Hi and welcome to our website.
Undercover Books began in 2010 with a decision to take a corner space Upstairs@Looses in what was then an extensive Fleamarket open on Saturday only on the first floor. We are still in the original space but it has grown.
Looses, a purpose-built 1930s department store, is now a thriving, secondhand and antiques emporium, well known locally and nationally.
Secondhand book shops across the country are diminishing in number. Shop rentals and business taxes are high; perhaps higher than they should be. Our cooperative arrangement functions on an alternative model.
Our first floor concession offers a range of books in all genres.
While the stock represents our interest in design and illustration, it is not constrained as such.
ABE BOOKS
Find us online at Abe Books.
There is a substantial stock of classic literature including French, Spanish and German in paperback and hardback…
We also cover the following areas:
Undercover Books is a PBFA member and exhibits at book fairs across the country.
Who we are
Nigel Parke
Nigel has been collecting books since he was a teenager reading H. Rider Haggard novels long after lights out under the eiderdown with a torch.
Interests include Modernism in all its ‘isms’ and apparitions in printed form, illustrated books and book design.
He studied French and English literature at UEA and went on to specialise in the poetry of T.S. Eliot. He co-manages the annual PBFA book fair at The Forum, Norwich and exhibits at other book fairs throughout the year.
Lois King
Lois King has a lifelong obsession with books and reads across every genre.
Particular interests include children literature, poetry, fiction and nature writing.
She is currently working on a dystopian novel and various poems and short stories, Lois is also training to be a counsellor.
She lives in a small cottage in Norfolk surrounded by far too many books and her beloved dog.