Hey you, are you staying hydrated today? Make sure you're drinking enough. It's easy to forget when it's chilly outside.
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This PSA was brought to you from a very busy bookshop, where I've just found a coffee I made 5 hours ago and forgot to drink.
#BookshopLife
Ah, today's Facebook memory was the bookshop customer who complained that I didn't send my staff into work during a hurricane because they were a bit bored at home... #StormOphelia killed 3 people in Ireland... #BookshopLife #Retail
poster for talk, with picture of Prof Sam Rayner on left, black and white picture of Dillon's bookshop on right, and bookcover for Women Booksellers of the twentieth century in the centre. Below it reads: Sam Read Bookseller presents a talk by Prof. Sam Rayner on bookselling history. 'Hidden in the bookshelves: women booksellers'. Grasmere village hall, wed 8 oct 2025, 7.30pm. Free entry. All welcome.
Then ahead of #BookshopDay on Saturday, we have a visit this week from @profbookshops.bsky.social, who will be giving a talk on Women Booksellers in the Twentieth Century in Grasmere village hall on Weds 8th Oct, 7.30pm. #Booksky #BookshopLife #BookTalk
NB: This photo reminded me of the man in his 60s who walked up to the desk in @gutterbookshop.bsky.social & said "You have a very Anglo-Saxon nose" to me & then got angry when I told him that was an inappropriate thing to say to me. #BobsNose #AnnoyingMen #BookshopLife
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Thinking of the man who walked up to me in the bookshop and, apropos of nothing, said "that's a fine Anglo-Saxon nose you've got there." #bookshoplife
(This is a nice counterbalance to all the times I've sat behind the bookshop counter, watched someone pick up #SomeOfUsJustFall and another book, then buy the other book 😆) #BooksellerWriters #TheWritingLife #BookshopLife
The street lights are back on in Iowa City at quarter after noon, and Sophie is hiding under the couch (she hates bad weather).
Need to while away the storm in a good, safe place?
Inside the stone part of this house, we can't even hear the thunder.
#iawx #bookshoplife
Reopening my little bookshop this weekend! Excited to be back, definitely overwhelmed by the to-do list, but mostly just looking forward to being in my cozy space and talking about books again. #bookshoplife #indiebookseller
Graphic for event. Saturday 14 December (today!) 10am - 11am. Milly Johnson in store, details as per post. With images of recent book covers, Together, Again, The Happiest Ever After, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, and The Mother of all Christmases.
Quick post while putting balloons and other things around the store #bookshoplife
It's our 5th birthday! @themillyjohnson.bsky.social will be in store soon! Come buy any books you need for your collection, say hello to Milly and get them signed. There will be gifts! Scones! To 11.30am. #booksky
Table with children's Christmas themed books. Mostly board books standing up (Where's Mrs Reindeer, The Christmas Pine, Elmer, etc.) and a few picture books - The Christmas Pine again, Where Snow Angels Go.
Child-sized bookshelf stand, with lots of Christmas and related picture books! Five shelf levels full of books. The stand is from Tiny Stands, designed for children's bedrooms though we have found them good for store display.
Busy times... I've been rearranging (again) today, children's area. Two photos of Christmas and related books, more board books and annuals etc. elsewhere. #bookshoplife
So #booksky - what are your most-loved xmas/wintery books or stories? Children's or otherwise, from the past or now?
Nothing like the arrival (and moving) of a big stack of deliveries to warm you up on a cold morning. Post-busy weekend re-stock, customer orders, some new & signed books.
#booksky #bookshoplife
A dark mezzanine in a bookshop, illuminated by the glow of a green fire exit sign. The bookshelves disappear off into the darkness.
If you've ever fantasised about spending the night trapped in a bookshop, let me tell you it's very spoopy and more importantly TOO DARK TO READ.
#BookshopLife
