Bit tell us what you really think, Jonathan...

@johnshuttleworth.bsky.social Hello! If you get to Sheffield early today We have some books we'd love you to sign, if you have time ahead of your show :)

Reasons to buy a book today: 1. To keep independent bookshops thriving 2. The Booker Prize shortlist has just been announced 3. All orders before midnight tonight automatically give you the chance to win a £250 gift card to buy more books

Our first #businessrates bill in the new shop has arrived...

spending morning attempting to fix the checkout on our website... reminded of this:

No reading today (yet). Out raving in the rain with the other cyclists... Great to see so many kiddos.

First book of the day... @saraband-books.bsky.social

someone just ordered a book under the name 'Mr Rea' - I mean, just tell me where you were posted whilst at MI6, friend, you're fooling no-one.

@podonthetyne.bsky.social #q&a does this hold up to Eddie's 'no d!ckhe@ds' policy? 👀

George R.R. Martin Finally Finishes Writing Sequel to 'Erin Brockovich'

On the occasion of her birthday, Tove Jansson on an elephant, London Zoo, 1957. Good morning.

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

in a sign of the times (or perhaps dwindling student budgets 4 weeks in to summer) we have been asked about vacancies 4 times in the shop today, and thrice over email... 😬 #jobs

hello @fabriziorom.bsky.social can we start the McAtee to #nufc rumours here so we can make it happen! #MCFC

STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! Take a moment to plan popping into a local bookshop & seeing if there's a good book for £9.99. You have no idea how much it could save both you & the bookshop. #books #bookshop #booksky

That was pretty good then.... #pulp @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social

Exclusive: Sheffield’s secret lab working on the UK’s next nuclear warheads www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-sh...

This Prime Day (& every day): ➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference ➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms ➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy ➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases

Raynor LOSE more like, amirite??

A tour through the experience of ecstasy across the ages, from the works of Julian of Norwich to Anne Carson and Nick Cave, by one of England's foremost philosophers. #OnMysticism by Simon Critchley is out now in paperback profilebooks.com/work/on-myst...

Barker’s Pool looks very different at the moment as the second Crossed Wires podcast festival prepares to get underway tomorrow. Fringe events will take place in the old Cole Brothers building while the BBC Sounds garden will offer a “relaxed, open-air listening experience.”

A huge thank you to @labiblioteka.bsky.social for joining @junobooks.bsky.social as a Sheffield stockist of both Criminal Cat Crew, and Heracles & Nathan - perfect reads for the upcoming summer holidays @nicgerson.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitUK #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #indiebookshops

There's still time for you to get free shipping on your orders from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social You have until midnight! Choose your favourite indie bookshop or head to Rossiter Books uk.bookshop.org/shop/rossite...

We were robbed last night. When it’s our stock or our money that is targeted, there’s insurance and systems in place for this, but when it’s stealing from a charity in an extremely direct way then we just can’t abide it. scottishbooktrust.com/donate @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

Free delivery is GO on ALL books site-wide this weekend 🎉 We hope you can get down to a real life bookshop, but if not - you can support them right here. Bag a book from Bookshop.org and keep indie bookshops thriving! uk.bookshop.org/lists/indepe...

🌸 Glad Midsommar! 🌸 The perfect week to dip into The Lost Folk — @lallymacbeth.bsky.social’s fresh, vibrant celebration of the weird, wonderful and often overlooked customs, places and people that shape folk culture in Britain. ...

Always feel for the marketing team who has to go first with the Christmas gear, and inevitably hit the biggest heatwave since the last one...

things I didn't expect to read in a letter from our kid's Head: "We need to be able to see the children’s natural nails in order to monitor oxygen levels if they are ill or have an accident." Doctors, is this a thing? 👀

I love @biggreenbooks.bsky.social of course but local to me are @labiblioteka.bsky.social and @junobooks.bsky.social both excellent indies 🩷📚

It's Independent Bookshop Week. Ways you can support them: -Don't browse a little bookshop, make a mental note of titles, then get them on Amazon. Buy the books then and there! Dare you! -Get them to order books in, they almost always can. -Just march in and present them with a huge bag of money.

Had a couple of cancellations for this afternoon. A walk around Sheffield's Space Age Music sites. 2pm. @leahsyard #sheffieldmusic #sheffieldbooks #sheffieldevents

"You always seem to have exactly what I'm looking for, before I know what I'm looking for!" Received this most high of praise today, so I guess it's all downhill from here? (What they were looking for:)

Apologies if you popped by the shop this afternoon and found us closed. I had to pop to Liverpool on a side quest for an exciting project, hopefully debuting in the shop this summer!

Experiential retail...

Just packed up CDs, these green LPs and A LOT of books for @brianbilston.bsky.social & Henry Normal tomorrow eve, a gig some are describing as "two people reading some poems". It's sold out but if you want a signed or dedicated book or record, buy one (or more) on our website and will sort you out.

It's here! Perhaps our most requested book pre Xmas, the paperback of Sally Rooney's _Intermezzo_ is finally with us, this indie-exclusive edition sporting a dazzling blue-sprayed spine. labiblioteka.co/shop/interme...

Mighty grateful that the book’s gone down well. If reading the book has made you want to see me point at Sheffield buildings, join me on Sunday 15th June at 2pm for a free walking tour organised by @labiblioteka.bsky.social Only 9 spots left! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ labiblioteka.co/event/a-walk...

In the window: @themodernist.bsky.social City Guide: Sheffield. This guide invites you to explore #Sheffield's diverse range of 20th century buildings. From former department stores to office blocks, education buildings and housing. Plus an awesome electricity substation.

Morning 👋

old punks don't die they just become booksellers

Open for a bit... #bankholiday

If you ever find these at the bottom of a drawer, we take them still, as do other bookshops. Two recent arrivals. Wonder how old the tatty one is?

I do love a mag related #connections... Wordle 1,411 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

If you couldn't get a ticket, msg us to secure a signed &\dedicated copy before Wednesday...

In the window: Studio Electrophonique by Jamie Taylor. In the early 70s, in a semi in Handsworth, an accidental recording that won an amateur competition helped birth the 'Sheffield Sound' of Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, Clock DVA and Pulp and many others. @manchesterup.bsky.social

Rarely but sometimes people often spend less than a minute in the shop before declaring 'of this is one of those NICHE bookshops', to whit I reply (in my head) 'Madam, if you think EM Gombrich or contemporary Korean fiction is niche, may i present to you....' (and yes I want one)

Hello, readers! We've been lurking for a while to learn the ropes, looking for a replacement for the old place. So now we're going to dip our toes in. I don't know what you should expect, but I also miss an easy place to recommend books, chat abut indie magazines, and share some shop stories, so...