Public Knowledge Books

Public Knowledge Books PKB is a distributor championing underground culture and under-represented voices.

The doors are now open to our little sister shop Lindley Books. is a marketplace for rare and unusual books and magazin...
12/12/2025

The doors are now open to our little sister shop Lindley Books. is a marketplace for rare and unusual books and magazines. A space where booksellers convene so you can discover the finest rare publications across the fields of visual arts and culture.

11/12/2025

Coming to the website tomorrow ft

Words On Paper
To Wear a Cat on Your Head
Is It All Gravy?
Essential: A Design Guide for Life
Chicken + Bread Issue 4 - Motion
And brand new from
Apartamento Cookbook #10: Aphrodisiacs
EL BAJÍO: Recipes & Wanderings Through Mexico’s Heartland
Apollo: State-of-the-art cooking and a party

Walthamstow, we wanted to share Public Knowledge Bookshop opening hours over the next week so that you can plan your Chr...
09/12/2025

Walthamstow, we wanted to share Public Knowledge Bookshop opening hours over the next week so that you can plan your Christmas shopping

Thurs 11th 10 - 5
Fri 12th 10 - 5
Sat 13th 10 - 6
Sun 14th 10 - 5
Mon 15th 10 - 5

This week , a clothing maker from San Francisco, joins a number of artists to exhibit at Stuart Shave Modern on Helmet...
09/12/2025

This week , a clothing maker from San Francisco, joins a number of artists to exhibit at Stuart Shave Modern on Helmet Row in Clerkenwell.

A special selection of books from Public Knowledge will be included in the dynamic with titles from

Gifting for your ethereal friend — The veil is always thin when they’re around. Their hobbies include rituals, herbal lo...
04/12/2025

Gifting for your ethereal friend — The veil is always thin when they’re around. Their hobbies include rituals, herbal lore and standing-stone-spotting. It’s not just tarot they’ll be reading over Yule; these gifts are bound to evoke a howl at the moon.

PRESCRIPTIONS: A Collection for Many Evils of the Body and the Mind, Also for Witchcraft

Weird Walk Zine

Dark Entries Zine

Tarot Deck, by Robert Ryan

What the Rain Might Bring, by Dylan Hausthor .hausthor

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Gifting for your bleary-eyed Auntie — She spent many an evening in the Hacienda, but kept a low profile…or did she? Gift...
01/12/2025

Gifting for your bleary-eyed Auntie — She spent many an evening in the Hacienda, but kept a low profile…or did she? Gifts to get the memories (and the wild anecdotes) flowing.

Rave Tapes, £21.50
Maps on Vinyl: An Atlas of Album Cover Maps, £40
ECSTASIES: States beyond the Self, £18
Sweet Harmony: Mapping Waltham Forest’s dance radio stations, record shops & venues, 1989-1994, £8
THE KROSSING, Gareth McConnell with Sports Banger and K2 Plant Hire Ltd., £23
KFAX5- RUDEBOYS: MASCOTS FROM THE EARLY HARDCORE JUNGLE RAVE SCENE, £16.50
KFAX19 - X.TEE.C, £21

It’s a Black Lodge Friday - join us for the final day of our pop-up. We’re here until 5pm with limited stock left. Tomo...
28/11/2025

It’s a Black Lodge Friday - join us for the final day of our pop-up. We’re here until 5pm with limited stock left. Tomorrow the shop returns to normal hours, 10-6pm, restocked with bestsellers ideal for gifting.

’Tis the season for shop visits—peddling our wares across London. Our sales meetings often feel like friendly catch-ups,...
27/11/2025

’Tis the season for shop visits—peddling our wares across London. Our sales meetings often feel like friendly catch-ups, and they’re a golden opportunity to learn more about each business we work with. Between the coffees, giggles, and the occasional moan, we even get the chance to spot our publishers in the wild.

26/11/2025

As the holiday season approaches, discover a selection of food-themed titles ideal for gifting ft

Roman Recipes for Modern Cooks
Weekend Recipes
Toothsome Magazine Issue One
Two Dozen Eggs
Our daily lives have to be a satisfaction in themselves: 40 years of Bloodroot
Nature Zine Issue 2: Urban Food
If You Can Kill It I Can Cook It

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We had a blast with at the launch of their pop up shop last night. Thanks to all that attended.The shop is open today f...
21/11/2025

We had a blast with at the launch of their pop up shop last night. Thanks to all that attended.
The shop is open today from 10 - 5pm and every day until the 28th. We will be selling t-shirts, scarves, totes, prints, zines alongside a special selection of PKB books.
Come in and get warm.

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90 Hoe Street
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E174QS

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