Welcome to Books Alive

We are located on Elm Drive in the West Blatchington / Hangleton Area of Hove – free parking or hop on the number 5 bus which stops almost outside.

We stock a comprehensive range of Bibles, Christian books for children, youth and adults, Bible reading notes and Sunday school material. We also stock music CDs and DVDs, a range of beautiful cards and gifts suitable for all the Christian celebrations. In addition you can buy stamps from us and also National Book Tokens Gift Cards, which can be spent in any participating book shop.

We have a whole floor devoted to second hand, our customers describe it as a ‘treasure trove’!  Check out our Second Hand page by clicking on the button above to get a flavour of what’s available and see some of our ‘specials’.

We are open  9.30 through until 5.00 every day except Sunday.  Please see our Christmas and New Year opening hours below.

Christmas Eve – 9.30am to 1.00pm

Christmas Day – Closed

Boxing Day – Closed

Saturday 27th December – Closed

Sunday 28th December – Closed

Monday 29th December – 9.30am to 5.00pm

Tuesday 30th December – 9.30am to 5.00pm

New Year’s Eve – 9.30am to 1.00pm

New Year’s Day – Closed

from Friday 2nd January – usual opening hours

Do keep a check on our latest news page to see what’s going on here.

If you have any queries please telephone 01273 738818 or email info@booksalive.co.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

We continue to have a presence on the Bookshop.org website and if you use our shopfront (https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksalive) we will benefit even if you order non-Christian books by using the search facility – just make sure that you are seeing Books Alive at the top of the page for us to receive the commission!

If you want Christian books we’d much prefer to talk to you direct!

For the latest offers and events check out our latest news pages.