Bookshops: Southeast
Biggar
Atkinson Pryce Books
27 High Street, Biggar, ML12 6DA
Based at the west end of Biggar’s flourishing High Street of lovely independent shops, Atkinson-Pryce is an Aladdin’s cave of books - a place to feel inspired, a real bookshop with real books and booksellers who love them. We pride ourselves on being a dedicated bookshop but we do have some additional treats; stunning cards, wrapping paper, notebooks and bookmarks, as well as other literary gifts.
Jedburgh
Heron & Willow
4 Canongate, Jedburgh TD8 6AJ
A family run independent bookshop in Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. Here since 2023, UK Finalist for UK Bookshop of the Year 2024/25.
Melrose
The Reading Room
8-10 High St, Melrose TD6 9PA
We have an excellent range of fiction, children's picture books and a large section dedicated to Scotland - from history to landscape and culture to maps and walking guides.
Peebles
Peebles Comics
& Games
42a Northgate, Peebles, Borders EH45 8BZ
Comic Books, Board Games, Warhammer, Trading Cards, Toys, Graphic Novels, Manga and more!
Whitie's Books & Crafts
3 Pennel's Close, High St, Peebles EH45 8AG
"Our selection of titles is very extensive and anything we don't have on the shelf can usually be ordered and delivered to us within 24 hours. We carry a large selection of Scottish interest and history titles, current fiction, "the Classics", dictionaries and encyclopedia, maps and atlas', audio books and a wide selection of craft books."
St Boswells
The Border Reader
Off A68 nr Newtown St Boswells, Melrose TD6 9DF
The Border Reader is a small secondhand bookshop set in a tranquil and picturesque spot between the Eildon Hills and the River Tweed, about two miles from Melrose in the Scottish Borders. Also within the old dairy farmhouse you will find a farm shop, a cafe serving light lunches, home baked cakes and a wide variety of teas and coffees, as well as furniture, antiques and local arts and crafts showrooms.
Mainstreet Trading Company
Main St, St Boswells, Melrose TD6 0AT
Based in the Scottish Borders village of St Boswells, The Mainstreet Trading Company is a destination in itself. Husband and wife team, Rosamund and Bill de la Hey, renovated the former auction house in 2008 to create a light and airy space filled with books and the smell of coffee. In 2012, they went on to create Mainstreet Deli & Home in a beautiful barn behind the main shop.
Stow
Wedale Bookshop
231 Galashiels Road, Stow of Wedale, TD1 2RE
We have a growing and regularly-refreshed range of fiction, crime, history, travel, cookery, poetry, horror, graphic, young adult and more! We also have a fine range of Scottish Borders and Scottish history books. We have a carefully-curated selection of gifts from ethical, fairly traded and environmentally-friendly suppliers from around the world as well as a growing range from talented local artists and craftspeople.
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