Oldspeak Bookshop

Oldspeak Bookshop, a conservative bookshop in Long Melford

Oldspeak Bookshop is an independent bookshop based in Long Melford, Suffolk, which presents itself as Britain's only dissident bookshop and as a space dedicated to conservative thought. In addition to its physical shop, it has an online store and organises events and a reading club called The Athenaeum Book Club.

A catalogue of Western and conservative thought

The bookshop's stock is built around what the shop itself describes as Western values, tradition and liberty. Its categories include Pro-Western Books, Classic Conservatism, Immigration, Multiculturalism & Race, Gender & Identity Politics, Islam, Government flagged dangerous books! and Best of British. The selection includes works by Roger Scruton and David Starkey, as well as titles by authors such as Dominique Venner, Julius Evola, Patrick J. Buchanan, Victor Davis Hanson, Katja Hoyer, Tim Blanning, Henry Williamson, Roald Dahl and Percival Christopher Wren, among others.

Independent publishers and special editions

The bookshop stocks titles from independent publishers such as Antelope Hill Publishing, Arktos, The Bruges Group, Helion & Company, Imperium Press, Legatum Publishing, Old Sovereign Publishing, Passage Press, Vauban Books, Wylfings Publishing and Western Islands Publishing. It has sections for signed books, Wordsworth Classics, Clothbound Classics, Penguin Monarchs, the Roald Dahl Classic Collection and the Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press. It also offers bespoke and hard-to-find books, as well as self-published works.

Magazines and periodicals

The shop stocks magazines such as The Salisbury Review, with more than forty years of history; The European Conservative, an English-language publication on philosophy, politics and art; Hungarian Conservative, a quarterly magazine of political and cultural analysis; and The Corncrake, dedicated to English literature from its origins to the present day.

Literary gifts and complementary items

The catalogue includes literary gifts and cards, Artisan Art Notebooks, books from the Wooden Books collection and gift cards. The bookshop also sells cookies, according to customer testimonials on its website.

Events and community

Oldspeak Bookshop organises events and runs a reading club, The Athenaeum Book Club. The shop describes itself as a meeting point for readers interested in conservative thought and freedom of expression, and its upper space is set up for reading.

Promotions and availability

The website indicated a promotion of books at £5 and the possibility of ordering copies, with print-on-demand lead times of two to four weeks for some titles. The catalogue includes both books available immediately and pre-orders.

Location and contact

Email: info@oldspeakbookshop.co.uk