Bookshops that fix my head

Amara Osei-Bonsu

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Not a review column just - places I've ended up when the essay's due and I can't face the studio. Half the time I buy nothing and just read first pages standing up (rude probably). Peckham ones get extra marks bc I can walk there in my painting clothes without judgement.

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Bookshops that fix my head — 4 items
Name	Area	My take
1Review Bookshop	Peckham	my local basically - small but somehow always has the one book i didn't know i needed. the bookseller there is a whole character (affectionate)
2Word on the Water	King's Cross	a bookshop on an actual boat - sketched it twice and still haven't got the reflections right, unreal spot though
3Hatchards	Piccadilly	oldest shop in london apparently - feels like you should whisper in there. good for feeling fancy for twenty minutes
4Daunt Books Marylebone	Marylebone	too beautiful honestly, everyone's photographing the skylight instead of buying anything (me included)