A stack of ten books on a wooden table just outside the shop. From the top: 1. NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE by Rebecca Solnit 2. HOMEWORK by Geoff Dyer 3. THE DESERTERS by Mathias Enard, translated by Charlotte Mandell 4. PERFECTION by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes 5. SO IN THE SPRUCE FOREST by Ali Smith 6. THE GENDER OF SOUND by Anne Carson 7. FRENCH COOKING FOR ONE by Michèle Roberts 8. THE CHILDREN'S BACH by Helen Garner 9. FISH OUT OF WATER by Claire-Louise Bennett 10 THE POSSESSION by Annie Ernaux, translated by Anna Moschovakis

This week's bestsellers: lrb.me/6jh

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‘If someone wants to be seen… then someone has to watch’ - a new book from the author of Alys, Always & Her - OTHER PEOPLE’s FUN by @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social

NEWS: @katlister.bsky.social's beguiling exploration of art, FRAGILE BODIES: Art Born of Bodily Trauma, won at auction by @wnbooks.bsky.social for publication in Spring 2027

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Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lis...

More pics from our event with @richardcoles.bsky.social!

Thanks also to Mary Sharp, who did a great job of chairing the discussion - plus @orionbooks.bsky.social & @wnbooks.bsky.social for helping us to organise the event.

What a great night - many thanks to everyone who came along! 😍

‘Unputdownable’ @thebookseller.com on Other People’s Fun by @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social (out in October)

We are so proud to be publishing the astonishing new memoir from Malala, FINDING MY WAY.

How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight?

Coming 21 October 2025 – Read more and pre-order now: malalabook.com

A copy of 38 LONDRES STREET with a signed copies available flash

Uncover a chilling historical crime that has real-world impact today. #38LondresStreet, the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling new book from @philippesands.bsky.social (author of #EastWestStreet and #TheRatline), is out now.

Signed copies available @waterstones.bsky.social and Indies: geni.us/38LondresStreet

What's the link between @henrycporter.bsky.social 's #Thriller THE ENIGMA GIRL @quercusbooks.bsky.social and @claremulley.bsky.social 's #biography AGENT ZO @wnbooks.bsky.social ?
Find out in the N Cotswolds in May campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Massive thanks to @letticefranklin.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social for this explosive looking novel from Hannah Deitch - I'm getting Thelma and Louise vibes and I'm here for it! #BookSky

Book Review: The Lamb by Lucy Rose – Gruesome, Darkly Funny and Unforgettable The Lamb by Lucy Rose is a gruesome yet darkly funny horror novel about a mother and daughter living deep in the Cumbrian woods… and feasting on unsuspecting visitors. A gripping blend of horror, s…

Yorkshire puddings, potato waffles… and human flesh?! The Lamb by Lucy Rose is gruesome, gripping and unforgettable. My review: bethreadscrime.com/2025/03/04/b...

Bravo @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social 🥩

Today I'm talking to @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social about her gorgeous gothic horror The Lamb, writing with ADHD, creating an author brand and why filmmaking makes her a better writer
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The news is out! We are so excited to see Green Dot by Madeleine Gray shortlisted for Book of the Year in the #BritishBookAwards Debut Fiction category 🟢

Huge congratulations to all the selected authors!

#Nibbies #GreenDot #wnbooks
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Book review: An appetite for the sinister 'The Lamb' is written in terse and pared back language then it bubbles like a simmering stove towards a memorable and nightmarish conclusion.

@irishexaminer.bsky.social books - The Lamb by Lucy Rose @wnbooks.bsky.social reviewed by Paul Whitington

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Lucy Rose: 'Be vulnerable and write honestly about the things that scare you' Lucy Rose was awarded a place on our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for LGBTQIA+ Writers in 2022. We caught up to discuss the release of her debut novel, The Lamb.

'Be vulnerable and write honestly about the things that scare you' 📖

We caught up with CBC alumna @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social to discuss her debut novel, #TheLamb, out tomorrow from @wnbooks.bsky.social

The first time I saw this cover I knew #KillerPotential was a book I needed in my hands! Big thanks to @wnbooks.bsky.social for sending me a proof. Out in March.

The Lamb by Lucy Rose review – a hard tale to shake The film-maker’s evocative debut novel, a feminist gothic horror, explores loneliness, cannibalism and queer desire

I reviewed Lucy Rose's dark fairytale The Lamb for #ObserverNewReview - publ by @wnbooks.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

I'm really looking forward to attending this event in March
It's been too long since I've been to a bookish talk & here is a double helping 📖@serenitybookshop.bsky.social #TheLamb #OldSoul #Booksky #authortalk @wnbooks.bsky.social

This fantastic book is published today, and we’ll have Anna Sulan in our shop in Stockport next Thursday.
Tickets here - raremags.co.uk #ukspf #stockport @wnbooks.bsky.social @annasulan.bsky.social @jesswhite.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to see Agent Zo by Clare Mulley on the longlist for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction! 🎉

Thank you to the judges @womensprize.bsky.social and sponsor @findmypast.bsky.social, and huge congratulations to the selected authors.

Full longlist here: womensprize.com/prizes/women...

1. The Lamb by @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social

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Utterly horrifying but one of the most compelling narratives and rootable-for characters I’ve read in a very long while. Devoured it (slightly awks given the content), will be thinking about it all year

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Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember... Porridge Fifty years on from when the prison doors first slammed shut on Norman Stanley Fletcher, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais look back at a landmark British comedy.

Still #writing: Dick & Ian - what an elegant. duo - the greatest co-writing team in the history of British #television

And there's a book #MoreThanLikely @wnbooks.bsky.social

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A little love for the lamb here in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan ❤️‍🔥

My girls all together ✨ #booksky

You might not be able to write the way that other people do and that's okay. Lucy Rose's (neurodivergent) notes on writing

Delighted to say that my first interview on my new substack interviewing neurodivergent writers is with none other than @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social - Lucy's thoughts are generous and illuminating both us a writer and publishing professional tinyurl.com/3rrm6hw2

back on #BookTube wrapping up my #NonfictionNovember reading and singing the praises of Laurie Colwin, Hilary Mantel, Jenny Kleeman… 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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‘It is dark blood magic that distinguishes fascism from conventional hard right governments’ - one of many on the nose sentences in this excellent and timely book @induct.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social

Fundamentally - Nussaibah Younis in conversation with Tawseef Khan at Serenity Booksellers (Stockport) Tickets are now available for Fundamentally - Nussaibah Younis in conversation with Tawseef Khan at Serenity Booksellers (Stockport), Stockport on Tue 18 Feb 2025 at 6:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

Tickets are just £5 (or £16.99 including a copy of the book) and are available instore at both our Romiley and Stockport branches and online via link below.

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New continent, new author photo✨
Shot on film by Amanda Wong for THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, published by
@wnbooks.bsky.social June 2025

THE CHILDREN'S BACH by Helen Garner.

New on my blog today, I've written about Helen Garner's spare, lyrical novella, THE CHILDREN'S BACH.
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Pick of books to look out for in winter and spring From Wild Grace to Prosecuting the Powerful, Lucy Popescu turns over a new leaf with her selections for early 2025

My pick of books in first part of 2025: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/pick... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social, @faberbooks.bsky.social, @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @swiftpress.bsky.social, @wnbooks.bsky.social, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social