Village Books (Dulwich Village)

1d Calton Avenue, Dulwich Village, London, Greater London, SE21 7DE

T: 020 8693 2808

Accepts Gift Cards

Accepts Paper Vouchers

Accepts E-Gift Vouchers

Local parking - free

Bookshop Description

Long-established, award-winning, local bookshop, full of books for the whole family. We've a large selection of books for children and a great Young Adult range too. And of course all the latest fiction and non-fiction for grown ups. We hold great events for adults and children. We've an efficient ordering system, and can obtain out of print and US books.

Winner - Independent Bookseller of the Year 2000 (Britain, British Book Awards)
Winner - Independent Bookshop of the Year (South-East, British Book Awards)

Opening hours

Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm; Sun 11am-5pm

Specialisms

Children's

Cards, gift-wrap and wonderful pocket-money gifts

What's on at Village Books (Dulwich Village)

Event

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: The People's History of Afghanistan by Lyse Doucet

When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to t...

Expiry

03/11/2025


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A Christmas Evening with Skye McAlpine

Join Village Books and James Allen’s Girls’ School for a Christmas evening with cookery writer Skye McAlpine. The Christmas Companion is th...

Expiry

06/11/2025


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An Evening with Helen Goh and Yotam Ottolenghi

Helen Goh has been a recipe developer with Ottolenghi for more than a decade and is co-author with Yotam Ottolenghi of the best-selling book...

Expiry

11/11/2025


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The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne (Live Stream Event)

Acclaimed by Philip Larkin as the era’s own Jane Austen, this engrossing and shrewdly observed biography of Barbara Pym is the first to make...

Expiry

Ongoing


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An Evening with Jon Sopel

In 2022, after 8 years of political reporting in the US, Jon Sopel moved home to the UK. He returned to find a very different country to the...

Expiry

Ongoing


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Writing Literary Fiction with Charlotte Mendelson and Elizabeth Macneal

Booker Prize nominee Charlotte Mendelson, and Caledonia Novel Prize winner Elizabeth Macneal discuss their inspiration, writing process and ...

Expiry

Ongoing


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An Evening with Michael Palin

In February 2025, Michael Palin travelled to Venezuela to get a sense of what life is like in one of South America’s most culturally rich, v...

Expiry

Ongoing


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Persiana Easy by Sabrina Ghayour

Persiana Easy is a brand-new collection of inspiring recipes from the bestselling Middle Eastern chef – each carefully designed to be as eas...

Expiry

Ongoing

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