Introducing… Chris Bader! Professor of Sociology at Chapman University in the US, Chris has been instrumental in designing our survey and analysing the results. He’s also about to publish ‘Paranormal Britain’, a closer look at British beliefs. Read more here:

Winter Cauldron Mixed media www.mickoxley.com/product/orig...

Another #buyastrangerabook offer! Yesterday, @jenillustrates.bsky.social sent me £20 to spend on someone who wants to get ahead on Xmas pressie buying. So, if you're planning on getting someone a book for xmas (of course you are), let us know what it is, and Jen will buy it! UK only

ANOTHER #buyastrangerabook day offer. @lnr.bsky.social has sent me £20, to buy someone a book. That's any book you'd like, not just the stuff on my website. If there's a book you'd really like, just let us know. Maybe we can help! UK only.

People are making Rapture jokes like there's no tomorrow

Here's a #buyastrangerabook day offer, unclaimed from last week. @whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a book by either Sam Selvon or James Baldwin. Here's a selection, so if there's one you'd like, just get in touch! UK only.

Well, this is stunning. Hire the hell out of this person.

Charlie Nutbrown is a children’s writer from Bristol. He has worked as a musician, a newspaper subeditor, and a ghostwriter. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two children. His debut novel, “The Feathered Book”, is published by Everything With Words on 11 September. A locked-room mystery, it…

I know I already said goodnight but who wants to publish a lavishly illustrated volume of From Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury? I am ready. ( After Dunsany, I mean)

The Folklore Library & Archive is moving into new premises and the charity has a big fundraiser for this. We have been offered some nationally significant bequests of items and we need your help to make sure they aren't lost. Can you contribute and share? www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The grooviest of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

#namjooning before I see Jin

hi! ticket in section 112 for tomorrow in tampa still has not been sold. will take less than face value to a known/vetted army in need so jinnie can have all seats filled. $115 obo. thank you! #btshelp

Hey. This is a late night soft launch I'm starting a thing called the "Big Green Books 500 Club". It's a thing where, with your help, we can regularly get £500 of books into schools who need them. It costs just £1 a week. Here's the plan. biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo... Please share.

Can you guys share this. I want to gift an army a ticket to day one in Tampa. #BTS

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @catphoto.bsky.social keeps on rolling. No takers last week. No takers so far this week. A free book to anyone who works in the service industry etc, up to £20. Check the offer out and if you'd like a book, do get in touch. UK only

Hey! I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer. @catphoto.bsky.social has sent me some dosh and would like to buy someone a book up to £20 for anyone in a service industry/gig-economy job. So if that's you, and you'd like a book, get in touch! UK only.

Ickle teefs #caturday

ANOTHER #buyastrangerabook day offer! @sarahfoxspeaker.bsky.social has sent me £25, to buy someone (or maybe two people) a book of their choice. So, if you've been wanting a particular book, but for any reason haven't got round to getting it, let us know and you may be in luck! UK only

YES! IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The grooviest of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

Seaside stroll and found my first orchid!

Hello. I'm doing another raffle. You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice. All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools. Tickets are just £2 each Details HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... PLEASE Repost (ta).

#caturday #surrealism 📷 Jonathan Koon

I've just realised I've topped 30K followers, thank you all, but as I'm poor I can only do a UK giveaway as a thank you You have to like, and share this post and be following me to be in with a change to win one of two bear pins No competition accounts and UK only, end midnight BST 8th June

Sagittarius: BACK! BACK, VILE DEMON! RETURN TO THE HELL THAT SPAWNED YOU! You're going to be hearing a lot today.

Another #buyastrangerabook day offer! Having recently visited Venice and Murano, @norfolkbookworm.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier. If this is something you'd like, get in touch! UK only.

It's Wednesday tomorrow. #buyastrangerabook day! People are amazing and buy strangers books! And people ask for books too. It's probably the best thing that ever happened on Bluesky. www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

#caturday Cooper sitting pretty

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The grooviest of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK ONLY.

Original canvas, 30 x 30 cm , in acrylic, with ALL proceeds to ICU Ward 18 at Newcastle RVI. £200

20th March 2025 06.13

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. A groovy kind of day all round.. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK ONLY.

Can't decide on what to read next 🤔

Let's hear from all you writers today, tell us all a little bit about yourself, what projects you have on the go, what you have written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links #WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift

If you are interested in working with folklore in the kinds of ways that I do, then we are always happy to hear from people who would like to volunteer their time to work on projects for The Folklore Library and Archive Email [email protected] or drop me a DM

More amazing #buyastrangerabook day action. @helenliz.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person either of these two books by Laila Lalani. The Other Americans or The Dream Hotel. Blurb in ALT If you'd like one just get in touch. UK only

This is, I guess, as good a time as any to let friends here know I was laid off this week and that I'm looking for work. I have 15+ combined years in games marketing, narrative, writing, & bizdev. So, hey, if you know anybody hiring, my DMs are open.

It's Wednesday! It's "Buy A Stranger a Book" day on Bluesky! I'll give away two books. FOR FREE. If there's a book you want let me know. If YOU want to "Buy a Stranger a Book" too get in touch! #buyastrangerabook Here's what it's all about. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

Last week our volunteers were busy constructing some fish hotels. Once placed into the estuary these will provide shelter and nursery space for a range of fish and crab species. The best part of the day was coming up with some fun fish puns to name them.

It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow. It's #buyastrangerabook day EVERY Wednesday. You can buy a book for someone, or you can ask for one. It's as simple as that! Read all about it HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

Ian got a book. All he did was ask! It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow. It's #buyastrangerabook day EVERY Wednesday. You can buy a book for someone, or you can ask for one. It's as simple as that! Read all about it HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

❤️Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ Junior and Scylla plushies are out now! Only available for a limited time

After Little Mari has repaired the broken hearts she lets them go. They are still very fragile but she hopes that they are appreciated and finally feel whole again.

Love the ghostie

Thank you everyone who helped with fish hotel construction!🐟🏨we built them by drilling holes in shells, stringing them together, constructing gabion cages and hanging the shells in the cages. Thanks to our volunteers we now have 10 fish refuges ready to provide shelter for marine life in the estuary

Here are twelve books. I'm selling them for a fiver each (free P+P) If you'd like any of them just let me know. UK ONLY

This is published next Thursday. But look. I've got it early! SIGNED copies of Hungerstone by Kat Dunn. A fierce, powerful sapphic reworking of CARMILLA, the book that inspired DRACULA. You can order one HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...