OBTAINING BOOKS LISTED ON THIS SITE OVERSEAS

We display details of the editions published in the UK (except for some of the Commonwealth titles) but some of the books may be published locally. There are three methods of obtaining the books we list on the site overseas.

Local supply (ask your nearest British Council office for details)

Some British Council offices have libraries or contemporary fiction collections.

British Council offices also have information about local bookshops. 

You can find contact details for all our offices worldwide by clicking British Council Offices Worldwide.

Online UK Bookshops

The British Council book supplier is:

Coutts

Other online UK book suppliers are listed in alphabetical order:

Abe Books

Second-hand bookseller

African Books Collective
African Bookseller.

Amazon

Best Book Price

A price comparison site that compares prices in over 20 bookshops.

Blackwells

Bol
 

Book Brain
Compares book prices on the web for UK book selling sites

Bookpl@ce
 

Children's Bookcase

Children's Book Centre
 

Crime in Store
Crime literature bookshop

Heffers
 

W. H. Smith

John Smith and Son
 

Lion & the Unicorn Bookshop
Children's literature

Lime Books

Naxos Audio Books
 

Poettext
Poetry bookshop

Talking Book Shop
Audio books

Exporting booksellers

British Exporting Booksellers