Montage shot. We have Matt Dinniman books including the new A Parade of Horribles. I am currently reading Operation Bounce House, fun SFF adventure. And a new release of The Iliad and The Odyssey as part of the Rockpoint classic hardback series. Plus Minalima Frankenstein in shot! #booksky

Looking forward to nipping through to @thebookvault.bsky.social in Barnsley later to pick up a couple of books I’ve ordered. Support your local bookshop!

New books, out in the coming days. We have been unpacking publisher deliveries and getting ready. Signed John of John by Douglas Stuart, signed Before I Knew I Loved You, and limited indie bookshop paperback edition of The Long Shoe from Bob Mortimer... 1/2 #booksky

An interesting completed list, a bit more varied than I expected. My Brilliant Friend from 2011 and two from 2006. Give us your suggestions, favourite five books from the last 20 years. I'll start when I have a think! www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Always good to meet authors for the first time! Ava Morwood visited to sign copies of Until We Drown. A fresh start in the Peak District, haunting memories of the sea. A home with dark secrets and legends of mermaids intertwine with chilling realities... Signed copies available now. #booksky

Always good to meet authors for the first time! Ava Morwood visited to sign copies of Until We Drown. A fresh start in the Peak District, haunting memories of the sea. A home with dark secrets and legends of mermaids intertwine with chilling realities... Signed copies available now. #booksky

New books coming in all the time, another parcel arrived as I started to type... New release from @veronicarothbooks.com with designed page edgings. The first in a new epic romantic fantasy series. Alongside Dani Francis, Broken Dove. One already gone, with red page-edgings. #booksky

In store now! Will take a photo of some new releases after lunch.

Local books for local people! Arrivals in the last few days. We now have copies of One Green Bottle by M Jonathan Lee. Thank you to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for copies of The Drey Skin to add to our shelves. And Elemental, an anthology from Barnsley Creative Writers. #booksky

It's Monday again, lots of arrivals, new releases, customer orders, replacement stock. And the first publishers arrivals of the week! Both for me though I do let others look at the signed books first... Hunger & Thirst by Claire Fuller, and The Given World by Melissa Harrison. #booksky

Local books for local people! Arrivals in the last few days. We now have copies of One Green Bottle by M Jonathan Lee. Thank you to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for copies of The Drey Skin to add to our shelves. And Elemental, an anthology from Barnsley Creative Writers. #booksky

Surely they've suffered enough?

We've been at an event at Barnsley Library with Val Wood, an interesting, fascinating story of a life in writing. Currently signing books for a queue of people, this was taken at the start of the talk. #booksky

Book post for me! My signed copy of @rachaelsmith.bsky.social Nap Comix has arrived, a kickstarter project and something to look forward to. I believe it may get a general release, watch this space! #booksky

I enjoyed reading an advance of this new book from Tom Palmer, If the Invader Comes on @barringtonstoke.bsky.social A story of three children facing up to possible invasion on the Cornish coast whilst suspicion lies on their parents. Friendship, resilience and adventure. 1/2 #booksky

Today's #bookshoplife includes working out how to share links on different sites. Let's try here! A selection of some books we will have with us Saturday, in support of Val Wood's event at Barnsley Library from 1.30 - 2.30pm. Free to book and attend, link in the next post! #booksky

More quick shots - #bookshoplife yesterday was a quietish day with lots of new things to organise. New paperbacks from Richard Osman, Holly Jackson, @janicehallett.bsky.social here alongside signed hardbacks from Sable Sorensen, Philippa Perry, Portia Elan... 1/3 #booksky

Today's #bookshoplife included speaking to local contacts about a poetry event in store, and more signed publisher arrivals. On the poetry theme, from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and MC Grammar, a new collaboration and adventure. Will find time to read and quote tomorrow! 1/2 #booksky

This is a stunning new book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and Jackie Morris, the Book of Birds. In shot the book cover, alongside a sample page showing the wonderful artwork with text on the worlds and lives of birds. Seven years in the making, we have signed copies in store. #booksky

This is a stunning new book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and Jackie Morris, the Book of Birds. In shot the book cover, alongside a sample page showing the wonderful artwork with text on the worlds and lives of birds. Seven years in the making, we have signed copies in store. #booksky

Guys, ANGEL DOWN won the Pulitzer Prize. Let’s get nuts.

We are closed on Mayday Monday. Lots more books coming next including these - signed copies of @brookmyre.bsky.social and @jconnollybooks.bsky.social new titles which arrived today. Contact us to pre-order these and any other new releases on those reading lists. #booksky

First things sold today - an Orchard Toy that is no longer being made (we had it!) for a particular request, and a book from someone's birthday list. Books for all ages, reading aids, jigsaws, educational puzzles and games - lots in store for all interests! #booksky #OrchardToys

One bonus of #bookshoplife is advance copies, and this arrived today. I've very much enjoyed @andrewhunterm.bsky.social previous novels and his fourth, Bad Deeds, is on the way in June. I already had this on Netgalley though printed advance is much preferred, something to look forward to. #booksky

We're going to re-visit our occasional #bookshoplife posts, started a couple of years ago when it was a bit quieter here. Here are our April bestsellers. A few more quick reads gone since I took this though Louise Jensen still leads the way! Gruffalo is standing in for Gozzle, sold out again.

Selection of new releases, hb's from James Patterson and a limited edition of Deathbringer. Pb's from @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Quantum of Menace, we've had a couple of people this week collecting orders of earlier titles. And A C Chu, Elodie Harper, @jennycolgan.bsky.social, Ana Huang... #booksky

Selection of new releases, hb's from James Patterson and a limited edition of Deathbringer. Pb's from @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Quantum of Menace, we've had a couple of people this week collecting orders of earlier titles. And A C Chu, Elodie Harper, @jennycolgan.bsky.social, Ana Huang... #booksky

An article about ourselves and @trumanbooks.bsky.social in Farsley, the two Bookshop Champions in our region as selected by the BA in support of Indie Bookshop Week in June. About bookshops, community, engagement and trends. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An article about ourselves and @trumanbooks.bsky.social in Farsley, the two Bookshop Champions in our region as selected by the BA in support of Indie Bookshop Week in June. About bookshops, community, engagement and trends. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Don't think we have posted our shop front for while, so here we are! Taking new photos for things. A range in the window, fiction, non-fiction, children's, books for all ages and interests. #booksky

Don't think we have posted our shop front for while, so here we are! Taking new photos for things. A range in the window, fiction, non-fiction, children's, books for all ages and interests. #booksky

An afternoon delivery from our local publisher, Pen & Sword. A restock of local history, a few for other areas, and trains! From early history, independent builders, trains in WW2, to the 1980s and beyond. Pictured with a couple from our existing books on Barnsley and Yorkshire Steam. #booksky

Quick shot! Two different books. One from @grantmcphee.bsky.social I got mainly for me, but available to others. A related 3CD set is about to come out and on my order list. And new in store, In Your Mouth from @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, a fine addition to our poetry collection. #booksky

A list I always look forward to, see if there's anything to add to the reading list! Any favourites or reviews?

And I got my BBC Proms guide at @thebookvault.bsky.social ! Get my ears ready!

Good to see @imcmillan.bsky.social, talk about books old, new and delayed, shared reviews of one we'd both read. Talk about hopes for the future, and other things less certain. My Sand Life, My Pebble Life is one of our biggest sellers since opening in 2019, more signed copies now here! #booksky

As someone who listens to a lot of music, the BBC Proms is something I try each year with varying degrees of success. The official 2026 guide is out today, lots of what you would expect including the return of the Black Dyke Band. Plus Miles Davis, Disney, prog rock. #booksky

Quick post, two new books out this week. Out today, Darkening Song from Delphie Seddon, limited edition paperback with designed page edgings. And an arrival today, out later this week, We have signed copies of Anthony Horowitz new book A Deadly Episode. Contact us to pre-order. #booksky

Book post from this morning, perks of a bookshop! This is an advance copy of @johnironmonger.bsky.social The Angel of St Piran due out in September, from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social The Wager and the Bear was one of my favourite books of 2025, very much looking forward to this. #booksky

Quick post, two new books out this week. Out today, Darkening Song from Delphie Seddon, limited edition paperback with designed page edgings. And an arrival today, out later this week, We have signed copies of Anthony Horowitz new book A Deadly Episode. Contact us to pre-order. #booksky

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Look, it's us! We are delighted to have been selected as one of 20 bookshop champions across the UK to support and promote #indiebookshopweek this June. This is a week to celebrate the contribution stores like ours make to the culture, communities, and the promotion of books and reading. #booksky

Look, it's us! We are delighted to have been selected as one of 20 bookshop champions across the UK to support and promote #indiebookshopweek this June. This is a week to celebrate the contribution stores like ours make to the culture, communities, and the promotion of books and reading. #booksky

Pressed the reprint button on: Panenka by Rónán Hession. Getting ready for the World Cup. Marvelous. @fifaworldclub.bsky.social @championsleague1.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Quick snap - signed copies of Sophie MacKintosh new novel, Permanence. Two lovers in an illicit affair find themselves in the city of Impermanence, a self-contained reality with no access to the real world. How do you know when you've found true love? How much would you sacrifice to keep it?

Opportunities for art in tarn. There are also opportunities at Barnsley Libraries, applications close on Monday morning for creative commissions as part of the Year of Reading. Details on their facebook page or follow the link in the replies...

Unplanned trip in store to check on computer issues, the joys of #bookshop life! They are fine now. Finally arrived, limited signed editions of The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks, signed copies with fancy page edgings. Get them while you can! #booksky

Anyone nearby to us or a bit further north, go see @ofalafel.bsky.social in Leeds! Or anywhere else, places Olaf is going to that is, but particularly Leeds! He is indeed a 'very funny plonker'.

*sigh* If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it. If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it. If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you. I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.