Elected: 2025
Nic Bottomley is co-founder of Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, the welcoming and irreverent independent bookshop in Bath which has twice been named Independent Bookshop of the Year (UK and Ireland) and is known for bookselling innovations such as The Reading Spa, one of the UK’s largest bespoke reading subscription programmes and being the birthplace of The Bookshop Band. Nic co-founded publisher Fox, Finch & Tepper to give new life to beloved out of print books. A former council member, Vice-President and President of the Bookseller’s Association of UK and Ireland, Nic is now its Executive Chair and also sits on the board of Batch and National Book Tokens.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
