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Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth

Sarah Waters joins Chloe Michelle Howarth on stage as a celebration of her contribution to queer literature Location: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London When: Saturday 27th June 2026; 6 pm to 7 pm The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. More information: https://www.sarahwaters.com/sarahwaters-posts/2026/06/24/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Tickets: £8 General Admission / £5 […]

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Show threadBob LeFridge  Nov 15, 2025

I used to love Foyles, back in the 80s. Their filing system was famously chaotic but the wonderful staff could always find a particular book, somehow.

A major competitor expanded and Dillons was a stunning and huge book store, just around the corner. It was a delightful place to shop for books. When they launched they put a bus-stop ad right outside Foyles which read, "Foyled again? Try Dillons."

Somewhere I have one of their plastic shopping bags with that exact phrase.

Dillons changed hands several times and was eventually folded into Waterstones.

Enjoy the magic of Foyles!

@rickerbh

#Foyles #Dillons

Show threadStewart RussellOct 29, 2025

@foldworks @patrickhadfield They were still doing it in August 2000 ...

#bookshop
#ephemera
#london
#foyles

Show threadfoldworksOct 29, 2025

@patrickhadfield @scruss @Nickiquote

Even in 1994 this was anachronistic

#bookshop #ephemera #london #foyles

Show threadfoldworksOct 29, 2025

@patrickhadfield @scruss @Nickiquote
Funny they don't mention that in the shop's display about its history 😆

"famously eccentric Christina Foyle ...regularly dismissing staff after a year....Perversely, it was partly because the shop was so badly run that it seemed to charm its customers." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45446899

#bookshop #bookstore #london #foyles

Juha ManninenJul 1, 2025
Foyles: yksi parhaista saarivaltakunnan kirjakaupoista. Viisi kerrosta ja paljon nuoria ihmisiä ostoksilla. #bookstore #foyles #london #kirjataivas
CelloMom On CarsSep 14, 2024

Teen: Can we come back here tomorrow?
Dad: We've been here twice already!

#OverHeardAtTheBookStore
#HashTagGames
#Foyles #TrueStory

John GrindrodNov 23, 2022
So excited to have made it into the Christmas window at #Foyles!
Reid DerbyNov 21, 2022
In my favourite #bookshop in #London #Foyles looking at Edible Economics by my fav economist Ha-Joon Chang. Most appetising:-)
John RibbonSep 7, 2018

Waterstones buys Foyles 'in face of Amazon's siren call'

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/07/waterstones-buys-foyles-in-face-of-amazon-siren-call?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tusky

This is very sad news. #Foyles is my spiritual home in many ways. Sooner or later Waterstones will collapse and Foyles will be sold for scrap. There is a business there but they need to be smart and independent, independently run at least.

I'd "support" Foyles ala the Guardian. But who would send money to Waterstones?

Waterstones buys Foyles 'in face of Amazon's siren call'

Takeover will make business better able to ‘champion pleasures of real bookshops’