“We’re a big, old Georgian pub,” says managing director Hazel Cushion. “There’s a cafe and wine bar on one side and the bookshop on the other. We have a wide range of Welsh writing, a very good children’s department and we stock cards and posters designed exclusively for us by a local artist.”

Top five sellers

•A Jihad for Love Mohamed El Bachiri

•Writing Motherhood: A Creative Anthology edited by Carolyn Jess-Cooke

•Pigeon Alys Conran

•In the Line of Fire: The Inside Story from the Lions Head Coach Warren Gatland

•Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World Kate Pankhurst

Five recommendations

•Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman
“Helps us understand people who have a different take on the world.”

•Under My Thumb Rhian Jones and Eli Davies
“A look at misogyny in the music industry through the eyes of women.”

•The Snow Leopard Jackie Morris
“A beautiful book of stunning illustrations, your quintessential coffee-table read.”

•The Story of Life Chris (Simpsons Artist)
“Incredibly quirky, off-the-wall journey through the beginnings of life.”

•Just One Damned Thing After Another Jodi Taylor
“The first in a series of funny and entertaining books. Perfect for Terry Pratchett fans.”

Octavo’s Book Cafe & Wine Bar, West Bute Street, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5LJ