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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Live from Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield, today - @helenmort.bsky.social on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. From the fairytale ‘wicked queen’ to the put-upon parent of the modern blended family. Helen talks to Anita Rani about writing her new collection, Stepmother. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Woman's Hour - Woman's Hour live from the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield - BBC Sounds

Anita Rani and Nuala McGovern from the Montgomery Theatre in front of a live audience.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Great evening at @labiblioteka.bsky.social for the launch of Raoul de Jong’s JAGUARMAN @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social Had my eye on this for a while Translated from the Dutch by John RJ Eyck, Raoul travelled to Suriname on a spiritual ancestral journey after a meeting with his estranged father

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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The first-ever edition of Sheffield Indie Book Fest takes place this weekend, and the line-up's fantastic 📚 Highlights include @junodawson.bsky.social, @michelletea.bsky.social and others, curated by @junobooks.bsky.social, @labiblioteka.bsky.social and more. Tickets 👉 sheffieldindiebookfest.com

A poster for Sheffield Indie Book Festival, with the words "SIB FEST 25th + 26th April 2026" and an illustration of four tiny people holding a massive book

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Off the Shelf Festival of Words @otsfestival.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Sheffield Indie Book Festival Sat 25 & Sun 26 April. A great line up - programme and booking info here: www.sheffieldindiebookfest.com SIB Festival is organised by Sheffield Independent Bookshops @gnrr.bsky.social @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social @junobooks.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Putting the Meers-bots into perspective...

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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A celebration of stories and the shops and publishers who keep them alive, it's the first Sheffield Indie Book Festival this month 📕 With headliner Juno Dawson. A market. Poetry. Talks and workshops on witches and folklore, graphic novels, queer memoir and more: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 27/03/2026

Hi! We're an alternative to Amazon's Audible, & here are a few things that people often don't know about us: 1. We have over 600k audiobooks in our catalog! You'll pretty much find whatever you want to read, other than Audible exclusives (but that's on them, not us)

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The robots are coming! (Meersbrook gentrification final boss) @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Disappointed @nytimes.com Stirling Be didn't accept GENNEL as a word. #SouthYorksire word for the alley in between terrace houses...

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

So excited for this! Tickets available now!

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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

New for '26: Sheffield Indie Book Festival. Celebrating stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive. With a talk on witches and folklore, a graphic novel workshop with Steve Webb, writing from life and queer culture with Michelle Tea, and more: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...

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Sheffield Indie Book Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide

New for '26. Celebrating stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive. With talks and workshops from Bethan Woollvin, Steve Webb, Kavitha Rao, Michelle Tea and more. Organised by Sheffiel...

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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Organised by Sheffield indie bookshops and book folk: @junobooks.bsky.social @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social, Novel, @gnrr.bsky.social. Taking place at The Mowbray and The Victoria in Neepsend.

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I've really been enjoying selling these new editions this month.... Chapeau again Faber Design team 👏

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 20/02/2026

Independent bookshops in England are facing business rates increases of up to 100% under the government’s new reforms, research commissioned by the Booksellers Association has found 👇 #BookSky

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Indie bookshops’ business rates to soar by up to 100%, BA research finds

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

First book of the day, from earlier... Valentine Book buying seems in full swing, during this momentary pause in the perma-rain.

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Bit tell us what you really think, Jonathan...

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

@johnshuttleworth.bsky.social Hello! If you get to Sheffield early today We have some books we'd love you to sign, if you have time ahead of your show :)

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Reasons to buy a book today: 1. To keep independent bookshops thriving 2. The Booker Prize shortlist has just been announced 3. All orders before midnight tonight automatically give you the chance to win a £250 gift card to buy more books

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

spending morning attempting to fix the checkout on our website... reminded of this:

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

No reading today (yet). Out raving in the rain with the other cyclists... Great to see so many kiddos.

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

someone just ordered a book under the name 'Mr Rea' - I mean, just tell me where you were posted whilst at MI6, friend, you're fooling no-one.

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

@podonthetyne.bsky.social #q&a does this hold up to Eddie's 'no d!ckhe@ds' policy? 👀

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

in a sign of the times (or perhaps dwindling student budgets 4 weeks in to summer) we have been asked about vacancies 4 times in the shop today, and thrice over email... 😬 #jobs

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

hello @fabriziorom.bsky.social can we start the McAtee to #nufc rumours here so we can make it happen! #MCFC

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Exclusive: Sheffield’s secret lab working on the UK’s next nuclear warheads www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-sh...

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Exclusive: Sheffield’s secret lab working on the UK’s next nuclear warheads

“We already have a secure cell in Sheffield…”

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 08/07/2025

This Prime Day (& every day): ➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference ➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms ➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy ➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Raynor LOSE more like, amirite??

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A tour through the experience of ecstasy across the ages, from the works of Julian of Norwich to Anne Carson and Nick Cave, by one of England's foremost philosophers. #OnMysticism by Simon Critchley is out now in paperback profilebooks.com/work/on-myst...

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Barker’s Pool looks very different at the moment as the second Crossed Wires podcast festival prepares to get underway tomorrow. Fringe events will take place in the old Cole Brothers building while the BBC Sounds garden will offer a “relaxed, open-air listening experience.”

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Matt Harrison Draws @mattharrisondraws2.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

A huge thank you to @labiblioteka.bsky.social for joining @junobooks.bsky.social as a Sheffield stockist of both Criminal Cat Crew, and Heracles & Nathan - perfect reads for the upcoming summer holidays @nicgerson.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitUK #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #indiebookshops

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Rossiter Books @rossiterbooks.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

There's still time for you to get free shipping on your orders from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social You have until midnight! Choose your favourite indie bookshop or head to Rossiter Books uk.bookshop.org/shop/rossite...

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Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

We were robbed last night. When it’s our stock or our money that is targeted, there’s insurance and systems in place for this, but when it’s stealing from a charity in an extremely direct way then we just can’t abide it. scottishbooktrust.com/donate @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Free delivery is GO on ALL books site-wide this weekend 🎉 We hope you can get down to a real life bookshop, but if not - you can support them right here. Bag a book from Bookshop.org and keep indie bookshops thriving! uk.bookshop.org/lists/indepe...

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

🌸 Glad Midsommar! 🌸 The perfect week to dip into The Lost Folk — @lallymacbeth.bsky.social’s fresh, vibrant celebration of the weird, wonderful and often overlooked customs, places and people that shape folk culture in Britain. ...

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Always feel for the marketing team who has to go first with the Christmas gear, and inevitably hit the biggest heatwave since the last one...

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

things I didn't expect to read in a letter from our kid's Head: "We need to be able to see the children’s natural nails in order to monitor oxygen levels if they are ill or have an accident." Doctors, is this a thing? 👀

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Becky Fox @thebeckster.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I love @biggreenbooks.bsky.social of course but local to me are @labiblioteka.bsky.social and @junobooks.bsky.social both excellent indies 🩷📚

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It's Independent Bookshop Week. Ways you can support them: -Don't browse a little bookshop, make a mental note of titles, then get them on Amazon. Buy the books then and there! Dare you! -Get them to order books in, they almost always can. -Just march in and present them with a huge bag of money.

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La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Had a couple of cancellations for this afternoon. A walk around Sheffield's Space Age Music sites. 2pm. @leahsyard #sheffieldmusic #sheffieldbooks #sheffieldevents

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