I Was a Stranger - CHRISTINE POULSON Every now and then I come across a book that I go on thinking about long after I have finished it and I know I will return again and again. One such book is I Was A Stranger (1977) by John Hackett. In...

The most moving book I have read for ages: www.christinepoulson.co.uk/i-was-a-stra...
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Looking forward to each & every item, especially ‘The Secret Life of Second-hand Books’ 📚📚📚

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‘Do you treasure ancient paperbacks, spines gone, pages browning, brittle & crumbling . . .?’

Liz Robinson asks the crucial questions in the very first issue of #SlightlyFoxed from Spring, 2004.

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#Bibliophile #Reading #Literature

Third book for #GuadalupeReinas 2025: Giving up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel in a beautiful edition by #SlightlyFoxed.

Un libro abierto en la primera página sobre un mantel rojo con blanco, junto a una taza con decoraciones de árboles de Navidad. La página dice: PLAIN FOXED EDITIONS GIVING UP THE GHOST Hilary Mantel. Abajo de las letras el logo de la editorial: un zodra asomándose sobre un libro abierto.

Tercer libro de #GuadalupeReinas 2025: Giving up the Ghost de #HilaryMantel, publicado por #SlightlyFoxed. Un libro hermoso que me ha hecho reír. Quisiera poder abrazar a la pequeña Hilary. Una pena que ya no esté entre nosotros.

A book bound in light aqua linen. A light brown paper wrap in the middle has the following text: Plain Foxed Editions Hilary Mantel Giving up the Ghost 'Simply astonishing' Guardian 'A masterpiece of with... [the] past, so thoroughly vanished, is made to live again here.' Rachel Cusk

Logo of the publishing house, drawing of the head of a smart-looking fox over an open book

Golden foil lettering on the spine with the logo of the fox face with a book and the name of the series: Plain Foxed Editions

The book opened on a page showing an ocre-golden bookmark

Get yourself #BookWorm friends like the amazing @causticcovercritic.bsky.social who can recommend good indy & small presses. Exhibit A: Plain Foxed Editions from #SlightlyFoxed. Linen binding w foil lettering on spine, & colour-coordinated bookmark. Giving up the Ghost by #HilaryMantel.

Amazing book shop in #BerwickuponTweed called #SlightlyFoxed. Lisa was super friendly and helpful.