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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Super excited for these events! Michael Cragg’s Kylie book is an absolute joy and the event is going to be heaps of fun! Have heard nothing but good things about Ghost Month and Chris McDonald’s book launches are always a great night!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September reads… Just the three books this month as I foolishly bought Elden Ring for Switch 2 but they were all 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 Canon - Paige Lewis We Pretty Pieces of Flesh - Colwill Brown Public Access Afterworld - Jane Schoenbrun #BookSky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Super excited for this! Reach For the Stars is an all-time great music book and I can’t wait to read all about my first love Kylie!

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Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s our first event of September tomorrow with the wonderful Matt Coyne! Also coming up this month we have: 15/09: Danielle Giles 29/09: Abir Mukherjee and Erin Kelly …and on Tues 22nd Sept, Rob Biddulph will be joining us for an after school signing. #Booksky 🎫👇🏻

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Books read in August… Waiting on a Friend - Natalie Adler School by Isabel Pabán Freed A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck The Whispering Jacarandas by Zahirra Dayal Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey #BookSky

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Scuse the clickbait headline which i didn't write, but the iPaper asked for some thoughts on the non-listing of Keshed despite huge public clamour. Actually a piece about diversity in publishing and advocating for small presses. This link sans paywall archive.is/QghKz inews.co.uk/culture/book...

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The Booker is a shambles - and everyone in publishing knows it

Plenty thought my novel would make the list – it didn't. Here's why I don't give a toss

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Books read in July: Confessions of the Fox - Jordy Rosenberg Strange Building - Uketsu Fieldwork as a Sex Object - Meena Kandasamy I Make My Own Fun - Hannah Beer Still Life - Katherine Packert Burke Absolute Batman vols 1 & 2 The Complete Dark Tower Graphic Novels vols 1 & 2 #BookSky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Lots going on this month - join us!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

June reads… The House of Impossible Beauties - Joseph Cassara Middle Passage - Charles Johnson A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and A Pizza Hut - Hannah Levene The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub Collapse - Édouard Louis Wimmy Road Boyz - Sufiyaan Salem #BookSky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Dave Eggers in Manchester!! Can’t wait to hear him discuss his new book CONTRAPPOSTO with @luciaoc.bsky.social at the Anthony Burgess Foundation on Thursday! (I may or may not bring all 83 issues of my @mcsweeneys.net collection with me!)

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Looking forward to this! …and Runaway Brewery and Taproom in Stockport is a fantastic venue- can’t wait to be back!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I ❤️ him! Flying visit to Liverpool to see the incredible Willy Vlautin talk about his new novel THE LEFT AND THE LUCKY (which might just be his best book yet) Such a warm, funny and intelligent author - I could have listened to him all night.

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What a night! Frank and Guy make quite the double act!

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Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Two great events coming up this week: Mon 15 June: Caroline Aherne, Rebel in Disguise - David Scott in conversation w/ Terri White (Romiley) Wed 17 June: A British Childhood - Frank Cottrell-Boyce in conversation w/ Guy Garvey (Stockport) @arghkid.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 🎫👇🏻

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Books read in May: Vernon Subutex 1-3 - Virginie Despentes Hard Place - Gab Torr I Ate the Whole World to Find You - Rachel Ang Flake - Matthew Dooley #BookSky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@stuhennigan.bsky.social - sorry, crazy late notice but we’ve Robin Ince at the Stockport shop tonight. Sold out but shout if you can make it.

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

One of the best books of the year! Buy it, read it, come to this!

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Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Tickets selling fast for our Romiley event - join us on Monday 15th June to hear David Scott talk to Terri White about the genius that was Caroline Aherne 🎫👇🏻

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

April reads… Three brilliant books with terrible people doing things they shouldn’t. A Severed Head - Iris Murdoch Fruit Fly - Josh Silver Night Babies - Lucie McKnight Hardy #BookSky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Coming up next month! Particularly excited to be welcoming Robin Ince back to Stockport and for our non-fiction showcase with James Bailey, Brian Groom, Morag Rose and Jamie Woodward. Join us!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Can’t wait for this event in Stockport on Thursday! Lucie McKnight Hardy is an absolute delight and her new novel NIGHT BABIES is stunning - a dark and disturbing folk-horror that is steeped in atmosphere and creeping dread. Join us!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Flying visit to Sheffield yesterday to see the incredible Michelle Tea at Sheffield Indie Book Festival! What an absolute delight - a ridiculously funny and insightful chat with Jake Hall where, amongst many other things, we learnt THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE F MUSICAL! I love her!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Can’t wait for this event - currently reading FRUIT FLY and it is 🔥 🔥 🔥

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A fantastic event with Benjamin Wood last night! Do check the rest of our April line-up as there are some incredible authors visiting the shops!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Happy publication day to Ashley Hickson-Lovence and ABOUT TO FALL APART - a beautiful and powerfully written snapshot into a troubled mind that explores themes of race, masculinity and parenthood. Ashley will be discussing the book with Andrew McMillan at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next week! 📚💙

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A fantastic event last night listening to the incredible Melissa Auf der Maur chat to Terri White about her new memoir EVEN THE GOOD GIRLS WILL CRY. The post event pub chat with Terri and Naomi Frisby was even better!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

March reads… Jean - Madeleine Dunnigan IT - Stephen King About to Fall Apart - Ashley Hickson-Lovence Charlie the Choo Choo - Beryl Evans Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group - Rebecca Gransden All good stuff. Adored Jean and loved how About to Fall Apart and Figures… played with language.

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Books read in February: Union Street - Pat Barker Dad Had a Bad Day - Ashton Politanoff May We Feed the King - Rebecca Perry The Silver Book - Olivia Laing Seven - Joanna Kavenna A Complicated Women - Rebecca Lucy Taylor Cycle of the Werewolf - Stephen King All good stuff! #BookSky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A fantastic event in Stockport tonight with @stuhennigan.bsky.social to celebrate the release of his debut novel KESHED. A dark and brutal look at modern masculinity, class and mental health which is also infused with Northern humour and a lot of love. Huge thanks to Jae for hosting!

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 18/02/2026

@stuhennigan.bsky.social has a new book out called Keshed, last year he updated his author q&a on the Big Bearded Bookseller blog where he talked about this as a work-in-progress #AuthorQ&A #AuthorInterview #BookSky 💙📚 bigbeardedbookseller.uk/stu-hennigan...

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Still tix left for this is anyone wants to come #GetKeshed with me and Terri on Thursday in the intimate surroundings of @serenitybookshop.bsky.social. Gonna be a banger, as it always is when Terri's in the house 💥💪 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#GetKeshed @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next Thursday with me and Terri. Had a blinding time last night and can't wait to get back for another go-round. Force of nature is Terri and she was on top form yesterday, we're a pretty good double act. And the book chat's not bad either 👍

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

So great to see KESHED out in the world! I read it last year and have been dying to get it into the hands of customers! Very much looking forward to catching up with @stuhennigan.bsky.social at our event in Stockport next week. Join us!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Two of my absolute faves in conversation! This will be a great night!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Some great events coming up this month! Join us!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

January reads: AS IF - Isabel Waidner LITTLE F - Michelle Tea THE LEFT AND THE LUCKY - Willy Vlautin THE WILDERNESS - Angela Flourney BAIT - Eugenia Ladra (tr: Miriam Tobin) MONIQUE ESCAPES - Édouard Louis (tr: John Lambert) LITTLE FISH - Casey Plett HANSEL & GRETEL - Stephen King & Maurice Sendak

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Lancs/Mancs and other folk from that neck of the woods - if Leeds is too much of a stretch for the Keshed launch, doing one the week after in Stockport @serenitybookshop.bsky.social with HUGE thanx to old comrade @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social for organising. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

My journey to The Dark Tower is complete! Started off the year having never read any @stephenking.bsky.social but since the Summer I’ve been reading an expanded reading list including The Stand, ‘Salem’s Lot, Insomnia and Hearts in Atlantis alongside the main eight books - what a ride! Loved it!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My favourite films of the year. No particular order but One Battle After Another and Sinners take the top two spots. Sister Midnight was criminally under seen - a delightfully dark, Lynchian gem!

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Favourite books of 2025 For the last 3/4 months of the year I’ve been sidetracked by my quest to the Dark Tower so I feel there were quite a lot of 2025 novels that I missed, but I still read a lot of great books that were published over the last 12 months and these are my 15 favourites… #Booksky

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The BEST post waiting for me in Stockport this morning - new Willy Vlautin! Out in May from @faberbooks.bsky.social

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David Coates @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Watched Doctor Sleep last night - no escaping The Dark Tower!

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