Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights is the 2011 and 2008 Independent Bookshop of the Year thanks especially to our personal service and inventive gifts for readers. Our beautiful shop is in the centre of Bath at 14/15 John Street but you can browse and buy the books we love and find out all about us right here.

Ooh, New arrivals!

Here and Now

Paul Auster
J. M. Coetzee

£ 20.00

Steaming to Victory

Michael Williams

£ 25.00

Where There's Love, There's Hate

Adolfo Bioy-Casares

£ 9.99

Martin Parr: Life's a Beach

Martin Parr

£ 16.95

The Latest Bloggery and Other News and Reviews from the Mr B’s Team

Dante Support Group: Paradiso Part I

Dante Support Group Meeting 16th April   An engaging discussion, helped along by new recruit Alistair who prompted us to look at some thematics a...

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Support Group: Dante's Purgatorio Part II

Dante Support Group Meeting 26th March Purgatory Part II: More examples of penitents being forced to confront their sins in a physical way in the Cant...

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Support Group: Dante's Purgatorio, 18th March

We emerge from Hell, and are hit by the (often searing) light of purgatory. A different realm and a different feel to the writing: everyone noticed th...

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