A beautiful piece on the criminalisation of bookselling, by publisher Simon Liebesny writersmosaic.org.uk/close-up/boo...

Bookish quote of the day. #LiteraryQuotes #Bookish #BookQuotes #shakespeare

SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL BOOKSHOP! We would hugely appreciate any support you are able to give at this time. Find out more here: www.gofundme.com/f/jerusalems...

What says love better than a vintage Penguin paperback? A red vintage Penguin paperback of Shakespeare's Sonnets perhaps. These pink and red Penguins are new to our stock today. #penguinbooks #vintagepenguins #penguincollector #winchcombe #cotswolds #booksandink #bookshop

I'm looking for Bookshops & Bibliophiles to join this new group and share your love of UK bookshops, book recommendations & more. UK Bookshops please join and share what you offer for sale, events, subscriptions. Let's start a forum for book lovers! www.facebook.com/share/g/1Eim...

I'm looking for Bookshops & Bibliophiles to join this new group and share your love of UK bookshops, book recommendations & more. UK Bookshops please join and share what you offer for sale, events, subscriptions. Let's start a forum for book lovers! www.facebook.com/share/g/1Y1i...

I'm looking for Bookshops & Bibliophiles to join this new group and share your love of UK bookshops, book recommendations & more. UK Bookshops please join and share what you offer for sale, events, subscriptions. Let's start a forum for book lovers! www.facebook.com/share/g/1Y1i...

A Tirzah Garwood snow woman from 1938, in honour of (or in hope of?) tomorrow's snow day:

No one wants to spend Christmas in the hospital - but if you DO need the hospital over the holidays - please wear a mask. For the staff, for yourself, for all the other patients. The period between Christmas and New Years is rife for virus spread - mask up and stop transmission!

Due to the shop gifting me a Christmas lurg, the bookshop will now be closed until 2nd January so that I do not pass it on. With this comes my constant plea to anyone knowingly poorly with a virus (even if it feels mild to you) to please stay home or mask. Happy New Year and see you in 2025!

I may sneak in an extra day or two if I can but these are the times we will definitely be open over the coming 10 days 🎄 #winchcombe #booksandink #cotswolds

Stow-on-the-Wold on my way home yesterday. One advantage of a long commute is I get to enjoy the landscape or Christmas lights on my way home🎄 #Cotswolds #cotswoldschristmas #stowonthewold #christmaslights

As we approach the Winter Solstice, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century. BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r

Some of our little bits and pieces for £3.50 or less.... perfect stocking fillers! #booksandink #winchcombe #cotswoldschristmas

I restocked cosy Christmas second hand paperbacks today! Grab one of these, a mince pie and a hot chocolate and put your feet up this afternoon 🎄 #winchcombe #indiebookshop #booksandink #cotswoldschristmas #cotswolds #festivereading

Sunset over #Winchcombe - 15 December 2024 #cotswolds #discovercotswolds

Sunset over #Winchcombe - 15 December 2024 #cotswolds #discovercotswolds

Book trees make the best Christmas trees. Discuss. (p.s. I bought remaindered stock - multiple copies of the same book - for this purpose years ago, so no special books are harmed in the making of my book trees).

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

Book trees make the best Christmas trees. Discuss. (p.s. I bought remaindered stock - multiple copies of the same book - for this purpose years ago, so no special books are harmed in the making of my book trees).

I put the "let it snow" sign in the window on Sunday. Therefore, I'm pretty sure I made it happen!

To be fair, this is how I dance nowadays...

As well as all things booky, bookish, booksellery &c., I'm also looking for recorder players and enthusiasts or baroque music nerds. Are you out there? Even better, recorder playing booksellers would be amazing. We could form a virtual group and call ourselves The Early Editions or Bookish Baroque.

Good morning Bluesky readers, here are some books for you to browse this morning. Have a wonderful day.

Wow! BlueSky is taking off just as I was getting to grips with Threads. What do I do? I'm really liking Threads..... I made a start on my Christmas windows today. Work in progress.

‘The majority of those living with Long COVID are from the economically active age group, so employers need to find a way to support these workers & accommodate their needs.’ Dr Karen Michell @IOSH_tweets Key to the UK’s long-term health & wellbeing. iosh.com/news-and-opi...

There's a lot of speculation on Threads that everyone's moving to BlueSky... but I've made the move to Threads so please come on over and join the book chat over there!! 😊 I am at booksandink

We have programmes for two fabulous local literary festivals in the shop - pop in and pick one up. Cheltenham Poetry Festival is 19-27 April and Chipping Camden Literature Festival 9-11 May.

We have programmes for two fabulous local literary festivals in the shop - pop in and pick one up. Cheltenham Poetry Festival is 19-27 April and Chipping Camden Literature Festival 9-11 May.

“The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes. At 200 terawatt hours annually, data centers collectively devour more energy than some nation-states.” — @boriscrito.bsky.social

New on the website today I have the complete illustrations by renowned Ladybird Book artist Roger Hall for the 1982 book The Loaves and Fishes (link below) where you can see more pictures. #ladybirdbooks #vintageladybirdbooks www.booksandinkbookshop.com/page/rogerha...

New into the bookshop this week - these fabulous original paintings by Roger Hall for the Ladybird book of Elizabeth Fry (1973). There are 23 paintings altogether (offered for sale individually) and you can see them all on my website here www.booksandinkbookshop.com/page/rogerha...

New into the bookshop this week - these fabulous original paintings by Roger Hall for the Ladybird book of Elizabeth Fry (1973). There are 23 paintings altogether (offered for sale individually) and you can see them all on my website here www.booksandinkbookshop.com/page/rogerha...

Win Books!! Order any title through our bookshop.org-UK page this weekend and be entered to win a £250 gift voucher uk.bookshop.org/shop/booksan...

I have a new book review out on my Substack - link also in my bio. Bringing back Kay-Kay by Dev Kothari is a brilliant new middle grade novel, exploring siblings, parental expectation, poetry, India. See substack for full review. Out in the UK on 4th April 2025. open.substack.com/pub/idyllsof...

OFFER: Order the PB of Strong Female Character by FernBrady OctopusBooks from us through bookshop_org_uk. Use code STRONG to get an extra 10% off and support Books & Ink Bookshop using the order link uk.bookshop.org/a/3436/97819...

'Obtundity' signs bewilder York residents and visitors

Here is a strong contender in the century old librarian play "Where not to put your library stamp to". This thoughtful stamped horse is connecting people and the stars, and greets the modern reader from the HAB Wolfenbüttel. The original print is from 1517. #skystorians #earlymodern #bookhistory

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'Restoring our services – an update' from the British Library Main catalogue searchable from Jan 15 Special collections accessible on-site Acknowledgement of the impact on researchers Accelerated investment in our core technology infrastructure blogs.bl.uk/living-knowl...

A Christmas cartoon for the Guardian. Happy holidays, everyone!

Our Christmas hours this year are exactly the same as our regular hours - Thursday, Friday & Sunday 11-3, including Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve! You will often find us open a little earlier and later in the day but these are our core times. #bookshop #indiebookshop #winchcombe #cotswolds

Our Christmas hours this year are exactly the same as our regular hours - Thursday, Friday & Sunday 11-3, including Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve! You will often find us open a little earlier and later in the day but these are our core times. #bookshop #indiebookshop #winchcombe #cotswolds

A little rearranging and lots of new stock this week. Next open Sunday (tomorrow) at 11. See you then! #bookshop #winchcombe #cotswolds #indiebookshop #christmasshopping #vintagebooks #antiquarian #oldandnew #gloucestershire #booksaremybag

Historic bookshop to close after 144 years

As someone who dearly loves hand-drawn maps, how could I not love this one from 1851, made to be worn on a hand? It's a glove decorated with a map of London landmarks, to help "fashionable ladies" keep from getting lost while visiting the Great Exhibition blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/she-knew-it-...

Day 2 of festive tunes - Sun Processionals brilliantly blends recorder, organ, and electronica

Bears may not be the first thing you think of when you think "bookshop" but I have a few vintage and vintage-style bears in at the moment, looking to be adopted by their forever homes. Most are Dean's Rag Book Company bears - meet Branigan Jnr (from c.1997-8).

It's beginning to look a lot like.... #Christmas #Cotswolds #Bookshop #Winchcombe

All catalogued and coming into the bookshop this weekend - a bright medley of original 1950s & 1960s Dean's cloth rag books, nearly all in pristine, unused condition as I believe they came from the Dean's archives after the company closed several years ago. 💙📚