Gayle Lazda
Senior Bookseller and Website Editor
Gayle has worked in the bookshop since 2013. She is currently working part-time.
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Senior Bookseller and Poetry section curator
Ask John about: poetry, natural history, crime, his personal rankings of Mr Kipling cakes
Deputy Manager
Ask David about: everything, but particularly natural history, politics and economics, history, philosophy, crime, poetry
Senior Bookseller and Returns co-ordinator
Ask Charlie about: music, biography, history, cultural studies, theatre, dance
Bookshop Retail Manager
Ask Natalia about: fiction, children’s, photography and feminist studies
Senior Bookseller and Website Editor
Ask Gayle about: fiction, cookbooks, children’s books, photography, and graphic novels
Senior Bookseller and Events Manager
Ask Claire about: art, fiction, graphic novels, what’s coming up in the events calendar, hiring the shop
Deputy Manager
Ask David about: everything, but particularly natural history, politics and economics, history, philosophy, crime, poetry
Senior Bookseller and Returns co-ordinator
Ask Charlie about: music, biography, history, cultural studies, theatre, dance
Bookshop Retail Manager
Ask Natalia about: fiction, children’s, photography and feminist studies
Senior Bookseller and Website Editor
Ask Gayle about: fiction, cookbooks, children’s books, photography, and graphic novels
Senior Bookseller and Events Manager
Ask Claire about: art, fiction, graphic novels, what’s coming up in the events calendar, hiring the shop
Senior Bookseller and Poetry section curator
Ask John about: poetry, natural history, crime, his personal rankings of Mr Kipling cakes
Senior Bookseller and Returns co-ordinator
Ask Charlie about: music, biography, history, cultural studies, theatre, dance
Bookshop Retail Manager
Ask Natalia about: fiction, children’s, photography and feminist studies
Senior Bookseller and Website Editor
Ask Gayle about: fiction, cookbooks, children’s books, photography, and graphic novels
Senior Bookseller and Events Manager
Ask Claire about: art, fiction, graphic novels, what’s coming up in the events calendar, hiring the shop
Senior Bookseller and Poetry section curator
Ask John about: poetry, natural history, crime, his personal rankings of Mr Kipling cakes
Deputy Manager
Ask David about: everything, but particularly natural history, politics and economics, history, philosophy, crime, poetry