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Choosing Keeping

A stationery shop of unusual seriousness: specialist papers, inks, and pens sourced from small makers worldwide.

Books & paper

Julia Bickerstaff's shop is small and densely stocked with things chosen one at a time - Japanese notebooks, French inks, German pencils, scissors from Sheffield, sealing wax, and paper by the sheet.

It is the best answer in London to wanting a present for someone who writes, and the staff know what everything is for.

Where
21 Tower Street, WC2H 9NS
Nearest station
Leicester Square · 2 min walk

Hours

Monday10:00 – 18:30
Tuesday10:00 – 18:30
Wednesday10:00 – 18:30
Thursday10:00 – 18:30
Friday10:00 – 18:30
Saturday10:00 – 18:30
Sunday11:30 – 17:30

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 11 September 2026.

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