A mini-history about a certain Mr Cloud and his omnibus library on Book History Bite, subscribe and have a read! open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

Thank you to Sarah for arranging for a copy of her book to be sent to me @calonbooks.bsky.social @mariavbooks.bsky.social

Read Alex’s book if you want to know about Welsh literature (you’ll be suprised at how much you already know), plus who doesn’t love discovering new books? 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Proper Welsh lessons will shortly commence! It’s taken a while to get on the list- a mix of waiting lists and being scared. I’ve picked up words and phrases at work and can construct basic sentences but I need to keep pushing myself each day to learn something new. Wish me luck! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

My thoughts on Seascape by Matthew Yeomans and published by @calonbooks.bsky.social. Thank you to @mariavbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy to read halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/seasc...

A bit more Hatchard's History, anyone? Want to read about how, on the eve of World War II, it was bought by a fraudster? Take a look at my latest edition of Book History Bite and remember to subscribe to more newsletters: open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

A little September Book History Bite update- sign up on the newsletter if you want to receive it to your emails and join my subscribers- you'd be most welcome! 📚 open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

ALWAYS ❤️ 📚 #IPGAC also so pleased to see @shedworking.bsky.social up on a slide about good bookshop promotions- that video was worth it- shop tour next?

Michael O’ Mara celebrate 40 years in indie publishing. I’ve never met Leslie O’Mara but she sent me a really nice Biscuit when I helped her find a new sales and marketing assistant when I worked at The Bookseller and i never forgot it! 🍪 📖 #IPGAC

A little September Book History Bite update- sign up on the newsletter if you want to receive it to your emails and join my subscribers- you'd be most welcome! 📚 open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

Welsh literature is great! There’s a evening event with three Welsh poets next week at the Small City Bookshop in East Bristol www.thesmallcitybookshop.co.uk/event-detail...

If you follow me and are a bookseller, what more proof do you need that Welsh publishing is on point? If I were you all I would be getting my orders in so my customers can read this fantastic book. (Ingram, S/R, usual discounts apply).

A bit more Hatchard's History, anyone? Want to read about how, on the eve of World War II, it was bought by a fraudster? Take a look at my latest edition of Book History Bite and remember to subscribe to more newsletters: open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

Thanks to all those who have read ‘A Bookshop Through Time.’ I plan to publish more of it next week. bookhistorybite.substack.com/p/a-london-b...

I have found a place to keep my series of blogs that I originally published in lockdown, 'A Bookshop Through Time.' Please read the disclaimer first: bookhistorybite.substack.com/p/a-london-b...

Part 2 of my Hatchard's story is now up. Take a look here, and please subscribe if you haven't already, to Book History Bite! open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

Lovely morning for a much- needed run.

I loved Funnybones so much as a child- still have my copy :( www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/f...

Yum 😋🍓

I really enjoyed writing this: Hatchard's- more than just one Bookshop. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

Got the first copy of my book in the mail today from @uniwalespress.bsky.social! My teen self is screaming! Thank you Harry Benshoff and Heather Petrocelli @queerforfear.com for these wonderful endorsements! and thank you @jeniferprince.bsky.social for the fabulous cover art! #firstbook #queerhorror

So pleased (and honoured) to be part of this impressive line up for the autumn ❤️ @uniwalespress.bsky.social #Gothic #precarity #neoliberalism #GothicPrecarity

Something in here for academics studying Gothic and Horror, Architecture, Celtic Studies and much more. To note, the new monographs will be followed by paperbacks on a seasonal basis. Also a large list of Wales history and politics and other aspects of Wales Studies, and our journals list. 👇

So pleased to see two titles from trade imprint of University of Wales Press, Calon, available in Waterstone’s pre-publication campaign. This will help us bring the stories of Wales to anyone who wants to read them in the UK and beyond. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📚 www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

Quick Welsh lesson at a London Paddington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Cannot believe this made it to Radio 4 www.thebookseller.com/news/news/ar...

How amazing to see Year of Reading Welshly by @shedworking.bsky.social selected as a top book for 2025 by @blackwells.bsky.social ! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/col...

Not sure if this is a sign to keep up my book trade history- my partner is signing in a choir concert (rock choir) in a bit, and I just walked into the graveyard of the church it is in. I looked down and look what greeted me, a @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social bookplate!

#Oasis are back and playing in #Cardiff! But did you know that Oasis have an even bigger connection to #Wales? Pick up a copy of 'Rock Legends at Rockfield' to discover more about the iconic Oasis songs recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthsire! www.uwp.co.uk/book/rock-le...

One week to go! 'My Year of Reading Welshly' by Alex Johnson is publishing on 18th July 📚 Do you need some #Welsh inspiration for your #TBR? How about some Welsh suggestions for your book club? Featuring discussion questions about each book and space to chart your own Reading Welshly progress 📚

Yfory yng Ngŵyl Arall, Caernarfon! Tomorrow in Gŵyl Arall, Caernarfon! 👇 📚Sgwrs yn y Gymraeg gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael. Discussion in Welsh with simultaneous translation facilities available. 🎟️Tocynnau/Tickets: gwylarall.com/calendr/2025... Dewch yn llu! All welcome! @folklorewales.com

I’ve started thinking about the oldness of bookshops and now I can’t stop 📚 open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

The Book History Bite Newsletter is up, up and away! Subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

This is despicable- I lived in Kent and used Deal library growing up so this makes me really sad. www.thebookseller.com/news/transge...

Bookhaus is a brilliant bookshop and we are lucky to have it in Bristol! Donate if you can and please share to your networks, especially if you work in the book trade. We need shops like this and booksellers like Darran 📚 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus--...

The Bookseller’s Association tree is real. It lives in the gardens of Stationer’s Hall and is the oldest plane tree in London. When the Hall was the granter of copyright if there were books or printed materials deemed ‘unsuitable’ they would be burnt near the foot of the tree.

Very excited to have @shedworking.bsky.social fantastic new book out with @calonbooks.bsky.social next month on my desk this morning! Why not pre-order a copy so you can #ReadWelshly this summer? ☀️ blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... 📚

The mermaid went on their first ever title published in 1936. This image was in the newspapers after the Penguin books takeover but the two companies worked together because Penguin bought lots of rights for their paperbacks from MJ 📚 (a clever business model).

This is one of my favourite letters to The Bookseller mag in the 19th century from a very disgruntled bookseller 🤣 📚 I remember clearly I had been going through pages and pages for a good couple of hours and this just made me giggle 🤭

Something about @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social #indiebookshopweek open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

#Indiebookshopweek 📚

It's all in the Book History Bite newsletter this month, take a look here 📚https://open.substack.com/pub/bookhistorybite/p/irish-bookshops-pod-and-returns?r=7tgut&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Went to a retirement party tonight of someone who has contributed a lot to the book trade- he introduced Print on Demand to the UK which was no easy feat. He’s a good person too and helped me get to write my first book trade history book. These people are the real treasures in our industry. 📚 📚

Useful Welsh phrase for me 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

My mum made me birthday cupcakes 🥰 😭

Worrying news 📚 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Bookshops of Galway 🇮🇪 📚

Birthday treat on the Aran islands 🎈

Arrived in Ireland and it would be rude not to!

Very excited to work on getting this book full of books out and about this July!- If you are a bookseller or blogger, journalist or internet sensation then let me know and I will get a proof in the post! #books #newbooks #booksaboutbooks #Wales www.waterstones.com/book/my-year...