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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Next up on our blog about books about books is Gareth's review of The Midnight Bookshop by @amandajames.bsky.social "Written for everyone who has ever believed that books can save us, comfort us, or quietly change the direction of our lives." www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/blogs/bloggi...

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The Midnight Bookshop by Amanda James

Review by Gareth I have a dream. My dream is that one day I win the lottery and open a bookshop. I won't care whether I sell any books. It will simply be the cosiest place in the world: coffee and sho...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Shape of Ideas was selected as the 2026 Common Read for Wichita State University! Here's the title comic from the book, published by @abramscomicarts.bsky.social.

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hey fellow folks who work in libraries: does your library charge admission for special collections open house type events where there is no lecture component?

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'll tell you something, 2020 was pretty terrible all round but it was my favourite Faber Diary year so far.

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Have you, like us, been on tenterhooks waiting to see the 2027 colourway for the @faberbooks.bsky.social diary? The wait is over... www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/products/fab...

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 28/07/2026

‘We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone’ We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

TWO reviews posted to our new Blogging About Books About Books Blog. Thank you Janet and Gareth. www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/blogs/bloggi...

Book covers of novels with a bookish theme.

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Rossiter Books @rossiterbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Get yourself along to one or more of these...or any of our other events Full list and tickets available here: www.ticketsource.com/rossiterbook...

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 23/07/2026

It is so important that adults enjoy the stories they are sharing with children. Our research shows that children with parents and carers who like reading are more likely to develop a long-lasting love of reading themselves. Writer Colette Hiller explores how this works 👇 bit.ly/3RKabg4

An illustration by Ruthine Burton of a woman and a child sitting on a sofa together, smiling and sharing a book. Plus a quote from Colette hiller: "A child will want to share an adult's joy... If the adult is having fun, so will the child"

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

TWO reviews posted to our new Blogging About Books About Books Blog. Thank you Janet and Gareth. www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/blogs/bloggi...

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fork handles 😜 www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/collections/...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

A publisher's office.

The editor explains "Your draft has all the elements of a masterpiece, they're just not in the right order"
The writer looks at her draft on the table and asks "Elements?"
The editor clarifies, sadly "Letters".

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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🎟️ Tickets are now available for our Gladfest Literary Festival, taking place on 29th August! 🎟️ This year, Gladfest is a month-long celebration of everything we do. Our Literary Festival will include four talks from incredible authors, as well as a talk from our Warden and Head of Collections.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Shall we start #buyastrangerabook day? Yes. Let's start #buyastrangerabook day.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Looking for a cool writing task during the summer heat? We're asking for stories of 50 words or less featuring an ice cream, with prizes to win from @literarygifts.bsky.social and @leughleabhar.bsky.social Enter by 28 July 🌞🍦 www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fict...

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50 Word Fiction competition: write a story featuring an ice cream

Closing date: Tuesday 28 July 2026 at 11.55pm

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Found festival is an utter delight www.foundfestival.uk/whats-on #music #comedy #poetry

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John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

You have until Sunday to catch Something Rotten! at the Manchester Opera House. If there is a funnier song than ‘A Musical’ in any show ever, I would love to see it. (I can say that cos I didn’t write the songs) www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...

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Review: Something Rotten is destined for musical greatness

Catch this 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ musical while you can in Manchester for its UK premiere run, advises Dianne Bourne

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Did Bertie Wooster write this

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 13/07/2026

before you head off for summer...

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molly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In a hole in the ground there lived a discourse. It was a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, and somehow also a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a discourse-hole, and that means FUCK THIS

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Trying to keep the office ice-lolly freezer drawer topped up again this week. team favourites are: 🏆1st Rowntree Fruit Pastilles 🏆 2nd Nobbly Bobblies 3rd Vimto Rockets

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Check out this sword stuck in a stone!!

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Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You know what's cool? Books.

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Omaze but the prize is a bookshop. Who's in?

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The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In an exciting new venture, we have flyers! To go with posters on our windows and events set up on facebook. #Indiebookshopweek is on the way, we have various things going on starting with a Poetry event on Saturday. We will post more details again, or you can DM or ask in store. #booksky

Two flyers side by side, headed The Book Vault, Independent Bookshop Week, 13-20 June.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Something we've wanted for a while. Working with Himmah Hub, we are planning more events with South Asian and Caribbean writers. This is our first joint event: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/come-what-may-were-here-to-stay-the-story-of-south-asian-resistance-in-britain-with-taj-ali/ - October 15

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 05/06/2026

News | New museum of illustration opens in London Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has a dedicated library and exhibition spaces

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Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens - Museums Association

New London cultural venue has dedicated illustration library

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I like uk.bookshop.org because when buying something you can ‘choose a bookshop’, which would hopefully be your local indie bookshop, then that bookshop receives a slice of the sale, even though the book will be posted out to you from a central warehouse.

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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookshops.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookshops.

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Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” introduced millions of readers to the struggles of ordinary Iranians during the turbulent years around the Islamic Revolution, has died at 56." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

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Marjane Satrapi, the Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Happy 8th birthday to this, from @orkneylibrary.bsky.social

A tweet from Orkney Library, 29/05/2018: a photo of two books, BAMBI and LAMB (by Bernard MacLaverty). They posted the image with the words “Whoa Black Betty.”

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 326: Don't let the fear of rejection stand in your way. Every author you have ever admired has been rejected many times. It's not a mark of shame: it's a sign that you dared to put yourself out there. Most people never do.

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📚✨ Join Camilla Barnes & Claire Powell at Brick Lane Bookshop on 17 June, 7pm, for a brilliant evening of humour, marriage & family dynamics, chaired by Alex Peake-Tomkinson Featuring *The Usual Desire to Kill* & *All In* — plus 10% off books with tickets! bricklanebookshop.org/product/auth...

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today’s bookish question is… If we bought more up-to-date copies of these for the office would they feature just a few more words written by not men?

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The Bookery, Crediton @thebookery.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🌺 🐝 Just look at all the fabulous flowers, bees, ladybirds and butterflies created yesterday at our (rather warm 🫠) half-term craft drop-in session! 🐞 🦋 Thank you to all the children and accompanying adults who came along to take part - we absolutely love your creativity!

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just sold a book about Derain (true) but it's too chaud to think of a punchline

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The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sold our first advent calendar of the year! 🥵

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Looking for a weekend writing task? ✍️ Why not enter our 50 Word Fiction competition before it closes next Tuesday? We're asking for stories of 50 words or less featuring a computer - English, Scots and Gaelic entries welcome! www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fict...

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50 Word Fiction competition: write a story featuring a computer

Closing date: Tuesday 26 May 2026 at 11.55pm

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 21/05/2026

Our specially chosen #Storytime books are perfect for reading out loud with under 5s 📚 We asked librarians and authors how to get the most out of these fabulous books - and they didn't disappoint! Check out these top storytelling tips: bit.ly/4tJMcL3

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Panel 1
Caption: 2025, Middlemarch Is voted the best novel of all time and wins the right to represent earth at the IGCLC* finals.
Image: The cover of George Eliot's 'Middlemarch'
*Intergalactic literary Champions league

Panel 2
Caption: 2028, A young Editor from Penguin Classics climbs Aboard Artemis VII for the thirty-year journey to host planet, Kepler-22b. She carries a first Edition of the book in a lead-lined briefcase.
Image: Astronaut boarding enormous spaceship.

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Caption: 2089, She returns with news that earth placed a very respectable third, and that she bought rights to the two winning novels.
Images: The capsule returns to earth and splashes down in the sea. The astronaut emerges and waves to the rescue helicopter.

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Caption: 2092, The alien books are translated and published to critical acclaim and modest sales.
Image: Two books. 'Magnesium Sunset' by Zylob Pyrxx and 'Orbital Amnesia' by Unaha Closp
More caption: Middlemarch is a runaway success in gas-form on Proxima Centauri b.
Final image: An alien happily reading a small cloud.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Liar, Liar, Liar liar, Liar liar liar, Liar liar liar liar liar, Liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar, Liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar. The Fibbernacci sequence

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