A list I always look forward to, see if there's anything to add to the reading list! Any favourites or reviews?

And I got my BBC Proms guide at @thebookvault.bsky.social ! Get my ears ready!

Good to see @imcmillan.bsky.social, talk about books old, new and delayed, shared reviews of one we'd both read. Talk about hopes for the future, and other things less certain.

My Sand Life, My Pebble Life is one of our biggest sellers since opening in 2019, more signed copies now here!

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Photo of the official BBC Proms guide for 2026, 17 July to 12 September. Blue background with white writing, and a graphic of lots of different instruments bursting out from a central point.

As someone who listens to a lot of music, the BBC Proms is something I try each year with varying degrees of success. The official 2026 guide is out today, lots of what you would expect including the return of the Black Dyke Band. Plus Miles Davis, Disney, prog rock.

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Photo of two books standing on the desk. Paperback of Darkening Song, black cover with red lips in rows of three, the lips open with small hearts between each one with a letter on each spelling out the title. The pages edging match - black edges with red lips and a blank heart. Plus the new hardback edition of A Deadly Episode, as per the post signed copies.

Quick post, two new books out this week. Out today, Darkening Song from Delphie Seddon, limited edition paperback with designed page edgings.

And an arrival today, out later this week, We have signed copies of Anthony Horowitz new book A Deadly Episode. Contact us to pre-order.

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Photo of a book on a desk - The Angel of St Piran by John Ironmonger, advance paperback copy. Set in Africa, the cover has nature themed cover with a red sunset in the distance, with a human and chimp walking hand in hand in silhouette.

Book post from this morning, perks of a bookshop! This is an advance copy of @johnironmonger.bsky.social The Angel of St Piran due out in September, from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

The Wager and the Bear was one of my favourite books of 2025, very much looking forward to this.

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Photo of two books standing on the desk. Paperback of Darkening Song, black cover with red lips in rows of three, the lips open with small hearts between each one with a letter on each spelling out the title. The pages edging match - black edges with red lips and a blank heart. Plus the new hardback edition of A Deadly Episode, as per the post signed copies.

Quick post, two new books out this week. Out today, Darkening Song from Delphie Seddon, limited edition paperback with designed page edgings.

And an arrival today, out later this week, We have signed copies of Anthony Horowitz new book A Deadly Episode. Contact us to pre-order.

#booksky

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Talked to Bradford fan about football in general, about that promotion game, how Shepherd was doing as he was on loan there last season. The "joys" of early kick-offs and TV. Having bought a book he was about to head to the ground

A late substitution, not at the game? Had a Bradford fan in earlier. Just read that Conor is leaving at end of the season, need another manager. Again.

Graphic image - photo of me as Manager/co-owner and my fellow co-owner (and mother!), a cropped photo in front of bookcases of hardback releases and the edge of our main romantic fiction section complete with some pink flower decorations at the top of the book case. The lower half of the graphic is bright orange with white writing. A circle overlapping the two section with 'Independent Bookshop Week, 13-20 June 2026. Bookshop Champion in reference to our store. Celebrating 20 years.' With The Book Vault in big letters lower down alongside the Books Are My Bag and National Year of Reading logos.

Look, it's us! We are delighted to have been selected as one of 20 bookshop champions across the UK to support and promote #indiebookshopweek this June. This is a week to celebrate the contribution stores like ours make to the culture, communities, and the promotion of books and reading.

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Thank you! Say hello next time you are in, we may already know you though not by Gargarin.

This is the 20th anniversary of Indie Bookshop Week, and with many bookshops we are under small, individual ownership. In our case a family-owned store, the photo is me and my co-owner and mother, our store was her retirement dream.

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Graphic image - photo of me as Manager/co-owner and my fellow co-owner (and mother!), a cropped photo in front of bookcases of hardback releases and the edge of our main romantic fiction section complete with some pink flower decorations at the top of the book case. The lower half of the graphic is bright orange with white writing. A circle overlapping the two section with 'Independent Bookshop Week, 13-20 June 2026. Bookshop Champion in reference to our store. Celebrating 20 years.' With The Book Vault in big letters lower down alongside the Books Are My Bag and National Year of Reading logos.

Look, it's us! We are delighted to have been selected as one of 20 bookshop champions across the UK to support and promote #indiebookshopweek this June. This is a week to celebrate the contribution stores like ours make to the culture, communities, and the promotion of books and reading.

#booksky

Bit slow to do things though. Like post replies.

Seems to be now!

Pressed the reprint button on:

Panenka by Rónán Hession.

Getting ready for the World Cup.

Marvelous.

@fifaworldclub.bsky.social
@championsleague1.bsky.social
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Photo of three copies of Sophie MacKintosh new hardback novel, Permanence. Standing in overlapping formation, cover has an orange lover section with a silhouette image of two figures in tones of grey on the top half.

Quick snap - signed copies of Sophie MacKintosh new novel, Permanence. Two lovers in an illicit affair find themselves in the city of Impermanence, a self-contained reality with no access to the real world.

How do you know when you've found true love? How much would you sacrifice to keep it?

Barnsley Libraries looking for artists and writers to help celebrate the National Year of Reading Writers, poets and artists with a connection to Barnsley or the surrounding area are invited to submit their idea for a series of creative projects designed to bring stories, creativity and communities together.

Link, click! This is to the Barnsley Council website, on here you will find an overview and a link to the arts jobs page which has more details including how to apply.

www.barnsley.gov.uk/news/barnsle...

Opportunities for art in tarn. There are also opportunities at Barnsley Libraries, applications close on Monday morning for creative commissions as part of the Year of Reading. Details on their facebook page or follow the link in the replies...

Unplanned because it's my day off, going home soon. Might even read a book! @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Those Beyond the Wall is my current read.

Photo of books, two copies of The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby sitting on top of another copy. Lots of characters and artwork related to the book on the cover along with a signed copy sticker, and orange and blue horizontal stripes on the page edgings visible in shot.

Unplanned trip in store to check on computer issues, the joys of #bookshop life! They are fine now.

Finally arrived, limited signed editions of The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks, signed copies with fancy page edgings. Get them while you can!

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Anyone nearby to us or a bit further north, go see @ofalafel.bsky.social in Leeds! Or anywhere else, places Olaf is going to that is, but particularly Leeds! He is indeed a 'very funny plonker'.

*sigh*
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

Photo of part of a bookshelf with A History of Horror Fear & the Uncanny facing forward. With three other DK books on Histories of Magic, Ghosts & Spirits, Ghostlore to the side along with a Compendium of the Occult and The Book of Forgotten Witches.

Now in store, A History of Horror Fear & the Uncanny, hardback with red and black page edges and full colour artwork and photography throughout.

I saw @kjsoar.bsky.social post about this yesterday, and @bengazur.bsky.social and one or two others involved. An excellent addition to our shelves.

Photo of part of a bookshelf with A History of Horror Fear & the Uncanny facing forward. With three other DK books on Histories of Magic, Ghosts & Spirits, Ghostlore to the side along with a Compendium of the Occult and The Book of Forgotten Witches.

Now in store, A History of Horror Fear & the Uncanny, hardback with red and black page edges and full colour artwork and photography throughout.

I saw @kjsoar.bsky.social post about this yesterday, and @bengazur.bsky.social and one or two others involved. An excellent addition to our shelves.

To add that we have lots of @blpublishing.bsky.social hardback folk horror elsewhere in store - The Dead of Summer, Halloweird, Bewitched and others.

Photo of three bookshelves featuring The End of World as We Know It, Scratch Moss, The Motion of Puppets, Carrie and Salem's Lot anniversary hardbacks, The Staircase in the Woods, Clockwork Boys, Blood Like Ours and Necronomicon facing forward in front of shelves filled with books.

Here is most of our horror section. Featuring The End of the World As We Know It, a collection based on @stephenking.bsky.social The Stand. Singled out for no particular reason..

@davidmbarnett.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @blpublishing.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com & plenty more.

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Photo of bookshelves with the bottom two shelves of two cases forming a corner with Manga, from Blue Lock, Chainsaw Man, JJK, Kagurabachi through to Sakamoto Days. With the DC Compact Comics collection, Moomins, 1984, Animal Farm, Madi and other graphic novels visible on a higher shelf.

At the start of every week without fail, the biggest stack of restock arrival books is for our SFF/Horror/Graphics area, to replace w/end sales.

Here is a recent photo in our genre focus shots, mainly of Manga with other graphic novels in view, and ever-changing and updating selection.

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TV & Film News.

In the last 12 months, two Bluemoose books have been optioned.

Nod by Adrian Barnes - Fox searchlight/Disney

Beastings by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social -Warp Film/ Matriarch Productions - who produced 'Adolescence.'

Indie publishing from Hebden Bridge.

@thebookseller.com