Wordle 1,583 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrilled as I am, this has been my starter word for so so long!! I don’t know whether to keep it or change it now!

I think I need you to add this to the website @bertsbooks.bsky.social !!

well this is exciting news to see today! A new novel from ML Stedman coming in Feb next year!

What a book, what a writer. Having adored About A son I knew I would love this too. 200 pages of such eloquent thoughtful prose. What starts with trying to find out what has happened to a woman missing for the last 13 years becomes so much more. A study in love and loss and dealing with grief.

It’s my birthday and I’ll give away books if I want to. Spend £20 on books at bertsbooks.co.uk today and I’ll send you a paperback I think you’ll love - at no extra cost! Excludes subscriptions, UK only.

When I read The Salt Path a couple of years ago I never bought the backstory and seemed to be one of the few at the time that didn’t love the book. A great piece of journalism.

Ooooh! Thanks @bertsbooks.bsky.social and especially all those who recommended this one

Heard about this via @trientertainment.bsky.social and Marina Hydes praise. Loved loved loved. Laughed out loud . If Adam Kay did the Army. This is the book.

Very proud to be one of the 2%. Just 2% of the population keep the nation's blood stocks afloat by donating. Please consider it if you aren't a donor. regularlyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98p0pj7dypo

Duolingo is now an utter shit show if you are on the free version. hearts replaced with energy that runs out regardless of whether you get answers right or not. Dutch course so short that is not vaguely worth the subscription.

The most wonderful emotional book I have read in quite some time. A story of aging, and coming to terms with it. A must read.

Have always loved @barristersecret.bsky.social on social, as well as their non fiction writing, so have very much enjoyed this first foray into fiction which is published in August this year! A murder trial narrated by two of the co-defendants, the prosecutor, one defence barrister and the judge. 👏🏻

Uh yeah I should have warned you all our new garden furniture has just arrived and the peonies are just blooming so this is standard.

The sun is out (for now) and there are loads of brilliant new books coming, so it's time to remind you of our Summer Holiday Bundle! For £25 we'll pick out 3 surprise books for your summer reading! You can give us a bit of direction, or choose a total surprise! bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...

A journalist / media request… 📕 launching my book in 2 weeks 🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc 🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina. Mail me [email protected] will do as many as I can 🙏🥰

2006 - 2020 were my #WHSmith years - the longest I worked for any company. So very very many good things in those 14 years - not least for the people I met and worked with along the way, many of whom have become life-long friends.

What an extraordinary, heartbreaking, necessary show Adolescence is. The direction and choreography to coordinate these one take episodes is something else, as are the performances.

My weekend plans are sorted

Generally have been very slow in the reading front recently as I’ve just started done series called The Emery’s Wing. Apparently a few people might have heard of it…. Yes I am extremely embarrassingly late to the party on this one. Did I ever mention my degree was in politics? 😬😬

Loved the new Laura Shepherd Robinson novel which is coming out in July. A wonderful cat and mouse mystery set in Georgian London. Great characters and I’m obsessed with the luxury confectionery shop this is set in.

World Book Day shouldn't just be for kids... Use code WBD25 at the checkout to get a £1 off any book you order!

Time for a bit of reality - a thread. Sales in the shop are doing well, but we're reliant on sales on the website to help pay the bills. The website is reliant on social media, particularly twitter. Since September, we've seen a big decline in people seeing our tweets.

My new novel, The Last Days Of Summer publishes on March 27th in hardback, ebook and audiobook. amzn.to/43BDRjd

Loved this wonderful short ( 160 pages) novel by Andre Aciman. First of his I’d read but won’t be the last. A chance meeting between two 60 year olds at jury selection leads to a whirlwind flirtation and contemplation of a potential future together despite both being married.

This wonderful epistolary novel has been an utter joy from start to finish and am now bereft to have reached the end. Thank you so much to @sarramanning.bsky.social for the recommendation. She thought I’d love it and was absolutely right. It’s published in May. Highly recommend

Subscriptions are really important to us, it’s a little guarantee of income each month. If we got one new subscriber every week, I’d be a happy Bert. I’ll update this thread each week with a look at all the ones we do - but if there’s a subscription you’d like that we don’t do, just holler!

I join the many other people who’ve been lucky enough to read this in advance of publication tomorrow in highly encouraging all to read The story of a young mother in an abusive controlling marriage, her attempts to leave, and the barriers to anyone who has no independent financial means.

I plan to post here a lot more often now. I thought I should introduce myself properly… My name is Niall and I help street dogs in Thailand. I post upbeat and happy dog recovery stories. This is my story… (1/10)

Phenomenal read. From every parents absolute worst nightmare in the opening chapter through subtlety, compassion and nuance to hope. What an incredible novel. @sceptrebooks.bsky.social publishes this in April.

I don’t normally rave about a book when I’m only 50 pages in but this is EXCEPTIONAL. I mean,the opening and premise is every parents worst nightmare kind of stuff, however its written so brilliantly. More to come when I finish it. @hodderfiction.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

Book 3 of 2025 was the lovely new novel from Laura Barnett! Out in June.

Give away time! Two years ago today the hardback of In the Blink of an Eye was published, so to celebrate I am giving away 3 signed copies of the paperback - just like and share this post and I will pick 3 UK winners - closed midnight 19th Jan. Good luck!

A 24 hour banger of a read! Loved this, @sarramanning.bsky.social . Can’t remember the last time I read a book in a day. Perfect winter day tonic. Published in March and well worth a pre order!

My first read of 2025. Been consumed with life, tv, work etc so it’s taken me over a week to finish this. TJR fans will love it. Forbidden love amongst NASA trainee astronauts is your theme for this one!

A great day out to see @aiannucci.bsky.social ‘s stage adaptation of Dr Strangelove. Steve Coogan (and the rest of cast) are unbelievably, extraordinarily good. Only on for a few more weeks.

Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December. I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky. One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat! UK only.

I’m now going to be my teenage kids worst nightmare of a paranoid mother having read @hannahbeckerman.bsky.social ‘s new novel! A proper twisty unpredictable page turner!

Just a little festive shout out and huge appreciation for @bertsbooks.bsky.social . I DMd on here yesterday lunchtime to see if they could add a book to the site that they didn't currently stock. I had it ordered by 3pm and it was dispatched today. Free delivery - tracked 48 hour service.

Loved this authors previous novel, Black Cake, and so this was a really anticipated read! Very pacy, great interwoven stories, a lot of time jumping but also a huge amount of love and heart ❤️ . It’s out in Feb and def worth having on book radars

Am very lucky that every few months work brings me here!

Do read this. It'll be one of those articles that stays with you for a very long time. Hopefully forever.

I wish I could say it’s helped! Back off to Belgium this week to put it into practice.

Love this author, but am not a fan of short stories. I always got to the end of a short story feeling it had ended just as it should have been getting going. However life events recently have meant for the first time I really understood the role a short story for me and I’ll be back for more.

I thought it might be worth introducing myself here as most people might not know me and what I do. My name is Niall and I am on a mission to save street dogs around the world. This is me with Tina. A very special dog. This is my story…. (1/8) 🧵

I found Pedro on Friday. He was done with life and in absolute agony living on the streets in Thailand. I always find the eyes are the first sign things are changing. You can see the life coming back into them. He’s had a very tough day today but progress is huge (1/8) 🧵

*GIVEAWAY* Let’s see how this takes off here! I have 2 proof copies of @gillianmauthor.bsky.social brilliant #FamousLastWords to give away. Repost and follow to enter UK only Ends 29/11/24 6pm Thanks to @michaeljbooks.bsky.social 💙📚

I have read and its fabulous - but highly recommend you follow Nina if you don't already and repost to get a copy of this!

It’s been nearly 5 years since I sold a book ( in an official capacity at least!) but every day I hope to get back to it in the future. So to still occasionally receive some of the most sought after proofs is beyond a joy. I love Hannah’s writing and can’t wait to read this.

A good day to spend a rainy day. What a cast! All amazing. #wicked

Cinema decision for this weekend… Paddington 3, Gladiator 2 or Wicked? Anyone have a view?