the ECHO<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re a radical community bookshop. That means we specialise in offering material on politics, social justice politics, progressive politics and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\nBut it\u2019s not just what\u2019s on the shelves that sets this place apart – it\u2019s how it\u2019s run. The shop is a workers\u2019 cooperative: no bosses, no managers, no owners. Maria explains: \u201cAll the workers are equal. We\u2019re working non-hierarchically. We\u2019re just a small team and we\u2019re not-for-profit as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
News From Nowhere first opened its doors in 1974, and has operated from its Bold Street premises since 1996. Its name comes from a utopian novel by 19th-century socialist William Morris, who imagined a future world without politicians, poverty or war – where the Houses of Parliament has been repurposed as a dung store.<\/p>\n
Today, in News From Nowhere, you’ll find books from all across the world as well as from right here in Liverpool. Speaking about the shop’s customer base, Maria said: \u201cWe have a wide range of customers; activists, trade unionists, people from all across the spectrum of left-wing politics\u2026 but also lots of students and local people.<\/p>\n
“Although we specialise in politics, we also stock lots of general books and we can order things in. Hopefully people will find something of interest no matter where they\u2019re from or what their viewpoints are.\u201d<\/p>\n
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News From Nowhere book shop on Bold Street(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the fight against misinformation that makes the shop\u2019s work feel especially urgent in 2025. When asked if there\u2019s added value in what they do today, Maria said: \u201cOh, definitely.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot of books we have that are specifically about misinformation and conspiracy movements. People have a real interest in reading about that. Getting proper, sound information is even more important now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maria sees the public hunger for truth reflected in the people who come through the door, adding: \u201cPeople need to know and want to know history and the issues and arguments and the facts. It\u2019s really vital.\u201d<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s not just veteran campaigners or older readers who visit News From Nowhere. The shop is still popular with younger people. Maria explained: \u201cWe\u2019ve got a full range of ages who come into the shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s people who\u2019ve been coming every year for decades but there\u2019s lots of young people coming in too. You can see, in social movements and political movements, how young people\u2019s energy and interest is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite its serious mission, there\u2019s nothing preachy or overbearing about the place. Maria said: \u201cWorking in a bookshop is really interesting. I love sitting on the table and serving the customers and chatting to them. It\u2019s challenging, but it\u2019s also very rewarding.<\/p>\n
“When it\u2019s good and busy, you get a real buzz off it. People love books. People love the ethos of the shop. You can see people just come in and browse around. And there\u2019s never any sales pressure. We don\u2019t go and approach people. We work for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a time when information often feels cheap and truth slippery, News From Nowhere is a place to slow down, browse, and rediscover the value of a well-researched book. It\u2019s not just a bookshop – it\u2019s a space for conversation, for challenge, and for clarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News From Nowhere first opened its doors in 1974Booksellers Ruth Mitchell with Maria Ng at News From Nowhere(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[35652,3444,748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-244718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-bold-street","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114810830639323465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Booksellers Ruth Mitchell with Maria Ng at News From Nowhere(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n