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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jul 1

Oh dear.

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jun 29

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Panel 1:
A robot stands before a tech CEO’s desk
“Sir, I can't thank you enough for the opportunity to read so many wonderful books! In fact, I've written a poem to express-“

The CEO cuts him off
“You're here to generate content, not express yourself.”

Panel 2:
Robot, enthusiastically “I'm just proud to be working to pay back all those great writers who taught me so much! “
CEO “The only people we're paying back are the investors.”

Panel 3:
Robot “Well, at least with all this money we can try to make the world a better place!

(No reply )

“Sir?”

CEO “Can someone take this thing away, please

Panel 4:
The robot wanders alone and mutters tearfully “Creating shareholder value is a kind of creativity, isn't it? … Sob!”

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Jun 30

How to be a Writer:, no. 95322:
Update website
Answer 283983 e-mails
Record radio interview
Print out travel details, schedules
Go through diary
Order stock
14 e-mail interviews
Go through diary again
Experience immense wave of self-doubt
Wonder what you forgot to do
Oh, wait -
Tea.

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The Poetry Society @handle.invalid · Jun 30

We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Breaking the Rules Challenge, run in partnership with the Estorick Collection, on Young Poets Network.

Here's an extract from Mikala Smee's winning video poem 'These Rigid Lines.' Read the rest: bit.ly/EstorickYPN

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 28

We currently have a Salute to Percy Grainger in here doing the same thing...

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 28

Today's book shop browsing music. Any thoughts on what music would encourage you to linger in the shop?

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 28

Really good to know this, thanks for posting. We like to have our finger on the pulse but it's hard in a secondhand book shop!

Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 28

These lists are useful for us as a secondhand bookshop. It is hard to keep up with what children chose, or are asked, to read.

oldsputnik.bsky.social @oldsputnik.bsky.social · Jun 28

Looks like a good mixture of classic children's books and new ones. Even given genre tags these days.
#Booksky
#Children

School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Jun 28

Suggested reading list of books for 11 year olds. Authors include Nicholas Fisk, Christopher Edge, Elizabeth Laird and Malorie Blackman #ukedchat #kidsbook schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...

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Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social · Jun 26

open.substack.com/pub/suziegro...?

What do you look for in a second-hand bookshop? For me, it’s recipe books, memoirs, autobiographies and mid-20th c fiction. You? Tell @framlinghambooks.bsky.social #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #writinglife #authorlife #skybooks #skywriters

We like you, please come again.

Help us be the very best second hand bookshop we can be, for our customers.

open.substack.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Jun 25

I don't think I have to tell most people who follow me why libraries are important, or that they're under threat in the UK. But I want to make sure everyone knows Lambeth libraries are going on strike and there's a solidarity hardship fund HERE linktr.ee/savelambethl... #KidlitUK #SaveLibraries

Save Lambeth Libraries | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Linktree. Make your link do more.

linktr.ee

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Sanjana Modha @sanjanafeasts.bsky.social · Jun 25

Regarding the collapse of our publisher, Unbound, the authors involved (myself included) offer this statement to you. This comment aims to provide insight into the events. We encourage you to read and share it far and wide. Thank you 🙏🏽

www.thebookseller.com/comment/the-...

Opinion: The Unbound authors' view

The authors affected by the collapse of Unbound deserve real support, honest accountability and clear answers.

www.thebookseller.com

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

To stop myself chasing customers and asking them why they didn't buy anything, help me via our new post on Substack... #Booksky
open.substack.com/pub/suziegro...

We like you, please come again.

Help us be the very best second hand bookshop we can be, for our customers.

open.substack.com

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

To stop myself chasing customers and asking them why they didn't buy anything, help me via our new post on Substack... #Booksky
open.substack.com/pub/suziegro...

We like you, please come again.

Help us be the very best second hand bookshop we can be, for our customers.

open.substack.com

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

It's 11.30am and we've taken just £2.50. Favourite comments on the way out: 'Thank you - it's a lovely shop', 'I'll come back with my reading glasses' 'We're staying locally so we'll come back with more time.' 'I'm so glad we've still got physical bookshops.' I feel like a tourist attraction.

Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

Copies of @keatsbabe.bsky.social Suzie Grogan's Death Disease and Dissection are back in stock after a reprint! It went very well and I really enjoyed giving my talk on it.

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 20

A classic

Francesco Piunti @francescopiunti.bsky.social · Jun 20

"Dummy" is Portishead's debut album, blending dark, mysterious, bluesy sounds with hip hop beats. It feels both retro and ahead of its time, remaining captivating and innovative since 1994. An album that still impresses today! #cdfriday

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 20

An old bookmark found in our stock is often a joy. This book token (token used, free plate not) has no date but must be 1950s perhaps?

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yes, sometimes people expect us to buy everything, but even if they’d seek eventually, storage costs are already a significant cost for us and we have to pay to have the unwanted and unsellable stock taken away.

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

My Substack went crazy (really!) for this post about how to decide what we sell in the shop. Secondhand bookshops, especially tiny ones, have to make hard decisions #Booksky substack.com/home/post/p-...

What would you buy? The second-hand bookseller dilemma

Collating a bookshop shelf can be harder than you think...

substack.com

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

Chris and I are both writers. My next, much-delayed book, will benefit from this! Norwich History Festival looks wonderful: Tickets are now available for Valerie Sanders: Harriet Martineau at Octagon Chapel, Norwich on Wednesday 23rd July 2025 at 6:00PM www.ticketsource.co.uk/norwichhisto...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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The Poetry Society @handle.invalid · Jun 18

Free workshop + open mic alert!

As part of the Bog Challenge on Young Poets Network, we're running a double bill of online ecopoetry goodness on Saturday 5 July.

Book your space at bit.ly/BogTakeover🌟

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

As a bookseller I have found people love to read about bookshops so find some inside information on my Substack! substack.com/@suziegrogan...

Suzie Grogan | Substack

A writer, an editor, a radio presenter and a bookseller in a secondhand bookshop, I have what some call, grandly, a 'portfolio career'. My daughter calls it ‘hustling', but it is, in truth, simply a l...

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Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

Fabulous piece and especially interesting for those of us engaged in writing crime fiction...

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Jun 18

‘She often adds horrific details in evoking climactic violence. Readers are not permitted to shelter behind the image of a safely sanitised corpse.’

Dinah Birch on what P.D. James did to the murder mystery:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Dinah Birch · Cosy as a Scalpel: Murder Most Delicious

Detective novels offer a means of rehearsing the fearful reality of death, and in this sense the conventions of the...

www.lrb.co.uk

Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 18

Oh dear, we have got to 1pm on a hot sunny day here in Framlingham without selling one book. Lots of lovely comments about the shop and long browses but no sales. Buy local, buy indie or all your 'lovely shops' (thank you for the compliment) will go out of business 😔

Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 17

Send us account recommendations - we'd love to follow other shops, writers, editors, and bloggers. Those who love reading and working with words are our livelihood.

Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our online sales are what keep bookselling a viable living. Although we love our little shop you can also see our whole online, collectable and rare stock via our website at www.framlinghambooks.co.uk

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