Wow, thanks Matilda! @ylbooks.bsky.social is such a gorgeous independent bookshop. If you order from them, they will post you the book wrapped in brown paper with a special stamp ♥️ Last day to order for Christmas! 👉 yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/product/no-f...

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I like to think I make up for this treachery by making websites for a song for all the non-Cormac McCarthy writers who are as broke as I am... handpressed.net

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The very wonderful Mary Keen will be with us at Brimscombe Mill on Friday 14th November at 7pm. 'What's your favourite garden?' people ask. 'Mine, of course'. ylbevent.link/keen-gardener

Last call for James Rebanks 'The Place of Tides'. 'If we are to change the world we have to start somewhere'. James is in conversation with Marchelle Farrell tomorrow evening (Thursday 18th) at Stroud's Sub Rooms. There are a handful of tickets left. Booking and more info: ylbevent.link/rebanks

We've just sent out our latest newsletter. Great plum and shepherd content. ylbevent.link/september-ne...

We’ve got a new sheep stamp for our bags! Guess which forthcoming title we got it for and we’ll put you in a draw to win a copy of the signed indie edition…

Sadly I have yet to meet Jonathan Main at Bookseller Crow. However, I know him to be a very good thing. Jon is rather under the weather & they need a bit of an umph. If you were going to buy books from us online in the next few days, please don't. Buy them from them instead. booksellercrow.co.uk

There are two great books by Lake District authors that feature ducks quite strongly. One of them is with us in Stroud next month. Tickets and info here: ylbevent.link/rebanks

‘The island was waiting for us to leave… and now I was ready to go home again. Like Anna I had a place to care for, and it was time to go back and do that’ @herdyshepherd.bsky.social will be in Stroud next month. Thanks to Gabriella Marsh. Info and tickets here: ylbevent.link/rebanks.

The second of the short animations made by the amazing Gabriella Marsh for The Place of Tides, with excerpts read by the equally amazing (!) author, James Rebanks. @herdyshepherd.bsky.social will be with us at Stroud’s Sub Rooms on 18th September. Info and tickets here: ylbevent.link/rebanks.

The first of three short animations made for The Place of Tides, with excerpts read by the author. @herdyshepherd.bsky.social will be with us at Stroud’s Sub Rooms on 18th September. Info and tickets here: ylbevent.link/rebanks Big thanks to Gabriella Marsh.

This morning we sent out our latest newsletter. News about upcoming events - including @herdyshepherd.bsky.social - and a great poem about blackberries by Sylvia Plath. ylbevent.link/august-25-ne...

Can’t wait

Excited that Marchelle Farrell will be 'in conversation' with @herdyshepherd.bsky.social at Stroud's Sub Rooms. Marchelle is a writer & psychotherapist, who looks at the relationship between our external & internal landscapes. Uprooting, won the Nan Shepherd Prize. thesubrooms.co.uk/whats-on/jam...

If we are to save the world, we have to start somewhere. Delighted to confirm that @herdyshepherd.bsky.social (James Rebanks), will be with us at Stroud Sub Rooms on Thursday 18th September. Information and booking here: thesubrooms.co.uk/whats-on/jam...

James Rebanks is coming to Stroud in September. We are all in need of lights to follow. Tickets go on sale on Friday 18th July. thesubrooms.co.uk/whats-on/jam...

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The excellent @robinince.bsky.social is currently doing his stuff on the neurodiverse experience at Stroud’s Long Table. #normallyweird #weirdlyno

Later this week (Thursday), we're welcoming the life force that is @robinince.bsky.social to the Long table in Stroud, to talk about all matters neurodivergent. Learn more and book here: ylbevent.link/normally-weird

We are closed, BUT… use the coupon code 'EASTER25' online to get 20% off all day today (Easter Sunday). If you can't find the book that you want, email us today, we'll give you 20% on that too. Offer applies to Derek Jarman and Robin Ince events on Ticketsource. yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk

Derek Jarman was a complex and extraordinary artist. The new edition of Tony Peake’s biography is a wonderful, exhilarating read. Tony is taking about Jarman in Stroud this Friday evening. More info and booking via the link. The Long Table, Friday 25th April, 7pm ylbevent.link/derek-jarman

Evening in the bookshop.

Tweedy's written a book! yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/product/twee...

All respect and thanks to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We will continue to support them as best we can. www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...

Some days are just better with a dog helping out. #dogsinbookshops #dogsofbluesky

@gracedent.bsky.social Hi Grace. Love the review of Juliet’s. Small error in the article though. The Woolpack doesn’t have a library, it has a small pop up bookshop which we curate, lovingly. Topped it up last night in fact.

BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, edited by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is absolutely brilliant this morning. It’s a masterclass in the importance of reading and literacy, especially in early years. When I get a chance I’ll link to specific clips.

On Friday we had a sell out gig with @dannydorling.bsky.social at The Long Table on inequality and what we can do. Sobering and informative, but also positive and enabling. Thanks to everyone involved for coming along

What has the biggest impact on children's life chances? It's not their test scores, or socio-economic background. It's READING FOR PLEASURE! So whatever else you do, please never stop sharing books with kids, and helping them to read. It will change their lives forever. #literacy #reading #books

Proper excited to be at the Long Table with Sacha Coward talking about Queer as Folklore. It’s a bit chilly, but there’s a lot of warmth in our hearts! 💕 💕 💕

'Queer people have been around since the dawn of time, and you will find us everywhere in history, if you care to look… Sacha Coward (@sachacoward.bsky.social), introduces Queer as Folklore at The Long Table in Stroud Friday 22nd November, 7pm Info and booking: ylbevent.link/queer-as-fol...

Things I never thought I'd end up saying the the bookshop: 'Would you like a hand with your zip?' An elderly gentleman was struggling with his coat.

@jackmonroe.bsky.social Hello. Lovely to have you here.

@herdyshepherd.bsky.social Lovely to see you here.

Bookshop Day usually passes us by, but today we had a special package from Bob Mortimer. Saved it for tea time. Errol was very interested…

I’m too tired to think much this evening, but this is a really interesting read: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...

In Nailsworth... Redoubtable older lady: "I would like a book for someone who's right wing. And quite thick" Very happy to sell her a copy of Matt 2024, and she was delighted.

Earlier this year we took part in a pilot scheme with National Book Tokens and the reading charity, Read for Good. It was the single most powerful reading intervention in a school community that I’ve ever seen. Read about it here: readforgood.org/brilliant-bo...

We’re excited for the weekend, with great new titles, including Angela Harding, Robert Macfarlane, Michael Palin, Sally Rooney, hares, Booker shortlist, Robert Harris, Richard Osman, Ben Macintyre, Dan Jones, Hannah Gold, Catherine Rayner, Julia Donaldson… on it goes. Saturday 10-5, Sunday 11-4.

Our top books with sausages in.

How many pubs can you go into and buy Intermezzo, Queer as Folklore, poetry and travel writing, plus all Laurie Lee’s books? Only one. The Woolpack in Slad. Plus great beer, food and bants.

Click on the link for a quick guide to the line up at Tetbury Book Festival next weekend. Vikings, funghi, fiction, biography, butterflies, crafts, music, mountains, workshops, poetry, Shakespeare... and 'A Little Trickerie' too. The perfect literary autumn weekend. ylbevent.link/tetburybookf...

You turn the light on when you come in the room. Honestly, it's as simple as that. The Light, Will Burns Will is one of the poets with us at Tetbury Book Festival. You can commission him (or any of them) to write a poem on a theme of your choice. yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/event/four-p...

Tetbury Book Festival. A whole load cheaper than Oasis. And there's books. yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/event-catego...

A Little Trickerie is a blazingly original, disarmingly funny & deeply moving novel. Rosanna Pike will be with us at Tetbury Book Festival, talking about turning historical fact into contemporary fiction with Tudor historian Mark Hailwood. Info: yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/event-catego...

Tetbury Book Festival is the best start to autumn a book lover could wish for. Fiction, poetry, biography, history, music, crafts and a load more besides, all at Tetbury Goods Shed, 13th-15th September.