Indie, not a Bookshop

In fact, it is a bookshop. It is a counter-current bookshop. It was launched in the midst of the pandemic, in October, at a time when independent bookstores seemed to be suffering. But there is nothing like an irreverent project to bring joy to true literature enthusiasts. It is run by the same people as its neighbour Déjà Lu (with second-hand books) and was created to give some space to ideas that could not grow in another format. “We focus on a close relationship with authors, through signed books and other partnerships. We focus on books that few people know exist and on foreign literature outside the usual bestsellers, books with some literary value,” says Francisca Prieto, who is one of the creators. They also have a shop selling items related to literature and the arts – they are in Cascais’s Art District after all – and a subscription project, A Caixa Fora da Caixa, which offers monthly book deliveries and other surprises for €28 that are then explored on Indie’s social media. There is no lack of imagination.