksellers
Patrick deWitt is the author of five novels including The Sisters Brothers, which won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction…
Wine tasting with Noble Rot's Dan Keeling for Pic…
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Dan Keeling is a London-based writer, restaurateur, and wine merchant. He is the editor and co-founder of Noble Rot mag…
Jonathan Coe for Lessons in Harmony
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"Please God... if there is a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe." ANTHONY BOURDAIN"Probably the best Engli…
Tim Hayward for The Cocktail Hour
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Tim Hayward writes for the Financial Times and is a panellist on BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet. He won the Guild of…
Cooks & Books: Alissa Timoshkina for Lozhka
Topping & Company Booksellers
In her latest cookbook, Lozhka, award-winning food writer and historian Alissa Timoshkina pens a love letter to Eastern…
Emily Wilson for Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea
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'Joyful, illuminating and engaging' MADELINE MILLEREmily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of …
John Potter on Christmas Carols: an English Encha…
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John Potter's books include Song, Tenor, and A History of Singing. A former member of the Hilliard Ensemble, his singin…
Translated Fiction: Dorothy Tse for City Like Wat…
Topping & Company Booksellers
"To be ushered into Tse's hallucinatory city is a revelation, an unnerving gift." ~ CHINA MIEVILLEDorothy Tse is a writ…
British Museum Lectures: The Bayeux Tapestry
Topping & Company Booksellers
We're delighted to be joined by curator Michael Lewis to discuss the upcoming British Museum exhibition, The Bayeux Tap…
Michael Grieve for Asterism
Topping & Company Booksellers
Michael Grieve is a poet, teacher, and former bookseller with Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews.His work …
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