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The Scarlett Letters

@scarlettletters.co.uk
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 17/06/2025
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 06/06/2025
Thank you to everyone who came to a sold-out launch of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World by @adelewalton.bsky.social We have a few signed copies available - get in quickly while stocks last!
A photo of the book Logging Off by Adele Walton, with "signed copy" stickers attached.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 02/06/2025
Caring about the lives, health and safety of SWs is an ESSENTIAL part of supporting the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Come visit us any day in Pride month to see our exhibit in person, and pick up something from our recommended reading table!
A wide shot of The Scarlett Letter's exhibition corner, comprised of two large pinboards with photographs, captions, and pride flags pinned on. In front is a table with a selection of books and magazines on the theme of SW rights and LGBT+ pride.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 02/06/2025
Pride and SW rights go hand in hand. Without them, "Pride" as we know it today simply would not exist. SWs participated in nearly all of the iconic queer uprisings we commemorate today, including Stonewall.
Photograph of Marsh P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera smiling on a street.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 02/06/2025
More than 100 SWs occupied the church to protest against police harassment, unsafe working conditions, and the lack of legal protections. Their actions helped galvanise the SW rights movement, and later began being commemorated around the world as International Sx Workers' Day.
Images of the occupation of Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon pinned to a pinboard
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 02/06/2025
Today, 2 June 2025, marks FIFTY YEARS of International Sx Workers' Day! This Pride Month, we'll have an exhibit up all month featuring the 1975 occupation of Saint Nizier Church in Lyon, France.
Red hand-written sign on a pin board which reads 'This pride month June 2nd marks the 50th anniversary of International Sex Workers' Day'. Underneath is the start of an exhibition with pinned images and captions.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 31/05/2025
Our zine section has been overflowing, so we've added a bench to platform a few more of your favourites!
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 30/05/2025
Yesterday we were at the Abolish Rent event at Pelican House, where we were joined by authors Tracy Rosenthal and Nick Bano who discussed their books and how we can resist landlordism! We proudly have signed copies of their works in store! @haymarketbooks.org
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 26/05/2025
We're open today as usual! Come visit us anytime between now and 6pm 📚
A photo taken from the front door of The Scarlett Letters bookshop.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 16/05/2025
We've had a refresh of our window display, can you see any of your tbr in there? 👀
Wooden window display filled with many books, birthday cards, small red lace umbrellas and rainbow pride flags with a sign on the left saying "log off + touch grass" and a sign on the right saying "Pride was a Riot"
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 14/05/2025
Just published!
a picture of two copies of Heaven Looks like Us Palestinian poetry collection edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 14/05/2025
📣 AUTHOR EVENT 📣 Join us later this month to delve into the complexities of dating, desire, and the narratives that shape our romantic lives. 🗓️ Tues 27 May ⏰ 6:30-8:30pm Tickets are on a sliding scale, or you can buy either book for free entry! www.scarlettletters.co.uk/event-detail...
Poster with a red background. At the top, headings read: "Desire and Dating: The Love Fix & Sluts". Below, pictures of authors Rachel Thompson and Beth Ashley with their books The Love Fix and Sluts. Text below reads: "Join Beth Ashley and Rachel Thompson to discuss their books and chat about sex shame in dating, and the connection between sex and desirability! Tues 27 May 6:30pm - 8:30pm The Scarlett Letters 140 Cambridge Heath Road London E1 5QJ"
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 05/05/2025
We are very proud of our budding neurodivergence section and can't wait to see how it grows! Which books would you love to see added?
Books on a shelf, the two face out books are Unmasked by Ellie Middleton and Sensory Life on the Spectrum An Autistic Comics Anthology by Bex Ollerton. Stacked sideways we can see L-R: Taking Off the Mask by Dr Hannah Louise Belcher, Empire of Normality by Chapman, Uncomfortable Labels by Laura Kate Dale, Neuroqueer by CJ DeBarra, Unmasking  For Life by Dr Devon Price, Unmasking Autism by Dr Devon Price, The Anti Ableist Manifesto by Tiffany Yu
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 05/05/2025
We're open today as usual from 11am until 6pm. Come visit us!
A photo of the front of The Scarlett Letters bookshop from the street.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 03/05/2025
We're at Pelican House today for an event for Trans Femme Futures by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, with a specially curated table of books for the occasion! Come say hello 👋 And visit The Scarlett Letters bookshop just next door to see our full selection!
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 21/04/2025
It's #LesbianVisibilityWeek ♀️♀️ Visit us this week and browse our specially curated table of sapphic stories, guaranteed to fill our queer hearts! 🏳️‍🌈
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 20/04/2025
Our beautifully new installed zine wall proudly showing works from the radical to the mythical to the delectable! Come to The Scarlett Letters and have a browse...
A variety of zines hang along our red walls
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 19/04/2025
We're open all bank holiday weekend, 11am-6pm! Come and visit us at 140 Cambridge Heath Rd, E1 5AG and hop into our Easter egg hunt for fun prizes and discounts galore!
Printed poster that says 'The Scarlett Letters Easter Egg Hunt find one of the paper eggs hidden about the bookshop to win a prize or a discount. One egg per customer" with a decorative bunny in the bottom left corner and decorated eggs. All red ink on white paper
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 19/04/2025
Here are some books on protest and organising in light of today's trans rights protest in Parliament Square against the recent Supreme Court ruling. Thank you to everyone showing up to oppose this damaging reinterpretation of the Equality Act and for fighting back!
An image of 4 books, including "Organize, fight, win", "A history of the barricade", "Labour's extreme neoliberalism" and "book of dissent", all resting on a read leather chair.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 18/04/2025
We are open all Easter Weekend! Join us for an egg hunt and win prizes or discounts!
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 14/04/2025
We've been cracking on some egg-cellent plans to celebrate this Easter! Chick it out! From Good Friday through to Easter Monday, we'll have Easter Eggs for you to hunt down instore, filled with special discounts and prizes!
Adorable red bunnies with folk style patterns scamper around red text that reads: The Scarlett Letters Easter Egg Hunt - 18th to 20th April 11am -6pm. Other easter eggs have the information that there are 'SO many PRIZES to be won!' 'Notebooks! Tickets! T-shirts! Tote bags! *with any book purchase. Join us in store!'
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 12/04/2025
Working Guys is back in stock and signed! Get a copy in the shop or through our website. www.scarlettletters.co.uk/product-page/working-guys-a-transmasculine-sex-worker-anthology
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 11/04/2025
It's a bumper couple of days for our "just published" books! Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks @cipherpress.bsky.social A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
A photo of the book "Zipper Mouth" by Laurie Weeks, on the high heel shoe chair of The Scarlett Letters bookshop.A photo of the book "A/S/L" by Jeanne Thornton, on the high heel shoe chair of The Scarlett Letters bookshop.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 10/04/2025
Just published! I Am Raven by @alastairc.com S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Rising Storm by @jasonrohanauthor.bsky.social New in stock from @nosycrow.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛
A photo of the book "I am Raven" by Alastair Chisholm, on the high heel shoe chair at The Scarlett Letters bookshop.A photo of the book "S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Rising Storm" by Jason Rohan, on the high heel shoe chair at The Scarlett Letters bookshop.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 10/04/2025
Just published! Last Acts by Alexander Sammartino, a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 Honoree 🧑‍🎓 Reviews say: 'A taut, energetic, tender and wholly original debut' 'Sammartino's brilliance and originality shine out from every page'
A photo of the book "Last Acts" by Alexander Sammartino, on the high heel shoe chair of The Scarlett Letters bookshop.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 07/04/2025
You can now support The Scarlett Letters with any order through bookshop.org! 🙋 Go here to uk.bookshop.org/shop/thescar... or 'Choose bookshop' in the top right corner. We have great recommendation lists on Sex Work, Abolition, Anti-Capitalism, Queer Voices, and more! Browse for inspiration 📕
The Scarlett Letters page on Bookshop.org, with a photo of the bookshop, colourful umbrellas hanging from the ceiling and neon pink BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS in the window. The description of the shop says: 'We are a non-profit community interest company and a proudly radical, independent bookstore dedicated to platforming marginalised voices.'Two lists of recommendations of books on The Scarlett Letters. The first is titled SEX WORK and features Work, Money and Duality by Raven Brown, heauxthots: On Terminology, and Other [Un]Important Things; Body Autonomy by Justice Rivera; Indie porn by Zahra Stardust; Sluts edited by Michelle Tea. The second is Abolition including THE ABOLITION OF PRISON by Jacqes Lesage de la Haye, ABOLISH RENT, and ABOLITION FEMINISM NOW. The lists of books recommended by The Scarlett Letters, featuring book covers. The first is CLASS AND ANTI-CAPITALISM including Fully Automated Luxury Communism; Against Landlord, Change Everything, and Organize Fight Win. The second list is POETRY featuring Theophanies, God Complex, night feeds and morning songs, Love is in the air, and Kitchen Hymns
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 06/04/2025
Wake up babe, The Scarlett Letters bookshop is just round the corner from some iconic community art 💅
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 04/04/2025
Got a book in mind? We can get it for you 📚 Order any title you like by emailing: booksellers@scarlettletters.co.uk Your next great read is just a request away!
A poster in red background and yellow line around the text saying "Need a Book? You can order almost any book you'd like through us! Simply send your request to: booksellers@scarlettletters.co.uk"
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 31/03/2025
It's Trans Day of Visibility! We've compiled a collection of reads that uplift, inspire, and reflect a spectrum of trans experiences. Whether you're seeking joy, resilience, or a good cry, these books should have your back - and your bookmarks. #transdayofvisibility🏳️‍⚧️ #readwithpride🏳️‍🌈
On a beige background with lines in the trans pride flag colours of light blue and pink, text reads HIGHLIGHTING TRANS WORKS for Trans Day of Visibility, with The Scarlett Letters logo in lower right cornerNON-FICTION with six book covers: None of the Above by Travis Alabanza, Black Trans Feminism by Marquis Be, Trans Femme Futures by Nat Raha & Mijke Van Der Drift, A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas, I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya, and The Transgender Issue An Argument for Justice by Shon FayeFICTION with five covers: MODEL HOME by Rivers Solomon, BRAINWYRMS by Alison Rumfitt, FRESHWATER by Akwaeke Emezi, LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by Ryka Aoki, and STAG DANCE by Torrey PetersPOETRY with four book covers: HOMIE by Danez Smith, BLOOD ORANGE by Yaffta, SLINGSHOT by Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, IF I WERE EROL by Kaan K/Yas Necati
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 31/03/2025
Today (and Today and Today) we have brand new cards for your dearest Birthday Baby who is Really Young, Actually!
A gold rimmed glass table with 3 books and 3 cards. The birthday cards are designed to look similar to the books. The top book is Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, it has an illustrated wave on a rainbow gradient background, the text is white. The card shows a wave against a rainbow background a cartoon of a calico cat in a yellow duck shaped ring and a party hat at the top, the white text reads Today and Today and Today. The book Really Good actually shows the top of a head crying with a parted orange fringe, blue eyes and dripping black mascara, the text is in white. The card next to it is orange with a cupcake and a lit candle at an angle. The white text says 'really young actually'. The bottom book is Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters, it is pink with a wavy red ribbon going around the text. The title is in white and the author name is in purple. The card says Birthday Baby in white and With Love in purple, the background is pink and there are wavy red ribbons going around the text
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 30/03/2025
Happy Mother's Day! We're open until 6pm if you need a last-minute card or gift 📚
Photo from The Scarlett Letters bookshop featuring a table of books with a sign that says "Happy Mother's Day!"Photo from The Scarlett Letters bookshop featuring a display of Mother's Day cards.
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 29/03/2025
'Why do we so easily forget the air that we breathe in common? What does it mean to breathe when the environment that sustains life now threatens it? How can life continue to flourish under conditions that are increasingly toxic?' New in stock! On Breathing by Jamieson Webster
This picture shows an arm outstretched holding the book 'On Breathing' by Jamieson Webster. The cover shows a blue sky with clouds above a still sea. In the background of the picture we can see the shop floor, with wooden flooring, red walls, shelves displaying books and colourful umbrellas hanging from the ceiling
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 28/03/2025
My Mom Had An Abortion. Words: Beezus B. Murphy, Drawings: Tatiana Gill
A face up book directly on a red leather background. The book has a light-yellow cover with purple drawn-style letters "My Mom Had an Abortion" with a drawing below of it of a pale white woman with red hair, a light green shirt, black capris trousers, and yellow ankle socks. She is laying on a pink carpet, is writing in a journal, and has a tablet plugged in next to her. On the blue wall behind her there's a taped up white poster with black words "A Shout Your Abortion Project".  An edited in speech bubble graphic extends out from the left middle side of the book "This beautifully illustrated short graphic novel crucially fills a cultural gap around complexities of abortion, pop culture, body changes, and finding out where we fit in."
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 28/03/2025
Abortion Beyond The Law: Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self-Managed Abortion by Naomi Braine
A face up book on top of white books beneath it and a red leather background. The face up book has a black cover with a sideways light green triangle on it with the title "Abortion Beyond The Law" on it in half-green, half-white writing. Green writing on the triangle, white writing on the black background. Above the triangle in smaller white font is "Naomi Blaine" and below the triangle in the same small white font is "Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self Managed Abortion." An animated text bubble is edited in extending off the left top corner "Follow feminist activists making safe, accessible abortion care available against the odds, and even more importantly, building a robust transnational feminist network."
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 28/03/2025
Abortion Pills Go Global by Sydney Calkin
A robin's egg blue book on top of a red leather background with the title, "Abortion Pills Go Global"  with the o's replaced with a colourful pill in pink, orange, blue, and white in a big font. On top of that, in smaller font, is author "Sydney Calkin" in black font and below the book title is "Reproductive Freedom Across Borders" in red font. A speech bubble graphic is edited in on the left side of the book "An unprecedented up-close look into the global self-managed abortion movement."
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 28/03/2025
So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth.
Face up book on top of a stack of other face up books (hidden faces) all on top of a red leather background. The face up book is top-half beige with black writing "So we can know" repeating in different fonts, bottom half is a purple tinted photographer. Below that is a beige block with "Edited by Aracelis Girmay, Foreword by Nina Angela Mercer." A animated speech bubble "Poet and editor Aracelis Girmay gathers complex and intimate pieces that illuminate the nuances of personal and collective histories, analyses, practices, and choices surrounding pregnancy."
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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · 28/03/2025
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion
A multi-coloured swirl cover on a book in the centre of the frame on top of a white box and a red leather background. The book is "Choice Words: Writers on Abortion" edited by Annie Finch. A edited speech bubble graphic is on the left side: "A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays, this book collects essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights."
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