October Books.
More than just a bookshop, we’re local, radical and eco-friendly!
Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life. Poverty and depravity wreak havoc on Hassan Omar's family. Amid great hardship he decides to escape. The arrival of Independence brings new upheavals as well as the betrayal of the promise of freedom.
With strange combinations of occultism, electricity, magic and playfully Biblical archetypes, the fifteen darkly funny stories in this book illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked.
Join Arvind Sivaramakrishnan in the shop for a deep dive into the UK constitution and prime ministerial authority.
October Books has recently been working with students from Southampton University’s Student Innovation Programme to help us update our Environmental Strategy and Action Plan. Two teams of students worked on the project over a period to 4 or 5 weeks in October and November, one team focusing on staff training and awareness raising, waste management, our products and transportation and the other team on our internal processes, community opportunities, the buildings and green space aspects of the business.