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Chapter 13
Independent books. Good coffee. A place to stay awhile.
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More than a bookshop.
Chapter 13 is built around the pleasure of lingering: a wall of books, proper coffee, comfortable corners and the kind of recommendations you only get from people who genuinely read.
Come for a new favourite, a quiet table, a local author launch or a conversation that begins with, "Have you read this yet?"
Tearoom
Tea, coffee and somewhere comfortable to read.
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Book club, author events, launches and evenings worth leaving the house for.
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Settle in by the shelves.
Browse at your own pace, bring a notebook, meet a friend for coffee, or take the chair by the window and disappear into the first chapter.
- Today
- Loading hours
- Address
- 11 Frederick St, Sunniside, Sunderland, SR1 1NA
- Good for
- Browsing, reading, events, coffee dates
Chapter 13 recommends
Books with a point of view.
New fiction, local writing, small press discoveries, beautiful gifts and books that earn their space on the table.
Hard-boiled comic noir
The Man with an Ass for a Face
Dick Malone just wanted a drink. Instead, he got more than ice dropped in his scotch.
London, after the war. The bricks are broken, the neon is bright, and everyone lies for a living.
Dick Malone fits right in. He is a washed-up American private eye with a rented office, a permanent scepticism, and a talent for finding trouble even when he is not looking for it.
When a desperate woman hires him to find her missing husband, Seymour Reichtum, Malone expects the usual. What he gets is a second wife, a trail of body parts, dangerous nuns, and a case that keeps getting stranger.
Crude, fast-paced, violent and darkly funny, this is a hard-boiled comic noir mystery for readers who like their detectives damaged and their villains dangerous.
Tearoom
A brew and a book. There's a novel idea.
Espresso, proper tea, cold drinks and a syrup list with just enough mischief.
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Opening hours.
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10am - 4pm
- Wednesday
- 10am - 4pm
- Thursday
- 10am - 6pm
- Friday
- 10am - 6pm
- Saturday
- 10am - 6pm
- Sunday
- 10am - 2pm
Coming up
What's on.
Saturday Book Club
A generous, no-pressure discussion over coffee.
Local Author Night
Readings, questions and signed copies at the table.
Morning Pages
Quiet writing time, first cup included.
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