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Only working class bookshop in Belfast. Out of print books about 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland at our tiny York Rd store and new books are at www.belfastbooks.co.uk with audiobooks at libro.fm/belfastbooks and author services at willmybooksell.com

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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Many authors find out there's no market for what they've written after they've paid 1000s. Not us - we've done it the other way round writing 'Bootstrap Bookshop: A Guerrilla Guide to Opening a Bookstore Anywhere' certain it will sell. Test yours free, or don't. Your money. willmybooksell.com
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Will My Book Sell? An Honest Author Reality Check Before You Publish
Whether you are dreaming up a book, writing one, or already published, get an honest, commercial read on whether it will sell from Mr Books, the world famous Belfast bookseller. Start free.
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you follow us over on Twitter you’ll know what this is about. If you don’t, you do now.
Photorealistic close-up of an aged, cream-colored dictionary page with dried coffee stains and rings. The entry for ‘contrarian’ is in bold serif font, with pronunciation ‘kuhn-TRAIR-ee-uhn’ in italics, followed by ‘noun’. Three humorous definitions: 1. Someone who toasts Veda because they’ve let it go stale. 2. Someone who calls chips in a bap a ‘chip butty’. 3. Someone who slices a soda farl horizontally instead of vertically before frying.
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
No stock moves ⚡️ than superhero graphic novels and manga. Check out both for worldwide delivery here👇👇👇 🦸‍♂️ belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/... 🇯🇵 belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/...
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Dec 2025 Manga
Belfast’s #1 used and new bookshop, specialising in Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ books, politics, war, sci-fi, horror, classics, cookery, biographies and books on trains. Business and education credit ...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🎤*”Gonna buy some classics - gonna read them in my attic…” Over 450 Penguin classics for wistful, whimsical, romantic you to peruse, possibly purchase and share with other book lovers. #booksky #resistamazon #shopindie belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/... *inspired by Adrian Gurvitz’s ‘Classic’.
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
How's BlueSky working out for you all? If you want to be honest then...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
This sought after book is currently Publisher Out of Stock (POS) in the UK, but the skanks at Amazon are still pretending they've stock of it, hoping to trick people into paying for a book they have ZERO prospect of getting. Little wonder Bezos can afford a $500m yacht and a rumoured $600m wedding🙄
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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 27/12/2024
Congratulations @belfastbooks.bsky.social you're the 100th lovely indie bookstore in my #StarterPack! go.bsky.app/AHQhv2z
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Can some please stop Mr Books from considering using fridges instead of bookshelves to shelve books?
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Plenty of movement in what's selling well in our #ItWasOnlyAWinterSale 30% off promo. Books by Sharon Davis and Leigh Francis up near the top. Code you need at checkout is THEONLYWAYISESSEX www.belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/...
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It Was Only a Winter Sale
Belfast’s #1 used and new bookshop, specialising in Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ books, politics, war, sci-fi, horror, classics, cookery, biographies and books on trains. Business and education credit ...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
20% off veggie and vegan books in our 'Veganuary' promotion using code 'SPROUTS'. www.belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/...
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2025 Veganuary Books
Explore the best books for Veganuary. Delicious vegan recipes, tips, and inspiration to kickstart your plant-based journey. Perfect for beginners & food lovers
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The last posting day before Christmas in the U.K. is THE worst day of the year for Mr Books, as it's the day he takes all the panicked calls from people let down by Amazon🥺
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
If you support Amazon rather than indie bookshops can I suggest you look away now... #booksky 📚 www.belfastbooks.co.uk
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Every year Mrs Books and I have a competition to see who sells the most books on #BookshopDotOrg This year she's gone with cat themed books and calendars, despite me telling her no one is going to buy a 'Cat Shaming Calendar'🚫 uk.bookshop.org/lists/purr-f...
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Purr-fect Picks: The Ultimate List of Cat and Kitty Books and Calendars
Explore our delightful collection of cat-themed books and calendars! From heartwarming tales to adorable imagery, these purr-fect picks are ideal for cat lovers and make great gifts. Dive into the wor...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Our mailing list has had this since yesterday, now we're opening this 25% off offer on over 400 books to everyone. Code at checkout is 'ULSTERFRY' and ends 2359 tomorrow (Fri). 📣But there's more... FREE UK delivery when you spend £25 or more. www.belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/...
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25% Code Only for Our Email Subscribers
Get the best titles at 25% off exclusively for Belfast Books email subscribers! Sign up now to unlock your discount and enjoy amazing savings on your next read
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Indie presses: what are they? They may also be called small presses or small publishers, but bear in mind the term also means those not part of a conglomerate, ergo also Faber and Faber and Bloomsbury. Here's the book you start with. For your book, but also magazines, journals, for poetry - ta da
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Why Every Author Should Build Strong Bonds With Their Local Bookshops troubador.co.uk/blog/importa...
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Why Every Author Should Build Strong Bonds With Their Local Bookshops
In this article, I have focused on why local bookshops offer authors unexpected opportunities to gain visibility and why they should be a key part of any author's sales and marketing strategy when sel...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Any guesses what would get more reposts and likes on here? 1. A post supporting indie authors and a link to a website containing almost 200 of their books OR 2. A picture of a cat wearing glasses that say 'F@#K TRUMP' Answer 1 or 2 in any reply or repost...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Mushrooms you say? Northern Ireland's world famous breakfast - the #UlsterFry says "NEVER, NEVER...NEVER!!!"
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David Rhys Lewis ⚽️🏉🏏 @taffneydave.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Right, time to draw a line. ------------------------------ If I don't recognise your name, you have no profile picture & your page is blank, I Won't Follow You Back. ------------------------------
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Baroness Raine Von Screamski 🎃 @rainesz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
One last Blake's 7 picture of mine before Doctor Who Day starts tomorrow. Here's Avon (with Zen and Orac) and yes, he never had both those guns at the same time - but probably wishes he did. #Blakes7
Avon from Blake's 7, standing in front of Zen. He is holding the two different guns he used in the series. Orac is beside him.
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M.H. Law @itsmhlaw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This is my bookstore, Phoenix Books in Montreal. Show her some love. 🖤
Books!Cute kids book sectionBooks with a sign that says 'Buy Local'Cozy bookstore
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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 22/11/2024
very quiet day today three customers buying a teen popping in for a nose oh well but we did do our first sale via blusky woo-hoo!
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
There isn't a bookshop in the UK more 'indie' than us. No one is as small, poor or bootstrappy as us, and we're amplifying indie authors by opening an #IndieWindae on our website to showcase high quality self published books. First up...Troubador Publishing www.belfastbooks.co.uk/collections/...
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Indie Windae November 24 - Troubador Publishing
Belfast’s #1 used and new bookshop, specialising in Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ books, politics, war, sci-fi, horror, classics, cookery, biographies and books on trains. Business and education credit ...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We're at that point with following back that we're considering petitioning Parliament to add an extra day onto the week.
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Ah...those halcyon days when chain bookshops weren't owned by greedy grabby hedge funds...
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David Rhys Lewis ⚽️🏉🏏 @taffneydave.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Who wants to share my love potato?
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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I'm doing some work with my online children's literature students this morning and it's a delight to see them grow and develop their work. If you'd like to come on board, I've a new intake starting in Jan for British Children's Literature in the 20th Century: www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/briti...
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British Children’s Literature in the 20th Century | Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 18/11/2024
Hello, we're new here👋 We are The Bookseller, at the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 Follow for the latest updates from the book trade!
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Word of the Day is ‘gwenders’, from old Cornish dialect: a disagreeable tingling in the extremities (or no sensation at all) due to extreme cold.
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Paul Bearman @paulbearman.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Exactly 22 months ago, I turned round to my girlfriend and said, “Maybe I could make a podcast about The Who?” 22 months later, I’m happy to announce that the first episode has finally been released, and it’s available on all good podcast apps and at the below link: shows.acast.com/651ed092130f...
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
People on here seem frightfully vexed about one particular squillionaire, yet are largely silent about one who has an equally atrocious record on union recognition, workers rights and much more.
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Blakes7Bot @blakes7bot.torpidity.net · 19/11/2024
Series A, Episode 11 - Bounty BLAKE: He must. TYCE: He was broken, can't you see that? If you'd known him before, you'd understand. He was a very special man, brilliant and proud. Failure never occurred to him. blake.torpidity.net/m/111/223


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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 19/11/2024
Read Phil’s books they’re great
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Abie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Making a starter pack for authors who do school visits, so schools can easily find us. This starts off one for primary schools go.bsky.app/5u2ArqX but I'll also do one for secondary. Let me know if you do school visits and you want to go on the list - and whether you do primary or secondary. Thanks.
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Wherever you are in the world remember what can happen when you don't #ShopLocal
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Woozle & Taffy @woozle-taffy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
#TerrierTuesday😀 We are Woozle (Westie) & Taffy (Welsh Terrier). I Woozle am 14, and Taffy will be 10 this Friday🥳 We live in the Netherlands. We are both rescues. Our hobbies include digging, swimming, rolling in mud, & singing the song of our people.
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Jump Cat @jumpcatt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
antidepressants
A blank background, the only thing visible is a pill bottle, its contents are spilled, except these are not pills but are sleeping cats
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Anyone got a starter pack of working class people working within the UK publishing industry? I mean genuinely working class, not middle class pretending to be working class.
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are possibly the only haunted bookshop on Belfast's York Road, if not the whole of North Belfast... youtu.be/KhOCAlU4OWM?...
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Horror Book Section
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is one list the people of Northern Ireland DON'T want to be on... #Voasters bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is a Very Important Starter Pack of Biscuit Connoisseurs. For now, I’ve included people I personally know to have acceptable taste in biscuits. But if you’d like to be added to the list, just reply to this with your top three biscuits, in order, and I shall carefully consider your application
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I notice what this article doesn't tell you is Barnes & Noble are now owned by Elliott Investment Management, the New York hedge fund, just like their mini me Waterstones in the UK. Elliott's shareholders come first, not readers, authors or publishers.
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you ask nicely I will tell you little secrets about being a librarian. Or how to become a librarian.
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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hello *checks notes* to our 1 follower... We're an online bookstore that keeps real bricks and mortar independent bookshops thriving with every sale. Follow us to talk about books, authors and reading culture and support the indie bookshops we all LOVE 📚 Bookshop.org 📷 @lighthousebks.bsky.social
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 19/11/2024
And UK & Irish indie publisher starter pack by @burleyfisher.bsky.social go.bsky.app/L4z7dcD
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Blakes7Bot @blakes7bot.torpidity.net · 19/11/2024
Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad AVON: I can't. The teleport control is burnt out. [Vila enters Liberator teleport area] blake.torpidity.net/m/104/133


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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 19/11/2024
UK & Irish indie bookshops list, including @belfastbooks.bsky.social go.bsky.app/K7P6mVw & UK & Irish indie publishers by @burleyfisher.bsky.social go.bsky.app/L4z7dcD
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Golden Leaf Books @goldenleafbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Here's the thread where I asked the same question! There's a lot there because most of my threads followers are indie authors! www.threads.net/@goldenleafb...
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Hey Authors.... What books about your craft have helped you? Which ones have been great references? I want to build out a section of the store with books about the writing craft. We'll put it next t...
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Golden Leaf Books @goldenleafbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
You can get Parable of the Sower free on Libro rn! It's been described as the Black scifi version of the Handmaid's Tale and it's coming highly recommended by so many people! I'm stoked to download it and start listening. #FreeBooks #BlackBooks #Audiobooks #BookRecs #ShopSmall
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Book bans, library defunding, and censorship of educators in the U.S. and around the world continue to cast a shadow of fear and uncertainty over the future of storytelling. We hear your concerns, and...
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