Timberbooks
Welcome to our online bookshop! If you purchase new books from this website and choose TIMBERBOOKS before checkout, we will benefit by 30% of your spend. Your support here makes a huge difference to us being able to keep our high-street bookshop open. You can search for any book using the 'Search' facility at the top of the page, or browse our suggestion lists below. Free shipping is available for orders over £25, and look out for regular special offers. Books can be sent to any UK address, will be sent from the wholesale warehouse and will normally be delivered within a few days.
TIMBERBOOKS is an independent high-street bookshop in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Established in 2007, we now operate from a Victorian church and church hall called Overton, purchased from the Church of Scotland in 2013. We sell quality new, second-hand and antiquarian books and book-related items. We strive to support local authors and publishers.
We are very proud that in 2023, for the third time in as many years, Timberbooks was selected as a Country Finalist for 'Independent Bookshop of the Year' at #TheBritishBookAwards.
* SHOP OPENING HOURS: We regret to advise that - due to a major issue with ScottishPower - the planned reopening of our West Kilbride bookshop following renovations has had to be delayed. As we don't currently know how long this issue will take to be resolved, please bear with us and check back here for updates, which we will provide as often as possible *
Our normal opening hours are: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1pm to 5pm. Private shopping appointments are also available outwith these times. We look forward to welcoming you!
National Book Tokens: We sell and accept National Book Tokens in our high-street bookshop and Tokens can also be used for purchases online here. For full details on using your NBT here click: https://uk-support.bookshop.org/en/support/solutions/articles/65000177773-do-you-accept-national-book-tokens-or-world-book-day-tokens-
Book Search: If you can't find the book you're looking for here, please e-mail us at [email protected] and we'll happily undertake a complimentary book search for you. We can search for out-of-print titles as well as currently published ones.
What we've done with our commission from Bookshop.org so far (December 2023): We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has chosen to support us here. With our commission since we joined (in November 2020) we've bought 20 new (extra) bookcases, commissioned a new boiler for the bookshop, and invested in bistro furniture ready for the planned re-opening of our teashop next year.
Having had to use some of this income to subsidise energy bills last winter, we have since been able to revert to using it for capital expenditure; in October it contributed to the almost £3,000 spent on roof repairs. We are currently obtaining costings for repair of leaded windows in the bookshop, kitchen and disabled bathroom. All this is only possible because you choose to support us here, and we are very, very grateful.
Michèle (Owner, Timberbooks)
