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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There will be a high correlation between the #GoldsmithsPrize2026 shortlist and our shop's books of the year list. 👏👏👏

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tuesday November 3rd, in the shop. hdfst.uk/e163050

A composite image featuring an author image of Benoit Loiseau, the cover of his new book, The Death of the Clinic, and the time and date of th event: Tues Nov 3rd at Gloucester Road Books.

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wednesday next week! The very amazing Marlon James will be in conversation with the also distinctly amazing Vanessa Kisuule about James' Booker Longlisted novel The Disappearers. Tickets from the Beacon: bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/mar...

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Tim X Atack @timatack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Book launch! (Postponed from June, due to heatwave.) FATHER ALBERTO AND THE FLYING GIRL Chatto & Windus I'll be in conversation with the brilliant Rachel Seiffert. Copies for sale on the night from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social More info, inc. link to tickets: sleepdogs.org/project/fath...

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem." www.404media.co/ai-companies...

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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I know loads of you know this already but it’s SO MUCH COOLER under trees. Cities should be half forest FFS

A picture of a pathway running through dense forest in central England

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Tim X Atack @timatack.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

BOOK LAUNCH 25th June at Watershed Bristol @wshed.bsky.social Father Alberto and the Flying Girl Chatto & Windus I'll be in conversation with the amazing author Rachel Seiffert. Copies for sale on the night from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social More here: sleepdogs.org/project/fath... #booksky

A hand holding up a copy of Father Alberto and the Flying Girl, by Timothy X Atack (a hardback book with a blue and red cover, showing a block-print style image of two grey churches and a hybrid flower in arterial blood red.)

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Fascinating interview with the great Sufiyaan Salam who will be joining us on June 4th to talk about his wonderful debut novel, Wimmy Road Boyz. Tickets and more info here: hdfst.uk/e153334

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

We lucky folk are hosting the UK launch of the brand new @tolkajournal.bsky.social on November 27th. Readings & discussion from Polly Barton, Ralf Webb, Chloé Duane and Liam Harrison. Step this way for tickets: hdfst.uk/e141326

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The 'Into being' book tour continues, with events in Penzance and Bristol (@gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social) this week, and @ink84books.bsky.social London next. Further events in Durham, Liverpool, London and Oxford to come, head to our Events page for more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Congrats to all his translators, including into English @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social #booksky #xl8 #literarytranslation

Announcement of this year's Nobel Prize for literature to László Krasznahorkai. With a black and white drawing of the author.

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 09/10/2025

Wonderful news to see Lászlo Krasznahorkai, International Booker Prize 2015 winner, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today. Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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László Krasznahorkai | The Booker Prizes

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2018, László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/10/2025

László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel prize in literature. In our archive, from 2014: ‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’ www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

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László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

a massive favourite here at GRB! very excited about this gem

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

INTO BEING: A reading list We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'. Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:

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Lily Dunn's Memoir Reading list

To celebrate the imminent release of Lily Dunn's Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform (published October 7th) Lily has given us a fascinating list of the authors that…

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Pre-order a SIGNED & DEDICATED copy of @lilydunn.bsky.social's forthcoming book, 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', publishing 7th October 2025. Available from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social here: gloucesterroadbooks.com/product/9781... #choosebookshops #booksky

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Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform – Pages of Hackney

Order Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform from Pages of Hackney for collection or nationwide delivery. Free UK shipping for orders over £50!

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

let's make Bartleball a thing

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

My favourite of all the Nancy strips are the ones that employ a humour that is somehow both visual and linguistic. Prime example ❤️

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This is hateful and dystopian. I was just on holiday in Kent. Nice to know how welcome queer people (esp children) are there eh? Please, Kent locals, write to your councillors and resist this grossness. #KidLitUK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section

KCC says the move came after a

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section

KCC says the move came after a

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This is indeed excellent. We were lucky enough to have Camilla Grudova here a couple of years ago, and she was great then too. Everybody start paying writers on time. Or else.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM NANCY…

DEAR READER---PLEASE FORGIVE MY APPEARANCE, BUT THIS HOT WEATHER HAS TAKEN THE STARCH OUT OF ME

NANCY IS LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK AND LOOKS FLAT AS A PANCAKE

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 24/06/2025

We’re delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel for the 10th anniversary of the prize in its current form. Natasha Brown will act as chair and will be joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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The International Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes

The 2026 judging panel for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has been announced

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 19/06/2025

Thrilled to announce Canongate will be publishing WORDS ARE MY MATTER by Pulitzer Prize winner by Ursula K. Le Guin. A manual investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction. canongate.co.uk/news/canonga...

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CANONGATE TO PUBLISH URSULA K. LE GUIN’S SELECTED WRITING ON LITERATURE

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The perfect purchase from my local bookshop @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social on a beautiful summer morning. This is going to be my summer reading. What book have you bought from an independent bookshop this week? #independentbookshopweek

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Indie solidarity. The symbiosis between indie bookshops and indie publishers makes it possible for us to do what we do. Manifesto printed for #indiebookshopweek

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 09/06/2025

Corrected that headline for you: "Foxes battling corporate gentrification infestation in canalside neighbourhood."

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Fitzcarraldo should ditch their binary cover design and embrace the inherent hybridity of most narrative endeavours by giving each individual book a colour on the blue-white spectrum that precisely indicates the truth (white) to fabrication (blue) ratio of the text it contains.

A colour spectrum from bright blue on the left to white on the right hand side.

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Nikesh Shukla @nikeshshukla.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

My childhood best friend, a doctor, has set up a project to get kids who need urgent specialist medical care, out of Gaza, to get the help they need. They're crowdfunding here: www.purehope.co.uk

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Project Pure Hope

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Just ONE MONTH LEFT to enter the 2025 Wasafiri Essay Prize! Open to early-career researchers (including PhD students) in the field of international contemporary literature (literature published since 1965 from anywhere in the world). ⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2025 buff.ly/oAGs0E3

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We had such an amazing time listening to @jencalleja.bsky.social last week, it was unquestionably one of the highlights of Translated By, Bristol and you should all read this - whether or not you've ever thought about the process of translation.

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 28/05/2025

Yesterday, over 380 writers published an open letter demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire and end to the genocide. It's a letter we believe everyone should read, and one we support wholeheartedly: canongate.co.uk/news/writers...

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Writers Demand Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 24/05/2025

the political party that commits to the slogan 'tough on billionaires, tough on the causes of billionaires' will rule for a generation.

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 24/05/2025

Exactly this. But he's willing to kill the UK's (lucrative and proven) arts industry for a tech industry that's bleeding millions, can't keep its promises, over-heating the planet and sucking up water resources the UK doesn't have, yet his main argument seems to be "But everyone else will do it."

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Tomorrow! Still some tickets left if you'd like to come along. translatedbybristol.com/programme/#e...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/05/2025

‘“Monkey Grip” is beautifully under-plotted and immersive; marked by tonal variation and structural ease, the finished shape of the book affords the pleasure of musical completion.’ Anne Enright (@thewrengirl.bsky.social) on Helen Garner: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Anne Enright · I stab and stab: Helen Garner’s Diaries

The diaries filled me with nostalgia for all the bollocks we had to listen to back in the day; the interminable wrangle...

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Lovely to have some national press coverage for the festival & the state of translated literature more broadly www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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