Boy at the Back of the Class Book Tour 📚 Onjali Raúf Book Signings ✒️
The best-selling novel and their smash-hit, joyful play is back with a celebration of friendship kindness and compassion.
The show is also playing at @mayflower.studios from 10th to 14th of March.
#octoberbooks #theatre
📺️ Race Across The World...with books📚
Instead of racing behind who to see where they went, we recommend checking our display of places that inspired titles.
Do come into the store and see the beautifully hand-drawn map by our volunteer, Helena!
#octoberbooks #worldissues #culture
🕊️ Celebrating the Authors We Said Goodbye to in 2025
As we step into 2026 and the days are still short and wintry, we’ve been reflecting on some of the remarkable writers we lost in 2025.
Stories endure and their impact lives ✨
#octoberbooks #rip #restinpeace #author
🌷 February's Bring Your Own Book Club!
Join us for our book club on Saturday, the 28th of February at 11am!
**10% off for book purchases mentioned in the book club
Tickets 🎟️ Free, tickets required
octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/129/d...
*donations welcome
#octoberbooks #bookclub #BYOB
📚 Introduction to our Book bundle
If you were in the shop before Christmas, you might have seen these bundles on the bookshelf. It was not created solely for gift-giving; it is also designed to provide deeper insight into a topic.
* 10% off when books are bought in bundles
#octoberbooks
📚 The reading list of With the certainty of tides, still I rise🌊
Article and reading list here: octoberbooks.org/blogs/news/t...
“With the certainty of tides, still I rise” exhibition runs til 24th of January @johnhansardgallery
#octoberbooks #artexhibition #artgallery #artandbooks
🌠 An evening with author of Nightfaring: In Search Of the Disappearing Darkness
Dates/Times🕰️ 12th Feburary 2026, 7:00pm
Tickets🎟️£5.00
octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/125/d...
#octoberbooks #bookevent #documentary #environmentalissues #worldissues #bookevening #southamptontodo
📖 Winners of the Nero Book Awards 2025🏆
Looking for a good book to match a coffee? Here are a few award winning selection for you!
Books available to order at the bookshop and on our website.
👉 Did you like the Nero Book Award's pick❓
#octoberbooks #bookaward #bookselection #books
🔥 FIRES AND FASCISM documentary film screening 🎥
Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 23rd January 2026, 7:00pm
Tickets🎟️ £3.00, £5.00 and £9.00
Ticket link in bio
#octoberbooks #filmscreening #newevent #movies #documentary #environmentalissues #worldissues #politics
📚 Hardback discount Series❗Nature 🌼
Ever wonder how the world coexists so patiently with humans? We are offering a £3 discount on these hardback titles, and this week we’re highlighting nature books! Pick a book up about rivers, butterflies, oceans.... to find out 🌍 🧡 🔥
#octoberbooks #motherearth
Event review🗣️ We Can Learn to Sing in Festive Harmony Workshop🎄
Last Saturday, we had a lovely harmonic morning with echoes of tunes spreading the festive spirit around the Bookshop!
🔔 Would anyone want to join the next harmony workshop?
#octoberbooks #singingworkshop #southamptonmusic #music
New year event 🌳 Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do.
Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 22nd January 2026, 7:00pm
Tickets🎟️ £5.00
#octoberbooks #booklaunch
Just a reminder🛎️ Students and Blue Light Card holders get discounts in-store, just show your ID at the till 🪪 and we’ve got extra shop promos sprinkled around the store.
Have a look when you pop in! Happy browsing!
#octoberbooks #discountcode #portswoodshopping #supportlocal #supportindie
📚 Hardback Series❗History 🗝️
We are offering a £3 discount on these hardback titles, and this week we’re highlighting history books!
#octoberbooks #history #culture #worldhistory #christmasgift #christmaspresent #christmas #christmasshopping #supportyourlocalbookshop
Ash and Freya have started volunteering in the community garden this month, and we have seen the effort put in: 2.5 hours clearing leaves for compost, removing rubbish, tidying, and removing weeds!
Let’s hope their plan comes true and the community garden blossoms!
#octoberbooks #communitygarden
🎨 New cards from Lindsey!
🥂 How many of these venues have you visited? Come to discover the whole series in store now 🎁 A great gift for your Southampton savvy friends 🤟
#octoberbooks #greetingcards #illustration #artsandcraft #southamptonArtist #southamptonart
🏆 The 2025 Goldsmiths Prize winner is out! Congratulations to C.D. Rose!
⚡ If you love exploring bold styles in novel forms, the shortlist and winner of the Goldsmiths Prize will be a good start! Find the winner title in-store now!
#octoberbooks #bookprize #christmasgift #christmaspresentideas
You have heard of dad jokes, in the Bookshop, we have post-person jokes.
Let's start of winter with a seasonal joke😀
Comment HAHA to hear more 📬 Post-person jokes 💌
#octoberbooks #mail #jokeoftheday #communitybookshop #communityjokes
🌲 Art of Climbing Trees book launch review🎉
October Books hosted a wonderful sold out event with Henrik Dahle and his book Art of Climbing Trees. A funny and quirky evening, when we met Professor Handlebrass Gauntlett...
See full review on our Instagram
#octoberbooks #events #booklaunch #newbook
The 8 Books of Spooky Season !! October Reads #booksky 📚 #books #spookyreads #octoberbooks 👻 🧟♀️ 🎃 #octoberwrapup
🥦 Happy World Vegan Day 🥗
With our vegan recipe books, vegan products and our popular Monday Veg Out Cafe, October Books might not just be your community bookshop, but also your community groceries shop!
What is your favourite 'Vegan aspect' of October Books?
#octoberbooks #vegan #veganproducts
Mini book review for: “The Book of Lost Friends” by Lisa Wingate
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That wraps up book 113 of 2025!
#bookstagram #booktok #booksky #bookishlove #bookishpost #booktography #readreadread #booksandplants #booksandscentsy #octoberbooks #thebookoflostfriends #lisawingate #beforewewereyours
Snapshot of my StoryGraph account showing the statistics from October.
17 book covers of the books I read in October, from my StoryGraph account.
10 rereads this month because sometimes you just need comfort books.
My October reads:
#BookSky #StoryGraph #OctoberBooks #Murderbot #SmittenInTheMitten
Currently reading: "The Book of Lost Friends" by Lisa Wingate
#bookstagram #booksky #bookcommunity #bibliophile #bookrecommendation #bookreview #newbookstagram #newbooks #readreadread #booksandplants #booksandscentsy #octoberbooks #thebookoflostfriends #lisawingate #beforewewereyours
"What if bedtime was scarier without monsters under the bed?" 👀
5th grade teacher RamonaRecommends calls I Need My Monster the ultimate October read aloud! 🎃
Perfect for spooky readings, crafts + monster fun! 👻
flashlightpress.com/ineedmymonst...
@ipgbook.bsky.social #halloween #OctoberBooks
Mini review for: "Better Off Wed" by Laura Durham
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That wraps up book 112 of 2025!
#booktok #booksky #bookishlove #bookishpost #booktography #bookrecommendation #bookreview #newbookstagram #newbooks #readreadread #booksandplants #booksandscentsy #octoberbooks #betteroffwed #lauradurham
Currently reading: "Better Off Wed" by Laura Durham
#bookstagram #booktok #booksky #bookishlove #bookishpost #booktography #bookrecommendation #bookreview #newbookstagram #newbooks #readreadread #booksandplants #booksandscentsy #octoberbooks #betteroffwed #lauradurham
This deal is so good it's SPOOKY! (Honestly, $.199 for a e-book is a STEAL.) tulepublishing.com/mystery-book...
#ebooksale #bookdeals
#Killerreads
#Halloweenreads
#Octoberbooks
Mini book review for: "Hearts on Fire" by Julia Gabriel
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That wraps up book 111 of 2025!
#bookstagram #booktok #booksky #bookishlove #bookishpost #readersofinstagram #newbookstagram #newbooks #readreadread #booksandplants #booksandscentsy #octoberbooks #heartsonfire #juliagabriel #chesapeakebay
