Spend a gift card online with UK and Irish bookshops
Spend online in the UK
Bookshop.org
Buying books from Bookshop.org financially benefits independent bookshops across the UK. Simply select your local bookshop and view their curated book lists or browse the website's full range.
Find a bookshop to browse
LoveReading
LoveReading's online bookstores donate 25% of each book's cover price to a school of your choice, for the school to spend on books. Even if you don't nominate a school, 10% of your spend is donated to schools in need.
Blackwell's
Spend online at Blackwell's, the largest specialist academic bookseller in the country, which opened in Oxford in 1879 and has 16 branches across the UK.
Visit blackwells.co.uk
Foyles
Spend online at Foyles, known for its selection, expertise and passion for books, with seven shops in England.
Visit foyles.co.uk
Hatchard's
Spend online at Hatchard's, London’s oldest bookshop, established in 1797 by John Hatchard.
Visit hatchards.co.uk
Waterstones
Spend online at Waterstones, the national bookshop chain with more than 300 bookshops.
Visit waterstones.comSpend online in Ireland
Bookstation
Spend online at Bookstation, a leading Irish bookshop with 19 stores that has operated since 1985.
Visit bookstation.ie
O'Mahony's
Spend online at O'Mahony's, a family business founded in 1902 in Limerick by J.P. O'Mahony.
Visit omahonys.ieBlackwell's
Spend online at Blackwell's, which accepts Euros and features thousands of books.
Visit blackwells.co.uk
Spend online with more independent bookshops
For a specialist or curated range of books online, or to support local bookshops without leaving the house, spend your National Book Token at a number of independent bookshops. Browse the full list below.
UK independents
Bag of Books – Lewes, East Sussex (children's)
Bert's Books – Swindon, Wiltshire
Bookbugs and Dragon Tales – Norwich, Norfolk (children's)
Book-ish – Crickhowell, Wales
Bookseller Crow on the Hill – Crystal Palace, London
Bookwagon – Watford, Hertfordshire (children's)
Brick Lane Bookshop – Tower Hamlets, London
The Celtic House – Isle of Islay, Scotland
Chapter One Loftus – North Yorkshire
Darling Reads – Horbury, West Yorkshire
Drake - The Bookshop – Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
Ebb & Flow – Chorley, Lancashire
Evangelical Book Shop – Belfast, Northern Ireland
Five Leaves Bookshop – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
High Street Books & Records – High Peak, Derbyshire
The Grove Bookshop – Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Gwisgo Bookworm – Aberaeron, Wales
John Carpenter Bookshop – Queenhithe, London
Madhatter Bookshop – Wantage, Oxfordshire
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights – Bath, Somerset
Mostly Books – Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Nickel Books – Sittingbourne, Kent (children's)
Outwith Books – Glasgow, Scotland
Padstow Bookseller – Padstow, Cornwall
Pages of Hackney – Hackney, London
Picaresque Books – Dingwall, Scotland
The Portobello Bookshop – Edinburgh, Scotland
Quokka Bookstore – Kirkaldy, Scotland
Rossiter Books – Ross-on-Wye, Monmouth & Leominster
Stanfords – London & Bristol
Storysmith – Bristol
Village Books – Dulwich, London
The Watermill – Aberfeldy, Scotland
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop – Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
Irish independents
The Company of Books – Dublin, Ireland
Gutter Bookshop – Dublin, Ireland
Tales for Tadpoles – Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Click and collect, or arrange a local delivery
National Book Tokens gift cards don't expire for 8 years after the last time they were used (including checking the gift card balance), so you have loads of time to spend yours.
Browse instore or ask your favourite bookshop about using National Book Tokens for collection or delivery. Many indies accept National Book Tokens over the phone, social media, or by email – they just need your gift card number and PIN. You can also use your gift cards for click and collect from your local Waterstones.
5 great reasons to support local bookshops
- Bookshops provide local jobs and are a vital part of the local community.
- Booksellers are real readers with a real passion for books who provide superb book recommendations.
- All bookshops, big and small, are magical places and the high street wouldn't be the same without them.
- Bookshops enable you to discover books you never knew you were looking for.
- They're the best place to buy and spend National Book Tokens.
