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📣 JULY EVENTS! 📣 We’ve a jam-packed July coming up featuring events with Chris McDonald, Robert Rutherford, John Sutherland, Lily Samson, Steph McGovern, Gràinne O’Hare, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Robin Ince, Harriet Constable, Shahnaz Ahsan, Leigh Radford, Dominic Nolan and Guy Hale! #BookSky 📚💜

A WEEK TODAY! We can’t wait to welcome the brilliant Jess Kidd to our Stockport shop next Tuesday when she’ll be talking to Louise Savidge about MURDER AT GULLS NEST - the first in her sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen. 🎫👇🏻

Just received a finished copy of Louise Hegarty’s incredible debut novel FAIR PLAY and look at those stunning end papers! We loved, loved, loved this book - a playful satire on detective novels and locked room mysteries that becomes so much more and had us both laughing and crying. #BookSky 💜📚

An amazing event last night celebrating John Ironmonger’s THE WAGER AND THE BEAR, an important novel of two very different men and a feud that spans fifty years - a heart-stopping tale of anger, tragedy, and enduring love, cast against the long unfolding backdrop of an irreversible global crisis.

Visited @serenitybookshop.bsky.social in the fine town of Stockport for the first time last night - a superb shop, team and setup. Cheers @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social! And another cracking Base Notes launch week event for Adelle too, officially out TODAY

WOW! We’re feeling incredibly grateful for all the fantastic support for our first @stockportnoir.bsky.social festival yesterday - we had an absolutely amazing time! A huge thank you to all the authors, sponsors and our wonderful attendees who turned up in their droves! Roll on 2026! #BookSky 💜📚

Short blog post about #StockportNoir with thanks to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social @serenitybookshop.bsky.social for their brilliant organisation of this new event! There are tickets available for 2026 already! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto... wp.me/p4HLmW-aA

Thank you @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social for making so much possible and just being your amazing self! Here’s to many more great events!

The latest from @clmillerauthor.bsky.social is out on 13th Feb and it's addictive reading. Can't wait to see her at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next week (11th Feb)!

📢Final call! ENDS 15th Feb!📢 BUDDING WRITERS! Short story comp to celebrate 25 years of Murder Squad! 📖 Open to new writers aged 18+ 🕵️ Original stories up to 1500 words 🔚 15/02/25 For submission details visit murdersquad.co.uk/competition/ @thecwa.bsky.social @serenitybookshop.bsky.social

One for the diary! May 21st, all of Murder Squad Authors at Stockport Guild Hall as guests of the wonderul folks @serenitybookshop.bsky.social! www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo... @thecwa.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social

If you are able, please do support Indy bookshops. The near monopoly of an online giant is skewering the industry. Without Indies, we simply wouldn't be here. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @serenitybookshop.bsky.social @trumanbooks.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social

A wonderful sold-out crowd for our first event of the year with two giants of crime fiction! Mark Billingham and Chris Hammer we’re here discussing their latest novels THE WRONG HANDS and THE BROKEN RIVER and we got a fantastic insight into their writing processes as well as plenty of laughs!

Fantastic to see @robparkerauthor.bsky.social’s THE TROUBLED DEEP as Book of the Week in Heat! We can’t wait to welcome him back to the Romiley shop next Thursday (23rd Jan) when he’ll be chatting about the book with @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social Tickets available instore and via link below 👇🏻

NEW EVENT! We're delighted to be welcoming Jonny Sweet to the Romiley shop on Tues 4th March to celebrate the paperback release of his stunning debut novel THE KELLERBY CODE - a delightfully dark and funny thriller that is perfect for fans of The Talented Mr Ripley and Saltburn. 💜📚 #BookSky 🎫👇🏻

Announcing the BASE NOTES tour... Adelle Stripe is heading out on the road to discuss her new book and sign copies, including some very special guests at select dates. All ticket info (and book pre-orders) at geni.us/BaseNotes More details below, and further dates TBA ⬇️

2025 is well and truly here and there are lots of fantastic new fiction titles on the way! You still have time to catch up on some of the 2024 novels you may have missed though and here are just a few of our favourites to help jog your memory… 💜📚 #BookSky

I began listening to this collection of Hilary Mantel’s writing on audio because I’d run out of podcasts to listen to whilst cooking etc and honestly it is wonderful. She has opinions on everything from films, princesses, politics and of course, writing. All of it masterfully written.

TEAM SERENITY! Anna, Lou, David, Tom, Kelly and Chris. A quick pint together ahead of the final crazy week before Christmas! Come visit us in Romiley or Stockport - say hi, have a chat and maybe, it you’re so inclined, buy some books! 💜📚

Your closest independent book shop doesn’t have to stock your book because you’re a local author. Even less so if you have never stepped foot in/ been a customer of/ supported in any way said book shop, which is still not a guarantee in itself.

Some lovely little red books that are currently flying off the shelves! KILLING TIME - Alan Bennett BOB THE ROBIN - Tony Putman SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE - Claire Keegan 💜📚 #booksky

Have you visited our new Stockport shop yet?

NEW EVENT! The brilliant @robparkerauthor.bsky.social will be at the Romiley shop on Thursday 23rd January to celebrate the release of THE TROUBLED DEEP - his gripping new crime thriller that introduces us to cold case diver Cam Killick. Rob will be in conversation with @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social

Both the Romiley and Stockport bookshops are open every day between now and the big day and we’ve lots of festive titles to gift (or keep for yourself!) this Christmas. From cosy crime and spooky stories to children’s classics and pocket-sized poetry - we’ve something for everyone… 🎄

The feeling is very much mutual! The support you give myself - and so many other authors - is astonishing! We’re all so grateful, and cheering you on!

Thanks Rob, your support means so much!

Two genuine, bonafide, bricks-and-mortar, independent, proper bookshops! We’ve kept both accessible as a top priority for wheelchairs, mobility aides and prams. Everyone is welcome! 💜

The #GordonBurnPrize longlist is always an exciting mix of fiction and non-fiction and showcases some of the best experimental writing being produced at the moment. Some shop favourites on there including Rita Bullwinkel’s HEADSHOT and Nicolas Padamsee’s ENGLAND IS MINE plus lots to discover!

Very close, yes! The shop faces Merseyway, you can see it as you walk in the direction of ASDA. Between Pound Bakery and The British Heart Foundation Furniture Shop.

Our second Independent bookshop opens TOMORROW! So excited, tired, nervous, grateful and so happy to be bringing this to Stockport. If you’re about, come and say hello! @serenitybookshop.bsky.social #independentbookshop

The 2024 Nero Book Awards shortlist has been announced! There are some fantastic titles across the four categories and great to see shop favourite Ferdia Lennon on the Debut Fiction list with his wonderful debut GLORIOUS EXPLOITS! www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

Panel Announcement for Stockport Noir Time to start planning your day!

You’re going to love it! Soon…

Was thrilled to be asked to contribute to @lunatejournal.bsky.social’s BOOKS OF THE YEAR feature alongside some of my favourite writers! I got to bang on about some incredible titles from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social, @andotherstories.bsky.social and loads more! 💜📚 www.lunate.co.uk/home/boty-20...

Just 2 tickets left for this! Get your skates on if you’re planning on coming to hear Mark Billingham and Chris Hammer discuss their latest books in the new year!

Which is your favourite Almodóvar movie that you watched with your girlfriend and she broke up with you afterwards because she expected you to have a thoughtful emotional response to it but your only reaction was to mention how much you liked the furniture?

A full house last night for our final event of the year - MERRY CRIMEMAS! Martin Griffin, @davidfennell.bsky.social, S L McManus and @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social were here discussing their work and all things Christmassy! A huge thank you to all the authors and, as ever, our wonderful audience! 🎄

A massive thanks to Chris & David at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social for hosting me, @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social, Martin Griffin & Sarah McManus at the Merry Crimeas event. Thanks also to everyone who came along. Loved talking to you all. And cheers @chriswillocks.bsky.social for the pics below.

Jaykers – Leonard and Hungry Paul up to #12 in the Amazon contemporary literary fiction chart after last night's appearance on Between the Covers on BBC. Five years after its publication, it's still wombling its way into people's lives. Lovely to see.

We’ve had a busy few days working on the new Stockport shop and the first of the shelving is starting to go up! Not long now… 💜📚

Feeling festive… ❄️

Instead of “once upon a time,” Korean folk and fairy tales often begin with 호랑이 담배 피우던 시절에. It means “back when tigers smoked (pipes)”

The chart was complied by asking our customers and local community to name their top three favourite books of all time! What three titles would you have picked?