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Foyles, a trading name of Waterstones Booksellers Limited [1] (formerly W & G Foyle Ltd.), is a bookseller with a chain of seven stores in England. [2] It is best known for its flagship store in Charing Cross Road, London.
The Foyles Building, 2006 At night. The Foyles Building at 111–119 Charing Cross Road and 1–12 Manette Street, London, was the flagship store of the Foyles bookshop chain from 1929 to 2014, and at one time, the world's largest bookshop.
The Foyles Building, Charing Cross Road, London 2006 Grave of William Alfred Westropp Foyle in Highgate Cemetery. William Alfred Westropp Foyle (1885–1963) was a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother Gilbert Foyle. William Foyle was one of the leading London booksellers of the 20th century.
Waterstones also owns Hodges Figgis (the oldest bookshop in Ireland, founded in 1768), [11] Hatchards (the oldest bookshop in the UK, founded in 1797), [12] and Foyles (a chain of seven bookshops in England). [13] In April 2018, hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation bought a majority stake in the company.
The northern section between Cambridge Circus and Oxford Street includes more generalist bookshops such as the venerable Foyles. A long-standing correspondence between New York City-based author Helene Hanff and the staff of a bookshop on the street, Marks & Co., was the inspiration for the book 84, Charing Cross Road (1970).
The Foyles Books of the Year have been announced annually since 2017 by the British bookseller chain Foyles. From 2017 to 2023 they recognised outstanding literature in three categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children's. A fiction award was conferred in 2016, before the other two categories were added.