A new independent bookshop has opened on Dyke Road in Seven Dials
Marta and Anna opened Books and the Bookshop in the old Hi Cacti unit on Saturday. They will order in any title they don't have.
An independent bookshop opened at 83 Dyke Road in Seven Dials on Saturday 7 November. Marta and Anna run Books and the Bookshop from the unit that used to be the Hi Cacti shop.
The first weekend went well enough to leave gaps on the shelves. “We had mega amazing Saturday and sold out good(!) few(!) titles,” the owners wrote on Instagram on Sunday. They said another order was about to go in, and that they are happy to order any book a customer can’t find.
The shop is small, and the owners say the coming weeks and months will go into making room for more books. Hi Cacti, which used to trade from the unit, welcomed them in its own post, calling the new shop “an adorable little Indie bookshop”.
It opens five days a week and closes on Mondays and Tuesdays, so the next chance to visit is Wednesday, from 11am to 5:30pm.
Sources
- Books and the Bookshop on Instagram: profile and opening posts, 4 to 8 November 2026 (Books and the Bookshop)
- Hi Cacti on Instagram: our old shop at 83 Dyke Rd has reopened as a bookshop (Hi Cacti)
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