Stumbled upon Books Actually on Instagram when I found that they were selling one of my best friend's favorite books of all times. The cover art was gorgeous so I had to make my way down to get my hands on it for her birthday present.
I was quite stoked to learn that this quirky little bookstore was having a 25% off store wide for the month of June in a bid to fund raise for their own space since rent keeps increasing.
Everything about Books Actually screamed hipster, from their titles to the back of their shop selling vintage trinkets and even black and white or sepia-toned photographs of random people which dates back from decades ago.
I felt more intelligent just being in the book store.
What really made this place unique was how they have a cat and a kitten roaming around, jumping from the counter to random shelves of books. I kinda got the vibe that the cat hates the kitten though.
The aforementioned photographs can be located at the gift section at the back of the store (if you're not a book kind of person). There are also others retro objects like old coke bottles, cutlery and maps.
They feature many local works and I found many different plays here to my pleasant surprise, and I left with a full volume of Kuo Pao Kun's plays which really brought me much nostalgia since I performed The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole in secondary school for the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) competition.
If I had more money I would have bought all the local plays I could get my hands on the works of
Alfian Sa'at, Haresh Sharma and other local writers like Verena Tay.
Went in to get a book for my friend because I found the cover so beautiful.
Left with a treat for myself.
Loved this place so much, I wish them well and hope they would be able to find their own space soon to house all these beautiful books!
No. 9 Yong Siak Street
Tiong Bahru
Singapore 168645
+ 65 6222 9195
booksellers@booksactually.com
