The Feminist Bookshop

The Feminist Bookshop is a radical independent bookshop and plant-based coffee shop based in central Brighton. The shop opened in November 2019 following a successful crowdfunding campaign.

The concept was born a couple of years ago when the bookshop’s founder, Ruth, started running a feminist book club in living rooms around Brighton and Hove. The amazing community that grew out of it inspired her to take it to the next level and convert her living room into a feminist bookshop.

She wanted to build a community space, encouraging people to come together in a fun, open space for dialogue, discussion and debate. As a bookshop they stock a range of books written by and about women, non-binary and marginalised people and host events and provide a space to talk about issues and ideas that are important to them.

Here are some comments we collected from customers:

"A certain feminist bookshop in Brighton called, wait for it, "The Feminist Bookshop". A nice selection of feminist themed books for children, which was surprising!"

"My first radical bookshop experience was in Brighton at The Feminist Bookshop. It was quite liberating to see these radical ideas given an actual official home. I remember it made me feel curious about society and it made me understand what these people (the owner) were fighting for."

Source:

Radical Guide website [https://www.radical-guide.com/listing/the-feminist-bookshop/, accessed on 8.7.2025]