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Staff pick
The Salt Ledger
Ada's novel about a harbour bookkeeper. Slow, funny, worth the hardback.
£16.99 hardback
Est. 2019 — 14 Montrose Street
Books, bread,
and a good
long sit.
An independent bookshop and café. New fiction downstairs, secondhand poetry up the back, sourdough out of the oven at eight.
Counter today
Tuesday
- Filter coffee, Kenyan£3.10
- Sourdough slice + butter£2.80
- Cheese & onion toastie£6.50
- Seeded loaf, whole£4.20
- Soup + bread£5.90
Allergens & substitutions
All bread is baked here in a kitchen that handles wheat, sesame and nuts. Oat milk is standard, no charge. Toasties go gluten-free on request — ask at the till.
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Tue22
Free
Poetry at the counter
19:00 — six readers, ten minutes each
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Wed23
£8
Sourdough starter clinic
18:30 — bring a jar, leave with a culture
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Fri25
£18
Ada Kerr reads from The Salt Ledger
19:30 — signing after, book included
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Sun27
£3
Children's hour: animal stories
10:30 — ages 3–7, one adult per child
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Picked out for you
loaf photo
Loaf of the week
Barley & treacle
Dark, damp, keeps four days. Out at 8am Tuesday to Saturday, gone by two.
£4.20 whole
reading room
Membership
The back room
Six quiet desks, free refills before noon, 10% off every book you buy.
£6.00 per month
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Hours & getting here
- MondayClosed
- Tuesday — Friday8:00 — 18:00
- Saturday8:00 — 17:00
- Sunday10:00 — 16:00
Glasgow G1 1RE
0141 000 0000
Access & travel
Step-free from the Montrose Street door; the back room is up six stairs with a handrail. Two minutes from High Street station, bus 41 stops outside. No car park — street bays are free after 18:00.
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The week in one page
What we've shelved, what's baking, who's reading. No offers, no tracking, one click to leave.