this is a wonderful book

Our Book of the Week is Sarah Perry's "Death of an Ordinary Man" - pick up your signed copies here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/death-...

been asked by the boss to update our kerfuffle policy to include a section on "effing and jeffing"

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

It's a great pleasure this evening to welcome back Sarah Howe to read from her long-awaited new collection FORETOKENS and discuss it with Sandeep Parmar You can order a signed copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/foreto...

They are but it's a 'thing' to pretend they're not

really astonished to learn that gen z is not aware of the difference between coddled and shirred eggs

TOMORROW NIGHT: Sarah Perry, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT, will be at the shop to discuss her new memoir, DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN, with Amy Key. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sarah-perr...

Plenty more signed copies of L.A. Baby! now available. Order yours here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/l.a.-b...

🎧 PODCAST🎧 Jacqueline Rose discusses revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg, German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, film icon Marilyn Monroe, and her book WOMEN IN DARK TIMES with Yasmin El-Rifae Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): lrb.me/1g3 @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

‘I am a person who lives with defeat. It is not about me, it is about the things I have written about – those have been smashed over many times. Should we shut up because nothing is happening? No. We have to keep doing what we do.’ Our Author of the Month for October is Arundhati Roy lrb.me/pg3

AN ANECDOTE OF TACITUS tacitus, the roman historian, was sorting out sunday dinner with his two nephews. he was in charge of the meat and the yorkshires and they were doing the veg.

REQUEST FOR BLUESKY HELP i have put a couple of courgettes in the fridge and am very nervous that, when i get off work at half 6, i am going to forget to transfer them into my rucksack.

pan macmillan are surely the only publisher named after a haircut

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EVENTS THIS WEEK lrb.me/events WED: an evening of poetry with Sarah Howe & Sandeep Parmar lrb.me/9g3 THURS: Sarah Perry on her astonishing new memoir DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN with Amy Key lrb.me/dg3 @vintagebooks.bsky.social

Our Book of the Week is "Will There Ever Be Another You" by Patricia Lockwood - pick up your signed copies here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/will-t...

one like = one miniature bulldog clip on top of the new fred seidel collection

New podcast alert!! T.J. Clark and Caroline Arscott discuss Those Passions www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

the booker prize judges make a lot of fuss about having to read 153 books. but assuming an average weight of 750g per book, that comes in at 115kg of literature - or just under the weight of a single adult male ostrich

Christopher Clark and Marina Warner in conversation, discussing Christopher's gripping new book *A Scandal in Königsberg* - order a signed copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/a-scan...

feeling a little under parr

AND THE WINNERS OF THE MARTHA MILLS YOUNG WRITERS’ PRIZE 2025 ARE........ 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 Erioluwa Babatunde, Rosa Caughie and Nellie Rosenthal! Congratulations to all three! lrb.me/kg3

THIS THURSDAY! Sasha Debevec-McKenney joins us to read from her debut poetry collection JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) and discuss her work with Jack Underwood Still a few tickets left – book yours here: lrb.me/ra3

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due to a mix-up with the rota there are six booksellers in the shop today. astonishingly, out of those six, i am the only one to have heard of the band "the killers"

yesterday on my way back from work the band "biffy clyro" came into my head apropos of nothing. haven't heard anything of theirs since "the vertigo of bliss" from 2003 (banger), stuck on a shonky ballad called "many of horror" and was not keen so listened to something else. anyway [ctd - 1/25]

new podcast alert! Richard Scott reading from his new @faberbooks.bsky.social collection *That Broke Into Shining Crystals*, and in conversation with Emily Berry and Jane Yeh. Listen here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

🍂AUTUMN PICKS🍂 No prizes for guessing what book Gayle’s most excited about this autumn (there’s a new Claire-Louise Bennett out), but there’s lots more to look forward to... Find what’s made Gayle’s list here: lrb.me/ea3

It's a huge pleasure to have Claire-Louise Bennett here tonight for a special pre-publication event for her new novel BIG KISS, BYE-BYE, in conversation with Devorah Baum The book is not out until 9 October, but you can pre-order a signed copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/big-ki...

There is a Bow Bells pub, thisisthebowbells.co.uk and St Mary-le-Bow has 12 bells so maybe that counts www.stmarylebow.org.uk/bells/

In Porkellis, Cornwall, there used to be a Fifteen Bells www.thestarinnporkellis.com

LONDON PUBS NAMED AFTER DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF BELLS. an investigation

mary renault's classic novel about three elderly ancient greek layabouts, who end up going downhill in a bathtub

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THIS TUESDAY! Join us at Conway Hall for Patricia Lockwood's only UK event for her new novel WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU. She'll be in conversation with Joe Dunthorne Plus: your chance to get a SIGNED COPY a week before publication! Grab your tickets here: lrb.me/ya3

A real treat this evening to have Ian Patterson and Ali Smith discussing Ian's new book BOOKS - A MANIFESTO, out today from @wnbooks.bsky.social We'll have signed copies, which you can order here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/books-...

lovely communal atmosphere on the 94 bus this morning - a gent at the back of the top deck pulled out a portable grill and began cooking souvlaki. more than enough for everybody. a lady two rows away had a head of lettuce in her bag which she also shared

Sasha Debevec-McKenney will be at the shop on 25 September to talk to Jack Underwood about her debut poetry collection, JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME. Tickets here:

In the latest episode of the podcast, listen to poet and playwright Ariana Reines read from her new book, 𝘞𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. Reines was in conversation with critic and academic Alice Blackhurst. Listen here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

On Tuesday, @tricialockwood.bsky.social will be at Conway Hall talking to Joe Dunthorne about her upcoming novel, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶, in her only UK event for the book. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patricia-l...

mr. pickwick / beowulf crossover called "hwæt the dickens"

The British Academy Book Prize 2025 shortlist is here! Each book offers a new perspective on issues of global importance, driven by rigorous research and an ability to tell powerful stories in an engaging and compelling way. 📖 Discover the full list here: https://bit.ly/4glo8Jo

The @britishacademy.bsky.social Book Prize 2025 shortlist has been announced! Find out more about the shortlisted books on our website: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/br...

On Tuesday 30 September, Jenny Uglow and Fiona Stafford will be at the shop to discuss the life and work of ‘the father of ecology’, Gilbert White. Tickets here:

"new money, suit, and tie / I can read you like a magazine", brags tailor swift in 2014's "Blank Space". but this is not particularly impressive - of the three things she mentions, two are items of clothing. if reading someone like a magazine is just saying what they're wearing then anyone can do it

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Ah but do you Larbers have any outposts in America

the LRB has the London Review Bookshop. the TLS has a lettings agency on the outskirts of slough

Next Tuesday, @tricialockwood.bsky.social will be at Conway Hall talking to Joe Dunthorne about her new novel, WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU, in her only UK event for the book. Tickets here: