Queer Indie
Bookshop
An LGBTQIA+ community bookshop in the heart of Leeds — championing queer literature, zines and the people who love them.
77a Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BR
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10–6 and Sunday 12–4
A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945
Justin Bengry, Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, E-J Scott
£20.00
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Our Story
An LGBTQIA+ community bookshop in the heart of Leeds
We're proud to be more than just a store; The Bookish Type is an active part of the queer community in Leeds, and we have been since we were founded in 2019! Back then, we were a touring market stall bringing LGBTQIA+ books to fairs and markets around Yorkshire. Now we've got our own store, and it's the only bookshop in the whole of England to be owned by a trans woman! Why not come and visit?
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Staff Selection
This Month's Top Picks
A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945
Justin Bengry, Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, E-J Scott
No Fats No Fems
Max Hovey
The Ethical Slut Workbook
Janet W. Hardy & Dossie Easton
Heartstopper Volume 6
Alice Oseman
White Spaces (Signed)
Elvin James Mensah
Community
Pay it Forward
Spread some Bookish joy with our Pay it Forward system! Your donation will be added to a tag on our Pay it Forward Board, which anyone can use to pay for a book in-store. Thank you for making reading more accessible!
Pay it Forward today!Bestsellers
Best-selling Non-Fiction
Upstream
Mary Oliver
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Angela Chen
Food
Gertrude Stein
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Leah Lakshmi Piepznia-Samarasinha
Before We Were Trans
Kit Heyam
Transgender Warriors
Leslie Feinberg
Community Hub
More than just a bookshop
We are privileged to be a part of the amazing, vibrant queer community in Leeds, and we're working to give back wherever we can. We want The Bookish Type to be a community hub, actively supporting other LGBTQIA+ folk, and putting on workshops and other events for the community to enjoy.
Check out our eventsFresh In
New This Month
The Glorious Dead
Justin Myers
Out Now — A Queer Journey Through Modern Television
Scott Bryan
With My Own Hand
Ashley Douglas