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We're Hiring: Part-time Bookseller at Rare Birds Book Shop

Come and join the Rare Birds team! We are looking for a book and people-loving person to join our small and passionate crew at Rare Birds Book Shop. This is...

Female Rage: On the Page

Any self-respecting TikTok FYP will have seen the Feminine Rage aesthetic doing the rounds recently. I can’t quite believe that is a sentence. Kickstarted by Anya Taylor-Joy’s iconic interview moment,...

Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 Longlist Announced

Last night marked one of the most notable dates on the Rare Birds calendar - the Women’s Prize for Fiction announced their 2023 longlist. In the capable hands of judges’...

What To Read After Seven Days In June

The foundations of what I come to expect from a contemporary romance were irrevocably rocked after finishing Tia Williams’ Seven Days in June last summer. Set amidst the sweltering, heady...

NSFW: Book Title Edition

Have you ever found yourself out in public minding your own business ~ reading your little book ~ when you being to notice the furtive glances from the stranger across...

The What’s Hot and What’s Not of an English Literature Degree

It’s been six, long, cold months since I graduated with a degree in English. The dated books. The nonsensical secondary readings. The ungodly hours spent in the library trying to...

Rare Birds Gift Guide

Need a gift for a book lover? We've got you! Choose from book subscription gifts, handmade candles, curated book bundles for adults, Rare Birds merch and so much more. A...

What to read after A Discovery of Witches

Now a major TV series, Deborah Harkness’ novel A Discovery of Witches is the first in her All Souls sequence: a richly intricate tale about a witch, a vampire and...

What to read after Girl, Woman, Other

Joint recipient of the 2019 Booker Prize, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo became the must-have book of the year, sparking a renewed interest in her back catalogue of novels,...