An independent English Bookshop just around the corner of the University building & the library
We have a curated collection of:
English Literature | Graphic Design | Poetry | (Social) Sciences | Gender studies | History | Nature | Cookbooks | Picture books | Postcards | Posters | Notebooks | Planners | Plint | Art prints by local artists
News
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Gift Recommendations
Looking for some tips to get your loved ones or a distant cousin? We’ve got you! Here you can find an inconclusive overview which we will be updating in the following days (weeks, years?).
Back in stock!
A Dictionary of Color Combinations volume 1 is now back in stock at Walter's Bookshop and Godert Walter.
Exposition Bookcovers 19-11-13/12
In the back of Walter’s (through the hallway) you can find a collection of bookcovers which were designed by visual artist Jaap Jungcurt (1923–2018) and graphic designer Karel Beunis (1933–1983).
Wonderlaand Podcast
We were interviewed by the wonderful Hedwig Sekeres and Augustin De Julio Pardo of the Wonderlaand Podcast – a podcast in English with stories from Groningen. They interviewed us about Walter’s Bookshop and Godert Walter. If you’d like, you can listen to the podcast (and their other stories) here.
New: An English Walking Guide of Groningen
Now available at Walter's Bookshop.. An English Walking Guid of the city filled with interesting details of Groningen and beautiful pictures.
Walter’s is owned by Bookstore Godert Walter – Oude Ebbingestraat 53, Groningen.
Disclaimer: Money spent at Walter’s Bookshop will be invested in new books for Walter’s Bookshop, the daily maintenance of loved ones and/or our cats but never on space travel.