(hired for parties)

And if really moist should be the perfect home for the taller primulas such as the japonica hybrids, or the mealy-mauve Primula capitata, or the yellow Tibetan Primula florindae, or the coppery Primulai bulleyana. These are all very easily raised from seed or division. #gardening

Jane Austen / 250 years and still bossin' / The novels, making the middle class swoon / To obscurity, she is immune.

The Bookshop 100! Drumroll... revealing the top 100 books that YOU, the Bookshop.org community have been reading this year. THANK YOU for championing indie bookshops with us. uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-bo...

Wonderful to see a round up of top ebook deals from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social on Good Housekeeping! All less than £1 AND you'll support indie bookshops with each purchase. www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...

A brilliant interview with @privateeyenews.bsky.social legend Ian Hislop on the 20 Questions With podcast by @matthewstadlen.bsky.social. The Private Eye Annual is out now! open.spotify.com/episode/3ICP...

Avoid Amazon. Shop Small! Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday. We hope you can get down to a brilliant local indie bookshop. If not, snap up a book and support indie booksellers with us - and you're in with the chance of winning a £250 Bookshop.org gift card. Support bookshops, not billionaires.

"Brooks is a Private Eye man but no idle laughing iconoclast: there is a deep seriousness in his analysis of the legal, corporate & political failings that led to this catastrophe" Review in The Times of Post Mortem by Richard Brooks. www.thetimes.com/article/b612...

"Brooks is a @privateeyenews.bsky.social man but no idle laughing iconoclast: there is a deep seriousness in his analysis of the legal, corporate & political failings that led to this catastrophe" Fab review in @thetimes.com of Post Mortem by @rbrooks45.bsky.social, out now! tinyurl.com/ye2xfe7v

In Post Mortem, the first forensic account of how the Post Office, the government and Fujitsu ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people, Private Eye's @rbrooks45.bsky.social explains how the scandal became a Ponzi scheme of injustice. www.channel4.com/news/new-boo...

Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops. ➡️ Available at: www.private-eye.co.uk/books

Tickets are now out for this exciting event! Free and open to all. Book your free tickets on Eventbrite. Akram Khan, MBE in conversation with Marcus Bell (UCL), co-organized with Dance Scholarship Oxford (DANSOX) Friday, Dec 5, 2025, 14:30 Jaqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College Oxford.

£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

We're thrilled to see @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social's gift cards included in the @theguardian.com round-up of the best sustainable Christmas gifts in the UK! Thank you so much to @julietkinsman.bsky.social for the inclusion. www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

Last call! Looking to clear some much needed shelf space? Trade your pre-loved books and earn Bookshop.org store credit! Use code BOOKSHOP25 on Bookloop to get a 15% trade boost before midnight tonight! bookloop.webuybooks.co.uk

The Private Eye Annual 2025… Out Now! Bursting with the funniest cartoons, jokes, and parodies from the past year, it’s the ultimate Christmas gift 🎁 ➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual

Mike Gayle, Jo Nesbo and AF Steadman will take part in various events during London Book Fair as the 2026 authors of the fair 👇 #LBF

📚This week at Midas📚

Happy publication day to #TheDuke from @foundryeditions.bsky.social! Matteo Melchiorre's majestic story of history, nobility, and the natural world comes to English-speaking readers for the first time through Antonella Lettieri's wonderful translation.

Ukranian French artist Sonia Delaunay, Self-Portrait, 1916 #WomensArt

Incredibile essay in the @lrb.co.uk by Anne Carson about handwriting, Cy Twombly, boxing, Catullus and Parkinson's. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Private Eye Annual 2025 OUT TOMORROW! Listed by Waterstones among their Favourite Festive Funnies 🎄 ➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual

Happy publication day to Inner Light: The Portraiture of Chris Levine, out today from Prestel! Read more about the book in this brilliant @artplugged.bsky.social feature: artplugged.co.uk/book-release...

This is not a drill. You could win books for LIFE. Enter our Golden Bookmark competition for the chance to win a £250 Bookshop.org gift card every year! bit.ly/GoldenBookmark2025

📚This week at Midas📚

We're excited to unveil a new report from Oxford University Press today, about AI & education, with coverage across @theguardian.com @bbcnewsuk.bsky.social @cityam.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk @forbes.com @greatesthitsuk.bsky.social @educatemag.bsky.social & more! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

To mark #WorldFoodDay, 10% of all our sales go to Bookbanks 16-19 October. Snap up a book and you'll be supporting indie bookshops AND helping to get books into foodbanks with us: uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-...

More than half of secondary-age students struggle to spot AI misinformation, despite the vast majority using AI tools in their school work. New survey findings from Oxford University Press: buff.ly/XJFz4xC #teachers #teaching #schools

Eight in 10 pupils said they used AI tools in their schoolwork... hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...

Pupils struggle to spot untrue AI content - report #Oxon #Oxfordshire 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Pupils can't tell if AI content is true, Oxford study finds #Oxon #Oxfordshire 🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm

It’s getting harder for scientists not to believe in God ✍️ Michel-Yves Bolloré www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-...

‘Reading it hasn’t affected my religious tendencies either way, but it has definitely undermined my faith in science’ | Kathleen Stock unherd.com/2025/10/the-book-that-could-shake-the-popes-faith/

A book by two French mathematicians is set to make waves in America by claiming to provide a definitive, science-backed answer to the age-old question: does God exist?

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Does God exist? Modern science shows he must, bestseller argues A book by two French authors that challenges a longstanding academic consensus is being published in Britain next week

What a joy to talk about all things book PR & marketing on behalf of @midascampaigns.bsky.social at the Author In Me Literary Festival, hosted at the gorgeous @britishlibrary.bsky.social!

*Drum roll* Announcing our #GoldenBookmark competition. WIN BOOKS FOR LIFE and support independent bookshops! bit.ly/GoldenBookma...

Today’s episode is a short breaking news item with the Managing Director of @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social Listen here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

'A tool in the fight against Amazon' The news is out! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Ebooks are HERE! uk.bookshop.org/ebooks

The news is out! @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social is now selling ebooks, another "tool in the fight against Amazon". A great @theguardian.com piece by Ella Creamer, featuring the formidable Nic Bottomley from Mr B's. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

A fab interview with artist Chris Levine in @hello-mag.bsky.social, shedding some light on his special one-to-one with Queen Elizabeth II. The new monograph on Chris's work, Inner Light, is out from Prestel Publishing on 21 October. www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/8554...

An unbeLEAFable new list has just landed on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. A curated selection of natural history, gardening and wilderness exploration picks. Even better, every sale supports indie bookshops, (naturally) 🌿 You can view the full list here: uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...

Excited to be speaking at the Author In Me Literary Festival at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social next month! I'll be holding a masterclass in PR & Marketing for authors, sharing tips and tricks to bring your book to wider audiences. events.bl.uk/events/aim-l...

After much protracted discussion, the bench has been officially named Judi.

(and nobody could be expected to understand)