New Books, Used Books, and Rare books
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We offer over 40,000 titles in-store from all over the Anglo-American world.
We offer in-store pickup the same day or standard shipping by post
Location
Abbey Bookshop
29 Rue de la Parcheminerie
75005 PARIS
Monday - Saturday, 10AM - 7Pm
Sunday 2PM- 7PM
01 46 33 16 24
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About the Abbey Bookshop
In 1989, Brian Spence, who hails from Toronto, crossed the Atlantic to bring his Abbey Bookshop to an international audience. The Abbey Bookshop in Paris’s Latin Quarter has for the last twenty years become a cultural epicenter for Canadians, Anglophones and Anglophiles from all corners of the world. Although offering a wide variety of Canadian books, its main attraction is an eclectic collection of over 35,000 titles in English ranging from scholarly to popular literature.
The shop sits on rue de la Parcheminerie, originally named rue des Escrivains for the scribes and scriveners who were the heart of the Parisian book trade until parchmentmakers replaced them in the late Middle Ages. On July 1, 1989 the Abbey Bookshop brought the book trade back to this historic street.
The building Spence serendipitously discovered for his shop is the eighteenth-century Hotel Dubuisson, one of the most handsome in the Latin Quarter. The historic “hôtel” is protected as a monument for its picturesque façade, sculptural decoration and carved doors.
Rare Books
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Fiction
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Children books
Religion
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Music
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Secondhand Books
Philosophy
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Abbey Bookshop Events
Past Events
- Wed, Jul 24ParisJul 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. GMT+2Paris, 29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris, FranceJul 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. GMT+2Paris, 29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris, FranceJoin journalist, Nabila Ramdani, at the Abbey Bookshop as she discusses her new book, 'Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic', charting the course of France’s Fifth Republic, formed in the wake of the 1958 Algerian war of independence.
- Fri, May 24ParisMay 24, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Paris, 29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris, France
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