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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Autonomism in Italian cities in the 1970s? If this is for you, here we go - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/take-over-the-city-spatial-composition-in-italian-autonomy-with-neil-gray/ 18 November #Marxism #Booksky #Italianpolitics

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Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy, with Neil Gray – Five Leaves Bookshop

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After British South Asians endured the riots of summer 2024, @tajali1.bsky.social tells the inspirational story of how the community organised against racism in the past and how it continues to fight in the present. FREE tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/come-... @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social

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https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/come-what-may-were-here-to-stay-the-story-of-south-asian-resistance-in-britain-with-taj-ali/

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're more specialist than mainstream so we are not hit as badly as general independents who would love to stock books like this in quantity, but can't. It's not fair. Of course capitalism isn't fair, but publishers could do more to ensure that independent bookshops are not priced out of the market.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So if we wanted to stock the book it would be cheaper for us to buy it at Tesco. In the good old days there was retail price maintenance, rather than a race to the bottom on price - a system called the Net Book Agreement. Some titles will be falsely priced as they will mostly be sold at a discount.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why we don't stock certain books... An example is this book. The retail price is £22.00 but you can buy a copy in Tesco for £11. We can't blame you for doing that. The price to us from the publisher would be £12.10 as they discriminate against small shops on discount.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

signed copies of the book in the shop, and Darren is happy to dedicate copies for you. Just let us know via bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last night we launched Darren Simpson's new young adult novel from @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social , on publication day at Nott Central Library. As the cover indicates, this is a spooky story set in the Fens. The big cover in the 2nd pic is a cake. We have fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/lykewise/

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Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Delighted to see that October's 'Lincolnshire Life' features @rorywaterman.bsky.social 's lively account of Lincolnshire stories: 'Devils in the Details' (Five Leaves Publications) @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social !

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Because of building work at Eastwood Library, we have had to change the venue for our October Jessie Chambers book launch - the one with Haggs Farm Preservation Society - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/jessie-chambers-launch/

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Book launch – D.H. Lawrence: a personal record by ‘E. T.’ Jessie Chambers NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE – Five Leaves Bookshop

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tonight Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon, on Fintech Capital: the digital transformation of everyday money and finance (Zone Books). For an academic publisher their books are beautifully designed and affordable. Fintech? You use it every day. fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/fint... #booksky

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our October 13 event with Owen Jones is now fully booked. Thanks

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Rebecca Jane Morgan @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'll be talking about Deviants and Trailblazers at @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social, Nottinghams's amazing independent progressive bookshop, on 4 October at 4.30 😊 Tickets available here!

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Queer Sundays- Deviants and Trailblazers – Five Leaves Bookshop

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Shana Tovah to our Jewish customers and colleagues. We hope you have a sweet and peaceful year ahead.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We are pleased to support this event at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Nottingham @oliahercules.bsky.social talking about her memoir #Booksky

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We don't do many music events in the bookshop, but we've got a Yiddish/Klezmer night on 26th November fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/yiddish-revolutionaries-a-forgotten-history-music-from-yoyvel/

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Looking ahead... Linda will be in the UK for a couple of weeks #Booksky #CND

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

First we have heard of the book. Tom - are are you handling trade? Can you email us on bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk please

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our talk on fashion and charity shops, by @tansyhoskins.org is now fully booked, thanks

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

As the Nottingham Post covered my research on pubs again recently, its a good time to invite you to the launch of The Buildings Archaeologist, which is happening on 8 Oct @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social in... Nottingham! More info & tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/james...

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Who would like to come to book launch of The Buildings Archaeologist? This will be the only Nottingham date on the tour and will be held at the gorgeously independent @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social on Thursday 8 October. Tickets are limited to 42 seats: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/james...

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We're only a small shop, but our fiction in translation bays - divided by language - now have fifty languages. Welcome Bulgarian to the club. Some, most, sections are small... we know of only two books in translation from Swahili... but we cover from Albanian to Yiddish. #booksky #booksintranslation

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tonight's event on women and running is fully booked, thanks

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Absolutely fab evening @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social on #AHDN - such a joy to read her unapologetically fan-driven analysis (she doesn't hold back from gushing about how handsome the band were) that nevertheless dives deep into the film's social context + influence 🥰

Gushing fangirl Lisa in Masato rainbow tee (with matching rainbow bag) plus cat + teapot skirt. Samurai elegant in white shirt and deep red trousers holding her book

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Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire @frameworkknitters.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Happy Book Lovers Day! We stock a good collection of books in our shop, and not always about knitting. Some of our bestsellers relate to our radical history. Many thanks to Nottingham's independent bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Have we ever done an event on cricket before? There should be two this year, and here's the first - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/catching-the-light-cricket-poems-with-editors-tim-beard-and-nicholas-hogg/

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Catching the Light, cricket poems with editors Tim Beard and Nicholas Hogg – Five Leaves Bookshop

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We are sorry to hear that David Young has died. He got in touch when he was very ill to let us know the situation. He gave us the last 25 copies of his pamphlet on Nottingham Castle. We'd sold 150 copies in the last year and told him that if we sold 150 of every book in the shop we'd buy the Castle

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Karen Stevens and Jonathan Taylor (ed) Creative Writing and the Critical Commentary: Reflection, Influence, Process (Bloomsbury), under review by Julie Gardner on fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/reviews/

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here's our events listing going up to mid-September - tinyurl.com/3r7evh5f Note the Homer, Beatles and DH Lawrence city walk are all fully booked now! What have Homer, The Beatles and DH Lawrence have in common sounds like a pub quiz question.

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Five Leaves Events in Late Summer

August and September events and book groups

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

www.thetimes.com/travel/inspiration/nottingham-city-break-zqpmjwlxn - we missed this until a customer told us, we get an honourable mention in a whistlestop tour of our city by the travel journo Ben Aitken.

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This Midlands city isn’t a hotspot. You should visit anyway

Lively pubs and cracking restaurants, a superb theatre and sporting greats — Nottingham’s line-up is impressive. As an expert in quirky UK destinations, I should know

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angerj.eurosky.social @angerj.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026

Lovely packed launch for this book from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social yesterday afternoon. An important book documenting these Caribbean gardeners experiences in their own words. 🌱🌱

Photo of the cover of the book, Caribbean Pioneer Gardeners: Hungerhill Gardens, St Ann's Allotments, Nottingham. A photo of Don Rowe adorns the cover.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

First stall of the day has just gone off for the Alliance Network (LGBT+ professionals) big breakfast and the next is ready for the afternoon and evening Big Queer Market. Happy Nottingham Pride Day to all. Catch us on the march, in the bookshop and at stalls.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our latest newsletter, some events stuff, publishing news, an obituary for Tony Challis and a run down on what some staff members are reading: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/newsletter-15-july-2026-news-and-book-reviews/

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Newsletter: 15 July 2026 News and Book Reviews – Five Leaves Bookshop

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angerj.eurosky.social @angerj.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026

Well this is exciting. A delivery from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social of a book about Lois Dodd, an artist I've only just recently read about. Her life and work look inspiring.

A photo of a book about Lous Dodd, by Faye Hirsch. The cover depicts a painting of the side of a building clad in wooden shingles, with a single window.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just because we don't have a lake in front of the shop with swans. But we do now seem to have a shop pigeon. Does that count for nothing?

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Have you seen the Big City Reads young adult fiction project from Nottingham City of Literature? Free books around and about, authors in schools, a big bash on Saturday at Central Library, and here's Nicola Garland and Becki Jayne Crossley with their titles in the bookshop today.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today the American team at the Ultimate Frisbee Championship came in, and on Monday one of the Canadian team joined our Irish book group while he was here. We welcomed the frisbee folks, but they had to promise not to throw books across the room: www.ukultimate.com/wmucc #frisbee #booksky

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