Belfast bookshop Keats & Chapman launches rescue appeal after 22 years

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 21:32 · Archive

Keats & Chapman, a second-hand bookshop on North Street, is seeking a new home and has raised nearly £11,000 of its £20,000 target.

Keats & Chapman, a second-hand bookshop on Belfast's North Street, is launching a rescue appeal after nearly 22 years at its current location. Owner Bill Burlingham is seeking to relocate the bookstore and has launched a fundraising drive for a £20,000 target. The appeal has already raised nearly £11,000 from over 600 donations.

Keats & Chapman is one of the last few independent bookstores in Belfast. Burlingham has expressed uncertainty about whether the bookshop can be rescued, but the donations so far suggest strong community support for the venture.

How it is being reported

• ‘We want to make a permanent book lovers’ go-to destination’: Over £11,000 raised to help fund new premises for popular Belfast bookshopKeats and Chapman is one of the last few independent bookstores in BelfastBelfast Telegraph · 13 Oct, 21:03
• 'Can it be rescued? I honestly don't know!': Belfast bookshop faces closure after 22 years as £20,000 rescue appeal beginsKeats & Chapman has raised nearly £11,000 after more than 600 donations, as owner Bill Burlingham seeks a new home for the second-hand bookshop after almost 22 years on North StreetNews Letter · 13 Oct, 12:30

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