Goldsboro Books is an independent bookseller located on Cecil Court, Westminster, London. It was founded by book collectors David Headley and Daniel Gedeon in 1999.
Since 2017, Goldsboro Books has hosted the Glass Bell Award.
History In 1999, literary agent David Headley partnered with Daniel Gedeon to open their bookshop Goldsboro Books on Cecil Court, a pedestrian street in Westminster nicknamed "Bookseller's Row" due to its high volume of booksellers, which has been the case for over a century. Goldsboro Books set out to tailor its collection to rare, first and collectible editions of books. The shop gained a "reputation for championing debut novels" in addition to attracting authors and publishers for various events.
Goldsboro Books began a digital Book of the Month club in 2007, through which the bookseller garnered an online following.
In 2025, Goldsboro Books was among 10 London booksellers nominated for Independent Bookshop of the Year.
Glass Bell Award The Glass Bell Award was launched in 2017. It rewards a contemporary fiction novel with a glass bell and a prize of £2,000.
Year Winner Shortlist Longlist Ref 2017 Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Chris Cleave 2018 The Heart's Invisible Furies, John Boyne 2019 Vox, Christina Dalcher 2020 Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021 People of Abandoned Character, Clare Whitfield 2022 The Wolf Den, Elodie Harper 2023 When We Were Birds, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 2024 Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati 2025 A Little Trickerie, Rosanna Pike
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