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Say happy birthday with a gift beyond words

Treat a booklover for their birthday and beyond
Bookily gift cards

Treat a booklover for their birthday and beyond

Bookily is our monthly book token – give a gift card that's topped up every month with your chosen amount, and give the joy of new books all year round.
Choose a monthly value from £5-£20 (UK only).

Buy a monthly book token
Send a personalised birthday gift
Birthday personalised gift cards

Send a personalised birthday gift

Add your own text and photos to one of our fun and bookish gift card designs to create a truly personal and unique gift at no extra cost.
Allow 3-5 days for delivery (UK only).

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Give a gift beyond words, wherever you are
a set of 3 birthday gift cards

Give a gift beyond words, wherever you are

Whether you’re going to their birthday party, or sending a treat to a booklover from afar, order online for delivery to you or straight to them.
Delivery to UK and Ireland.

Order a gift card
Give a luxury birthday gift
black gift card in a magnetic gift box

Give a luxury birthday gift

Looking to level-up your birthday gift? The bibliophile in your life will love our sumptuous Editions gift card, presented in a luxury box.
Load with any value from £50-£250 (UK only).

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Press send on instant book-buying joy
Happy Birthday e-Gift card

Press send on instant book-buying joy

An e-Gift card is perfect for booklovers on the go – schedule it for your preferred time, or print it out to slip inside a greetings card.
Available in UK and Ireland.

Send an e-Gift card
Hit the high street
bookshelves with books

Hit the high street

Your local bookshop is the best place to pick up a gift beyond words for your favourite booklover's birthday! Choose from a range of gorgeous designs, sold in hundreds of bookshops nationwide.

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Accepted in bookshops everywhere
bookshop map

Accepted in bookshops everywhere

National Book Tokens can be spent in hundreds of bookshops in the UK and Ireland, including independents, Waterstones, Blackwell’s, WHSmith, Easons, and online.

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Bestselling birthday gift cards

Birthday Things
Birthday Things

Birthday Things

The striking typography on this fun and contemporary gift card makes it a stand out birthday gift.

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Happy Birthday Candles
Happy Birthday Candles

Happy Birthday Candles

Wish someone happy birthday with this gift card designed for readers of all ages.

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Lost Words Birthday
Lost Words Birthday

Lost Words Birthday 

This stylish gift card, inspired by the bestseller The Lost Words, comes with eye-catching gold foil.

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Personalised birthday gift cards

Our bestselling personalised gift cards for birthdays (UK only, 3-5 days delivery).

Celebration Frame
Celebration Frame

Celebration Frame

Add a photo and birthday message to this celebratory gift.

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Birthday News
Birthday News

Birthday News

Add a birthday headline and the recipient's age to this newsworthy gift.

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Tea and Book
Tea and Book

Tea and Book

Add the booklover's photo and a birthday message to this beautiful birthday gift.

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National book token cookie themed gift card

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single visitor in possession of a good website, must be in want of a cookie."
Pride and Prejudice* by Jane Austen
*paraphrased


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