Owner · fiction and cookery
Mina
Opened the shop in 2017 and still hand-sells the orchard novel to anyone who stands still long enough.
Ch. III A note from the shop
Some places sell books. We like to think we keep them company.
We opened Vellum in an old dressmaker’s shop, with 800 books, two mismatched chairs and a very optimistic kettle.
Today there are a few more books. The chairs are still here. So is the belief that a good bookshop should send you home more curious than when you arrived.
We read what we sell. We remember what you loved. And we will always make room for a voice you haven’t heard before.
Mina & Kit
Booksellers, readers, kettle-keepers.
NO ALGORITHMS.JUST VERY GOOD HUNCHES.AND OCCASIONALLY BISCUITS.
The people
Who is behind the counter.
Poetry and the reading chair
Kit
Reads one page of every new book before opening it up, and keeps the reading chair by the window honest.
Crime and the long winter
Dev
Stayed up much too late with the ferry book and now runs the Thursday club, with strong views on the ending.
Also Small kindnesses
Thoughtfully chosen.
Lovingly given.
The book subscription
A book chosen just for you, every month. Tell us what you love and we will take it from there.
From £15 a month · Collect in store
A gift with a story
We match a book to your favourite person, wrap it in paper, tie it with string and add a handwritten note.
Gift cards from £10 · Wrapping on us
The one you can’t find
Half a title? A blue cover? Something your aunt read in 1998? We love a good book detective story.
Special orders · Usually here in 2 to 4 days