The NHE Festive Gift Shop
Welcome to the NHE Festive Gift Shop, where the team have handpicked their favourite giftable titles to help you find the perfect present, whoever you are shopping for. From the Armchair Traveller to the History Buff and the Christmas Curmudgeon; for lovers of classic literature to fashion or film books, we have something for every reader.
Explore our suggestions below and don’t forget, you get £5 off any three hardbacks, a discount exclusively available through our website. Happy browsing!
Top festive picks to gift from Notting Hill Editions
On Christmas: A Seasonal Anthology
Curl up with a cup of mulled wine and a mince pie, and immerse yourself in some of the world’s greatest festive literary pieces, from Dickens, Dostoevsky, P.G. Wodehouse, Kathy Lette, Ali Smith, Will Self and Queen Victoria. Introduced by none other than national treasure Gyles Brandreth.
On Cats: An Anthology
This beautifully illustrated anthology is introduced by Margaret Atwood and includes contributions from Alice Walker, Caitlin Moran, Ernest Hemingway, John Keates, Muriel Spark, Hilaire Belloc, Guy du Maupassant, Rebecca West and more. The perfect gift for cat lovers and cat admirers.
Changing My Mind
‘The Booker Prize winner, now 79 years old, offers a witty, personal reflection on the ways we continually convince ourselves that “we are consistent human beings rather than seaweed tossed around by the tides.”’ Washington Post
I Remember
A cult classic, Brainard’s masterpiece is introduced here by Paul Auster, who calls it ‘inexhaustible, one of those rare books that can never be used up’. This hardback edition is bound in black linen with iridescent foil.
We find anthologies to be a wonderful way to work with, and give voice to, a diverse range of writers – and they make brilliant gifts, too. We carefully curate each anthology we publish, and each one features a wide range of beautiful pieces and surprising inclusions: from Queen Victoria or Charles Darwin to Tracey Ullman and Robert Macfarlane. Choose between books about dogs, cats, parenting, ghost stories, travel and more.
No collection is complete without signed copies, and our beautiful editions take on special value in your library through that personal touch. Browse our signed titles – extremely limited in numbers – by, among others, Gyles Brandreth, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, A. J. Lees, Robert McCrum or Lauren Child.
Our notebooks are linen-bound, come with satin markers and contain quotations from the best writers and thinkers from the NHE list. They are irresistible literary gifts for the curious reader or writer. Choose between the themes of Epiphany, Voyage or Nostalgia. Profits from the purchase of these notebooks are donated to The Reader, a national charity that creates lively, connected, warm communities in care homes, prisons and local services around the UK.
Still not sure? Visit our Gift Helper and browse suggestions for the hard-to-buy-for.
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