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We love books, dogs in bookshops, and customers who laugh at our jokes
Meanwhile back in the shop to celebrate selling a hundred copies of Alchemised we asked
@penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social
if they could find us something special for a lucky customer. They came through, and it's safe to say someone was delighted. Thank you!
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Day out in Edinburgh, coming back with a very pleasing pile of books which feel just right for winter nights. Uneasy Elixers is a cracking cocktail book. Lots of classics with smart twists inspired by Edward Gorey. I'm keeping this one but it would make a fantastic present
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JacquiWine
4 days ago
New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson. A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/crooked-cross-by-sally-carson/
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This afternoon! Do come down and meet lovely
@amdassu.bsky.social
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@amdassu.bsky.social
will be in the shop on Saturday the 8th signing her new book. She is brilliant, the book is beautiful, come and say hello
9 days ago
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A. M. Dassu (Az)
9 days ago
Join me!
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@amdassu.bsky.social
will be in the shop on Saturday the 8th signing her new book. She is brilliant, the book is beautiful, come and say hello
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JacquiWine
14 days ago
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Just in case you haven’t seen this programme…it’s all kinds of wonderful!
#BarbaraPym
#BookSky
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Philippa East (Author)
14 days ago
My
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#TheOdessaFile
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It's little but lovely book season, and to tell you its costing me a fortune would be an understatement. So Many Beautiful Books 📚
16 days ago
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Tom Cox
19 days ago
I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.
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Patrick Ness
19 days ago
The more I think about this, the more I wish it was more inclusive. I know where it comes from, but there are young YA books and chapter books and picture books of astounding brilliance. If Shaun Tan or Helen Oxenbury can’t win it, can you really call it Best Children’s book? A good step, but…
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What a day yesterday was. We had an unexpected visit from the absolute icon that is Miriam Margolyes. Star struck doesn't cover it. She is fabulous
20 days ago
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Everyone ready for Philip Pullman day tomorrow? We're already to go with tote bags, bookmarks, books (obviously) and postcards. We're mildly excited...
22 days ago
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Rachel Feder
about 1 month ago
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Tymofiy Mylovanov
about 1 month ago
“I had read Hemingway and Remarque for years. I thought they knew everything about war. But they didn’t know mine.” “When I came back from the front and saw my bookshelf, I felt like a fool,” wrote 25y old Ukrainian soldier and author Artur Dron in UP. 1/
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What do booksellers argue about? In our shop its mostly about where books go. Is it romance, horror, or fantasy? A gifting edition or a limited edition hardback? Did a customer put it there or do we really have someone who thinks a man called Don wrote a book called Cerventes?
about 1 month ago
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Vesna Main
about 1 month ago
Please help this wonderful publisher. The best stuff comes from independents,
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KJ Charles
about 1 month ago
These are the utterly heaven-sent people who publish the historical A-Zs of London, so if you write London-set historicals, you want to follow!
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James Barr
about 1 month ago
My Thatcher100 anecdote. Summer 1998. I am a keen shot and have narrowly squeezed into the GB under-25s rifle shooting and am shortly off to Canada for its annual open competition and the match vs the Canadians.
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Fly on the Wall Press
about 1 month ago
"This will be...a global legend". Join author
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and
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for the inaugural Fly on the Wall book club! Discussing legacies, grief, & of course, polar bears, this cli-fi novel is a treasure trove.
fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893...
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Book Club: The Wager and the Bear
Book Club Selection: The Wager and the Bear by John IronmongerGenre: Climate Fiction/Literary FictionSetting: Cornwall to Greenland, spanning 50 yearsSynopsisWhen young idealist Tom publicly humiliate...
https://fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893/book-club-the-wager-and-the-bear/
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Waterstones Swansea
about 1 month ago
Miriam Margolyes is coming to our shop! Next Friday, October 17th from 12.30, Miriam will be signing her brand new book, The Little Book of Miriam. There's no need to book in advance - just turn up on the day. Arrive early to avoid disappointment!
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Corinne Fowler
about 1 month ago
My book Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain shows that Enclosure was often paid for with slavery wealth. The two histories are entangled.
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Not book related - but beautiful
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about 1 month ago
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Weird fans 👀
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TC Parker/Dr Nat Edwards (she/her)
about 1 month ago
I did English at undergrad, media & politics at PhD. I run a research agency (when I'm not writing), using linguistics & anthropology/ethnography skills I learned at university. Through this, I pay tax & I pay people. In a very literal sense, my degrees make an economic contribution BUT... (1/2)
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All set up to sell
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books at a conference this morning - with the added bonus of being let out of our basement and seeing some sunlight
about 1 month ago
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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
about 1 month ago
On the Ramblings today, more Golden Age Crime! This time, a new title from
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the wonderfully atmospheric Scandalize My Name! Really enjoyed this one - more here:
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“…hatred, fear envy; which will it prove to be this time…” #GAcrime
I’m gradually making my way through the most recent set of review copies kind provided by British Library Publishing, and was moved towards the end of August to pick up “Scandalize My N…
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/hatred-fear-envy-which-will-it-prove-to-be-this-time-gacrime/
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Thoroughly enjoying Murder Before Evensong on 5. Is it as good as the book? (The book is always better isn't it!)
about 1 month ago
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Natalie Haynes
about 1 month ago
All aboard - and watch out for sirens… The Fate of Ophelia music video, Taylor Swift, 2025 | Jason & the Argonauts, Edmund Dulac, 1918 | Athenian red-figure clay vase, 425-375 BCE, Jatta National Archaeological Museum 🌊
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You can't sum up Jilly Cooper better than this.
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about 1 month ago
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Tom Cox
about 1 month ago
I've been feeling a bit down about this book, to be honest. I worked harder on it than I worked on any of my 14 others and very early reactions seemed to be largely skim-read appraisals about some other book I don't recall writing. It's so nice to see people starting to properly connect with it.
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Starting the week with yesterday's
#DogsInBookshops
all very good pups indeed. The sun is shining, the air is crisp, it's looking good out there for walks and reading
about 1 month ago
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What a day - and what a lot of dogs we've met. Two stopped for pictures. One very good boy interviewed for a behind the counter roll but declined in the grounds that the hourly rate isn't paid in snacks. The disappointment is palpable
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about 1 month ago
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Doors open in 36 minutes. Am i ready? I am not. If ever the weather called for a good book, a comfy sofa, and possibly a borrowed dog, its today. What's everyone not at work reading today?
about 1 month ago
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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now)
about 1 month ago
So many FIENDs (and TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS by
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) Thank you
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for sharing--an author's dream come true
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Got my hands on a proof - 60 pages in, and oh, are we all in for a treat. Loving every word
about 1 month ago
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Waterstones Ipswich
about 2 months ago
Join us at Waterstones Ipswich, Fri 7th Nov, 7-8.30pm, for An Evening of British Folklore, and step into a year of stories, traditions, and celebrations with
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Louie Stowell
about 2 months ago
V interesting piece on the genre of literary fiction. One thing it's missing is the borderland between SFF and litfic, which imo is one of the most contested...
www.thenovelry.com/blog/literar...
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Literary Fiction Explained (and How to Know If You’re Writing It) | The Blog | The Novelry
Curious about literary fiction? This guide breaks down what it is, how it differs from genre fiction, and helps writers work out if they are writing literary fiction.
https://www.thenovelry.com/blog/literary-fiction
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Come and meet a Leicester legend
about 2 months ago
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Spooky season looking well provided for this year
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and Alma Classics have amazing Classics weird and horror
about 2 months ago
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Gabby
about 2 months ago
The Tainted Cup by
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Rosewind
about 2 months ago
My faithful copy of All Systems Red (I’ve given away ~30 so this is very much a book of Theseus in some ways) which will be traveling with me today to Oxford for my Gaude I adore The Murderbot Diaires—they are just genius! Brilliant! Cannot over-praise them 🖤🖤🖤
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So many great books around at the moment. This is some of what I'll be dipping in and out of this week. What are you reading at the moment?
about 2 months ago
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Mary Portas on the radio this morning - really interesting, physical shops really are all about human connection. This is going to be well worth a read.
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I Shop, Therefore I Am by Mary Portas | Waterstones
Buy I Shop, Therefore I Am by Mary Portas from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/i-shop-therefore-i-am/mary-portas/9781837264414
about 2 months ago
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Is this nature telling me its finally time to read Moby Dick?
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about 2 months ago
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Emma | 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖
about 2 months ago
*NEW BLOG POST* My review of
#TheImpossibleFortune
by Richard Osman is live on
#damppebbles
! Absolutely gorgeous. Hilariously funny, utterly heartwarming, and so beautifully written. I am well and truly smitten. My review ➡️
buff.ly/iqYlEIC
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Mark Bradley
about 2 months ago
If you are involved with making comics please, please, please take the short amount of time to fill this survey in - it’s genuinely vital information for understanding the current UK comics landscape!
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