- Following 1.5K
- Followers 61.8K
- Engagement 1.66%
- Avg likes 1.1K
- Avg comments 87
About BookBar
BookBar (@bookbaruk) is a Bookstore creator on Instagram. The account has 61,844 followers and 748 published posts. Recent posts average 1,072 likes and 87 comments, an engagement rate of 1.66%.
With 61.8K followers, BookBar is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 1,473 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 42 followers per account BookBar follows. BookBar is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files BookBar under a single category, Bookstore.
The Instagram bio for BookBar runs to 20 words across 4 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for BookBar dates from March 2025.
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748 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for BookBar, 7 are carousels and 3 are single images. That mix leans toward carousels. BookBar has built a substantial archive of 748 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 83 followers for each post published. BookBar also keeps 9 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 141 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include chelsea, tickets, events, london and event.
We are looking for a book-loving barista to join our sociable team to support in a predominantly hospitality role, whilst offering bookselling support, at our West London bookshop. If you are enthusiastic about books, love people, and can whip up a delicious flat white, we'd love to hear from you.
Head to for more information. Applications close at 11:59pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026.
Joining us on her UK tour from Australia, it's such a treat to have a visit from Madeleine Gray, the acclaimed author of Green Dot, to discuss her latest book, Chosen Family, a beautiful queer coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, love, and desire. Madeleine will be joined by novelist and food writer, the author of Experienced. Join us at BookBar Chelsea for this publication week event.
🗓️ Friday 30th January, 7:15pm (doors and bar from 6:45pm)
📍 BookBar Chelsea, 11 Chelsea Manor Street, London, SW3 3TW
Tickets are on sale now and include a copy of Chosen Family. Head to our website to book your spot!
We have a genuinely superb programme (one of our best ever) in the works for the first three months of this year and some tickets are already on sale, including events with and and Tareq Baconi.
We are also announcing an exciting new event this morning. Sign up to our mailing list before 11am to get the link in your inboxes before we post here. BookClub members, your link is already in your inboxes! We can't wait to see you at our events this year.
We're beyond excited to be welcoming to BookBar Chelsea on Monday to talk about it with none other than 🎙️ Tickets are still available so head to our website to get yours.
Disappoint Me is a novel about how we navigate shame about who we are, exploring how we love ourselves and one another, and whether we can ever escape the things in the past of which we are most ashamed. When corporate lawyer Max meets Vincent, she hopes to put her years of dysfunctional relationships and dysphoria behind her. But one night in Vincent’s past may threaten their happiness. Just like Bellies, Disappoint Me is full of the rich and addictive storytelling that makes Dinan one of our favourite authors.
Come on down to BookBar Chelsea next Monday 12th January at 7:15pm to hear these two incredible women in conversation about Nicola's latest novel, Disappoint Me. It's the perfect January night out.
Tickets are available from £16 at the link in our bio.
***UPDATE: 09/01 at 4:20pm: We have now officially run out of free goodie bags at both locations! Thank you so much to all who came by.***
We're thrilled to be celebrating the new Netflix adaptation of The Seven Dials Mystery alongside six other cracking indie bookshops, THE Helena Bonham Carter and Mia McKenna-Bruce and the Netflix team.
We've got this beautiful window installed at BookBar Islington, and both our Islington and Chelsea shops are giving out FREE Netflix tote bags, a notebook and copy of Christie's original novel The Seven Dials Mystery all week (or until bags and books run out!).
Those picking up their copy from BookBar Islington will get the chance to win tickets to the premiere of the first episode next week*. We have one set to give away in one goodie bag!
Come on down to BookBar and ask at the till to pick up your bag, notebook and copy while stocks last!
*Please check all the Ts&C's for the winning tickets - the premiere is in London and travel and accommodation are not included.
We are so, so thankful to everyone who has supported us this year and cannot wait to share more bookish joy with our incredible community in 2026.
We're open until 5pm in both our shops to end your year in bookish style.
Have a restful start to the New Year and see you in 2026!
As we begin to look forward to the new year, we are excited about our brilliant programme of events planned for 2026:
An Evening with Nicola Dinan
Monday 12th January, 7:15pm
BookBar Chelsea
The author of Bellies returns to BookBar to celebrate her latest novel: Disappoint Me. When corporate lawyer Max meets Vincent, she hopes to put her years of dysfunctional relationships and dysphoria behind her. But one night in Vincent’s past may threaten their happiness. Just like Bellies, Disappoint Me is full of the rich and addictive storytelling that makes Dinan one of our favourite authors.
An Evening with Nicola Dinan
Monday 12th January, 7:15pm
BookBar Chelsea
The author of Bellies returns to BookBar to celebrate her latest novel: Disappoint Me. When corporate lawyer Max meets Vincent, she hopes to put her years of dysfunctional relationships and dysphoria behind her. But one night in Vincent’s past may threaten their happiness. Just like Bellies, Disappoint Me is full of the rich and addictive storytelling that makes Dinan one of our favourite authors.
An Evening with Tareq Baconi
Tuesday 17th February, 7pm
BookBar Islington
From the renowned Palestinian scholar, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home. Both a love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, Fire in Every Direction balances humor and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present. Tareq Baconi crafts a deeply intimate, unforgettable portrait of how a political consciousness—desire and resistance—is passed down through generations.
Head to our website to get your tickets now.
We've hosted some of the most loved names in fiction, titans of business and art, Booker and Women's Prize shortlistees and debut voices. We've talked politics, millennial culture, art, history, sex, retail, water politics, food, love, family, and countless other topics. We've hosted large audiences in our new Chelsea space, central London venues and intimate gatherings at our gorgeous OG Highbury space.
We have an event bigger year of events planned for next year (and maybe even something exciting to celebrate our 5th birthday - watch this space!).
Tickets for our first events with Nicola Dinan, Roxy Dunn and Tareq Baconi and on the website already, with more to be announced in the New Year!
We've got huge news! After four years of celebrating the social side of reading, BookBar is opening a new shop: BookBar Chelsea.
That's right, we're heading West! BookBar Chelsea will be our flagship event space, as well as serving as a bookshop and social space like our cosy Islington shop. Expect more of the things you love most: books, wine, coffee and a thriving community of avid and aspiring readers with whom to share it. With more space to hang out in, more books to discover, and an action-packed series of events, we're beyond excited to welcome you to our new space at 3B Chelsea Manor Street, SW3.
We're working hard to get the new shop ready for you, and are hoping to open later in the Spring. Watch this space, and, of course, follow us here on Instagram and at our mailing list for regular updates.
We can't wait to serve a new community in Chelsea alongside the community we love so much in Islington, and to bring people together through books across London.
Team BB x
BookBar's engagement
BookBar's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.66%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 60 followers. An average post collects 1,072 likes and 87 comments, close to 12 likes for each comment.
Engagement rate
1.66%
- Avg likes
- 1.1K
- Avg comments
- 87
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 60
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Who is BookBar?
BookBar (@bookbaruk) is a Bookstore creator on Instagram. BookBar is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for BookBar runs to 20 words across 4 lines.
How many followers does BookBar have?
BookBar has 61,844 followers on Instagram (61.8K). Set against 1,473 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 42 followers per account BookBar follows. BookBar has built a substantial archive of 748 posts.
What is BookBar's engagement rate?
BookBar's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.66%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 60 followers. An average post collects 1,072 likes and 87 comments, close to 12 likes for each comment.
What does BookBar post about on Instagram?
Flinque files BookBar under a single category, Bookstore. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for BookBar, 7 are carousels and 3 are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for BookBar repeatedly use the words chelsea, tickets, events, london and event. BookBar writes those captions mainly in English. BookBar keeps 9 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
How do I contact BookBar for a collaboration?
BookBar's contact details are not published on Flinque's public profile. The Instagram bio links to 2 external sites, and a free Flinque account opens those links. The account is registered as an Instagram business account. Brands with a free Flinque account can shortlist BookBar and use Flinque's outreach tools wherever a contact route is on file.
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