BookKind partners with Maggie's

The brand new online bookstore BookKind shares Maggie's value of kindness, donating 10% of the value of every order to charity.

Customers can choose from a range of good causes to support, and Maggie's has been selected as BookKind's chosen charity for cancer care.

Simply select 'Cancer care' at the checkout, or when prompted by the pop-up, to support Maggie's with your purchase.

BookKind has also curated a Maggie's collection, including books about understanding and living with cancer, memoirs, books about cancer and grief, and books recommended by other Maggie's supporters.

Founded in kindness

Sara Montgomery, CEO and Founder of BookKind, shares her story and why she chose Maggie's as BookKind's charity partner for cancer care.

“I was three weeks into a year-long gap year in Southeast Asia when I got the call to say that my dad had been diagnosed with cancer and didn’t have long left.

“It felt almost impossible to take seriously. He’d recently been complaining of an aching back, but he had still driven me to the airport and waved me off just three weeks earlier. How could he be so ill that he was about to die?

“But that is what happened. Less than a week later, I arrived home just in time to see someone I barely recognised as my dad die of pancreatic cancer. There was no treatment programme, no heroic ‘battle’. He was here, and then he was gone. I told myself it was “mercifully quick”, but I was 22 years old and I didn’t really mean it. It was 25 years ago, and I still wish I’d had longer to say goodbye.

“A few months later, we picked up our travels where we had left off. It was the best possible distraction from my grief. There were exotic beaches, fleeting friendships and an endless, bountiful supplies of books!

Reading allowed me to step outside my own life for a while, to breathe in someone else’s story when my own felt too heavy.

“So, if you ask me what people should read when they’re going through cancer treatment or grief, my answer is simple: anything that takes you away, even briefly. Lose yourself in another world and find meaning between the pages of a good book.

“That said, if you’re looking for books that will reliably lift your spirits, you can’t go wrong with the novels of David Nicholls. Us or You Are Here are good places to start. That, and the Moomins. (Because young or old, who wouldn’t smile at the whimsical, wise and comfortingly safe world created by Tove Jansson? They should be on the shelves of every Maggie’s centre in the country!)

“Last year, we launched BookKind, a new online bookshop that allows customers to choose a charity to receive 10% of the value of their purchase, and we are proud that Maggie’s is one of our charity partners.

The support Maggie’s offers people navigating cancer and grief - the kind of journey my family was suddenly forced onto all those years ago - is compassionate, practical and truly life-changing.

“If a book once helped you escape, find comfort or feel less alone, then opt to donate to Maggie’s when you buy from BookKind and perhaps your next one can help someone else do the same.”

Libraries at the heart of every Maggie's centre

Sharing information, knowledge and wisdom through literature is at the core of Maggie's.

Each centre is designed with a built-in library – a quiet space where you can sit and reflect, or browse the available books and resources.

It is a space for reading other people's stories who have been in similar situations to yourself and learning from their experiences.

You can also find information specific to your situation or type of cancer there, with leaflets and booklets from the NHS and other cancer charities and organisations available.

Find your nearest Maggie's to discover the resources they have available to you.

How Maggie's can help

Whatever kind of cancer, whatever stage you're at, Maggie's is here with you.

Our expert staff are here to listen to your concerns and find the help you need wherever you are – over the phone and online.

• Just come in 
• Call us on 0300 123 180 or arrange a callback
• Email us at enquiries@maggies.org 
• Our phone lines and centres are open  Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm