How to use your National Book Token

Find a bookshop
Spend a gift card in the hundreds of bookshops that accept them, from Waterstones, WHSmith, Blackwell's and Easons, to brilliant local independents.
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Spend online
There are lots of options for spending your gift card online, so you can browse and shop from home while supporting high street bookshops.
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Managing your gift card
For more information about our gift cards, visit our help pages or view our terms and conditions.



Add to a digital wallet
Check your card balance, then follow the steps to add to a wallet!
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Expired gift card?
Our gift cards don't expire for 8 years, and we replace expired cards.
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Ask a Bookseller
Ask our guest booksellers for their tips, and discover their favourite picks – because bookshops are the best place to go for book recommendations!
Find your next read
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We've got recommendations for every kind of reader, brought to you by guest authors, booksellers and our book-loving team, and available in bookshops everywhere.
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Win a gift card
Sign up for our emails and every month you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a £100/€120 National Book Token to spend in your favourite bookshop!
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