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... ambitious, clever and resourceful, nevertheless make poor choices and messy decisions and live lives that are unconventional, painful and chaotic to rival the likes of Bridget Jones, Carrie Mathison and Mare Sheehan. Despite the books being published a hundred years...

Time to celebrate - it’s #BookshopDay tomorrow! 📚

#BookshopDay is a one-day nationwide celebration of all high street bookshops, aiming to highlight the cultural importance of books and bookshops, and celebrate the people that bring the two together, our wonderful booksellers!

A thrilling collection of strange stories by Eleanor Scott (an author who, despite being hugely influential to the Folk Horror and Weird genres, remains relatively unknown), ranging from depictions of ritualistic folk horror to tales of ancient forces versus humanity.

#SpookySeason is almost upon us, so it makes sense to start stocking up on gothic and weird reads with our @BL_Shop, along with some incredible prints to adorn your walls… 🦇

Ahoy - did you know it was #TalkLikeAPirateDay yesterday? 🌊

If you want to know all about the swashbuckling types that frequented the seven seas, look no further than Captain Johnson's 'A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Pirates'!

In this impressively broad yet personal account, John Miller – ‘a conventionally dressed middle-aged academic with a full bodysuit’ – explores tattooing as a unique expression of individual, cultural and national identity.

Our #Philosophies series are the perfect books to learn more about the things we interact with on a daily basis. Ever wondered how far back tattooing goes, or how the phrase ‘Dutch Courage’ links to gin?

We’ll be adding ‘The Philosophy of Whisky’ to the roster this October! 🥂

#SummerReads don’t always have to be cosy fiction – you can spend your summer learning about Captain Charles Johnson’s accounts of some of the most extraordinary British highwaymen, criminals and pirates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Johnson's volumes...

Featuring stunning illustrations from the British Library’s rich medieval collection, Dogs in Medieval Manuscripts provides – through discussion of dogs both real and imaginary – an astonishing picture of the relationship of dogs to humans in the medieval world.

A bold and nuanced story of colonial oppression, social deviance and tattooing in the age of social media, this title features original tattoo designs from London-based tattoo artist Luca Ortis, as well as illustration from the British library collections.