The right book, held behind the till.
Two floors of books beside the Rochdale Canal. Browse the shelves online, reserve for collection, and we'll keep it under the counter for three days.
Open Tue–Sat 9:30am–5:30pm · Sun 11am–4pm · 01422 843 210
From the board by the till
Staff picks
Gritstone: A Year on the Edges
Maura Sykes
“I walked the Heptonstall chapter with the book in my pocket. It holds up.”
— Ren £14.99
A Quiet Word with Mrs Fenn
Beatrice Holt
“Read it in one sitting on a wet Sunday. Guessed wrong, twice.”
— Priya £8.99
Poems for the Back Step
Arthur Leigh
“We keep a copy by the kettle. Page 41 is stuck to the counter with jam and honestly it belongs there.”
— Martha £12.00
Six shelves, honestly kept
The shelves
Up the stairs, mind your head
The second-hand room
Cloth bindings, parish histories, canal guides and whatever the last house clearance brought in — priced in pencil inside the cover, as is right and proper. Single copies only; when it's gone, it's gone.
Readings, clubs and the rug
What's on
Thursday 24 September 2026 · 7pm — doors 6:30pm
An Evening with Iris Calloway
Iris Calloway reads from The Weir at Midnight and takes questions. Chairs are limited to thirty; the reading is not amplified, which is how she prefers it.
£6.00 — Redeemable against the book on the night
First Tuesday of the month · 6:30pm – 8pm
Valley Book Club
This month: Salt Marsh Eleven. New faces welcome; nobody is made to speak, though most do by the second biscuit.
Free — Buy the book from us if you can
Every Saturday · 10:30am – 11:15am
Saturday Story Hour
Picture books read aloud on the rug in the children's corner. Ages 3–7 roughly, enforced by nobody.
Free — No need to book
Friday 16 October 2026 · 7:30pm
Poetry Open Night
Five minutes at the mic for anyone who signs the list. Ffion Rhys closes the night. The shop licence stretches to one glass of wine each.
£3.00 — On the door, in the honesty tin
Beside the canal
Visit the shop
Flyleaf has traded from the same canal-side building since 2011 — new books downstairs, a second-hand room up the stairs, and a kettle that is nearly always on. We hold reserved books behind the till for three days.
Opening hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday – Saturday9:30am – 5:30pm
Sunday11am – 4pm
4 Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8EX