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Devika says The book I press into people's hands when they say nothing surprises them anymore. It will.
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From the counter
Staff Picks
No algorithm — just the books our booksellers can't stop recommending.
Independent bookshop & literary press
Every spine
a doorway.
A small, fiercely curated bookshop and the press that grew up beside it. We stock the books we'd defend in an argument and publish the ones we wish already existed. Come in, take your time.
- 20
- titles in stock
- 2009
- open since
- Bridge
- translation series
Fresh off the press
New Arrivals
The latest to land on our tables, from our own imprint and beyond.
Our imprint
The Press
Verso Press is the small publishing house that grew out of the shop — six or seven beautiful books a year, chosen with the same stubbornness we choose what to stock. Our Bridge Series carries writers into English with the translator's name proudly on the cover, where it belongs.
- Original fiction, poetry & essays
- The Bridge Series in translation
- Typographic covers, made by hand
Come in person
Upcoming Events
Readings, launches and workshops in our back room. Most are free; all are welcome.
The Verso Journal
From the Reading Room
Essays and dispatches on books, bookselling, and the slow pleasures of reading.
The Verso Dispatch
A short letter, once a month: new arrivals, a staff pick, an event or two, and whatever we've fallen in love with. No noise, no tracking, easy to leave.