La Biblioteka

It took a little finding for me but this is a bookshop stocked practically to the rafters. The owner was very helpful and friendly in ordering a tennis book for me to collect in just over 24 hours when it wasn't available today. Well worth a visit if you're in Sheffield City centre.

Occasionally I stumble across a bookshop worth visiting. Ideas on Paper was one such bookshop. It was located in Cobden Chambers in Hockley in Nottingham. I learnt of its existence from an excellent coffee shop in the street opposite (sadly no more . I inquired from where they had obtained Standart or maybe it was Drift. I had seen Ideas on Paper, but from the name, thought they stocked writing material or a print studio. A quirky bookshops up a narrow flight of stairs. Drift, Standart, and other excellent magazines and journals, plus of course books. Brighton Magazine, located down a side street in North Laine in Brighton, another excellent bookshop. At first I thought it was an outlet for Brighton Magazine. It was very much like Ideas on Paper. No surprise, as one influenced the other, though I cannot remember which way around. I was recommended try Coffee at 33, an excellent recommendation. Sadly, Brighton Magazine is no more, another casualty of lockdown. Another excellent bookshop, located in the backstreets of Winchester, behind Winchester Cathedral. The books on display in the window, would entice into the bookshop. I got to know the owner and would often recommend books. A very old bookshop. Used by Jane Austen when she visited Winchester. Leah’s Yard opened in Sheffield August last year. Restored Victorian buildings, once housed Little Mesters, skilled craftsmen. now quality independent businesses. A deli, craft beer shop, art gallery, chocolate shop, a book shop. I think I first visited Leah’s Yard, January of this year. I was visiting Cambridge Street Collective ad was shocked to find how far it had hone down hill from when I had last visited May Bank Holiday last year when it had opened (sadly it has gone a long way downhill since). I asked where was Leah’s Yards? It was pointed out to me across the street opposite I was impressed. I was looking for Bullion Chocolate. One of the best bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the country. I’d visited a few years ago, Bullion Chocolate at the Cutlery Works at Kelham Island. Now had opened a chocolate shop, Chocolate Bar cf coffee bar. It was busy , I was told it was busy from the day they opened, busy from morning until they close at nine in the evening. And that was how I stumbled across La Biblioteka. Very similar to Ideas on Paper and Brighton Books, an eclectic mix of books and magazines. La Biblioteka, an independent bookshop, founded and run by Alex, an enthusiastic and friendly owner. I visited the weeks before the Sheffield Coffee Festival, to be told I was a week early. I was recommended two excellent coffee shops. 23 23 adjacent to Marmadukes and Mow’s adjacent to Tamper Sellers Wheel. My most recent visit was Thursday of last week. I thanked Alex for his recommendation of coffee shops on my last visit. What is it with bookshops and coffeeshops? Vist Mow’s, not only excellent coffee, and a wide choice of guest coffee to buy, also an eclectic collection of magazines and books to to browse, including Standart and Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I came away from La Biblioteka with a copy of Solo, a coffee magazine. I looked in the deli and picked up a loaf of sourdough bread. PHOTOS What is it with bookshops and coffeeshops? Vist Mow’s, not only excellent coffee, and a wide choice of guest coffee to buy, also an eclectic collection of magazines and books to to browse, including Standart and Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I came away from La Biblioteka with a copy of Solo, a coffee magazine. I looked in the deli and picked up a loaf of sourdough bread. PHOTOS What is it with bookshops and coffeeshops? Vist Mow’s, not only excellent coffee, and a wide choice of guest coffee to buy, also an eclectic collection of magazines and books to to browse, including Standart and Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I came away from La Biblioteka with a copy of Solo, a coffee magazine.

Incredible little bookshop tucked in a quaint square. Great variety of books & a super friendly owner.

An excellent little bookshop that has a wide range of the better books that are published today. Ideally set in quaint industrial chic surroundings very much worth a visit.

What a magical little discovery in central Sheffield. A place for thinkers, open-minded readers, who just fancy something a little more than your standard crime novels or a gossipy magazine. Shelves full of inspiring publications, journals, magazines and stationery. Staffed by super friendly folks too!