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BOOKISH GIFTS IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

We have some brilliant books and great gifts available in store and to order online now - browse our website, or visit our shop in central Cambridge. As well as all our books, we have plenty of ...

The life of Darwin's letters: An informal talk by Dr Paul White at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop

We are excited to hold a free bookshop event on Tuesday 11th October 2022, 6-7 PM:  An informal talk on the importance of Charles Darwin’s letters to his work, with many illustrations There...

Happy Birthday Bertrand Russell!

Today marks the 150th birthday of Bertrand Russell and to honour the occasion one of our wonderful authors - Professor Bernard Linsky FRSC - was kind enough to write us a piece about the man, his m...

The Cambridge Festival 2022

  Hello, The Cambridge Festival is back for another year of inspiring events happening both online and in person. It launches today and we've proud to have contributed some great events for you to ...

Happy World Book Day!

We hope everyone will enjoy reading their favourite book today.  Do you know we have books for the younger readers? Check out our Primary collection.  And we've got something really exciting to ann...

Books of the Year 2021

Happy Christmas and welcome to our bookish review of 2021!  There's still time to order Christmas gifts and explore our collection of Books of the Year 2021. The last posting date for Christmas is ...

There is No Planet B...

Hello! It's November again and it marks the first anniversary of our bookshop website. Many thanks for supporting us and keeping us busy packing and sending your orders!  This year we've put toget...

Happy Halloween!

  It’s Hallowe’en time and the ghosts are in our bookshop window and wandering spookily down the stairs, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to explore some of the more mysterious of the Press’s ...

Happy Bookshop Day!

It’s Saturday 9th October, so we’re saying Happy Bookshop Day! Do you know about Bookshop Day? It’s an annual national event run by the Bookseller’s Association and it’s all about celebrating high ...

Welcome Autumn!

We are immensely grateful to the incredibly talented illustrator, Anna Doherty, for designing and hand-painting this window for our autumn display of books on gravity and relativity theory. It feat...