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As I suspected - I keep seeing books in that I NEED. Like this charming, lyrical unicorn tale for age 5+ about a girl who finds a unicorn in the brambles + looks after her. Delighted to be back bookselling - but I’ll need to leave my wallet at home! 😂

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2021-08-05

Publishing & bookselling shone a light on the book industries today. Tomorrow, day 2 of Pathways into Publishing, highlights & To view: https://t.co/fdNH5cQoVg

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2021-06-13

First day of Pathways into Publishing with The Portico Library goes live! List of events for today & tomorrow here: https://t.co/O1wf95xDnn What will you be tuning in for? Bookselling results?

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2021-06-12

I'm going to be taking part in this online October festival, with my bestest bookselling flame Stephen Holland at . 🔥🔥🔥(Look out for mythical horse-based comic-making.) See the full creator lineup here! https://t.co/tekkZsXoDS https://t.co/tiM2rWdSX3

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2020-06-22

my entire bookselling career has led me to this moment
(but if anyone at / Simon Pulse could mail me a galley, I'd greatly appreciate it)

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2020-04-24

The Unwinding by is now 74% funded via . Fellow bookselling people, we want this on our shelves! Let's get behind it and share, share, share 💪👍🤟 https://t.co/nzOcAMwMuv

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2019-07-04

Surround yourself with other strong-minded people who can help you to succeed in a new business venture. Ask your local USBAH Organiser how starting your own bookselling business could be the very worthwhile new thing in your life.

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2018-10-01

The independent in the heart of Axminster is the bookselling partner of the Shute Festival. Behind the shop’s modest frontage are 11,000 books displayed on two floors connected by a spiral staircase. Read up at https://t.co/5iNrlyi37x.

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2018-09-21

I did the art thing after a long day of bookselling today. Peep the Carry On poster by Rainbow Rowell! Also the books on my bed are Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco, and Uprooted by Naomi Novik!

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2018-07-07

I would much rather spend my lunch exploring a bookstore than sitting in a café.


Today’s find.

“Bookselling, compared to some other trades, is quite a new one.”

-The Book of Trades
George S. Appleton, 1851
Illustration by William Croome

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2018-04-18

Big thanks to team this year for recognising illustrators as a vital part of bookselling!

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2016-09-27