GPWigglesworth
@gpwigglesworth.bsky.social
'The Book Lover's (& Movie - Sept!) Quiz Book' (1 & 2) author. Book quiz host - The Betsey Trotwood (next one 20/01). Sales & marketing manager at British Library Publishing. All opinions my own! All quiz dates etc here - https://www.gpwigglesworth.co.uk/
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Happy publication day to me! The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book is out now. Signed copies available at the British Library Shop and unsigned copies wherever you buy your books from! Thanks to @summersdalebooks.bsky.social for being excellent. @zenoagency.bsky.social
Finished this last night - dug from my TBR pile because the central character features in Patrick Gale’s new book ‘Love Lane’ next year. This was a beautifully sad tale, with Gale (as ever) an absolute joy to read. He’s so good!
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Finished this last night - dug from my TBR pile because the central character features in Patrick Gale’s new book ‘Love Lane’ next year. This was a beautifully sad tale, with Gale (as ever) an absolute joy to read. He’s so good!
Had a very jolly time at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social last night, they now have signed copies of The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book. Thanks to the booksellers who were lovely & great to meet my fellow 2nd floorers @bowlofchalk.bsky.social & Tim Robey @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @zenoagency.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Had a very jolly time at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social last night, they now have signed copies of The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book. Thanks to the booksellers who were lovely & great to meet my fellow 2nd floorers @bowlofchalk.bsky.social & Tim Robey @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @zenoagency.bsky.social
That was fun! I was asked if Wigglesworth was my real name 3 times, that may be a record.
Am at the @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Christmas do tonight (it’s free & starts at 6), say hello if you’re there. I will be asking questions *from The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book & giving out chocolates & stickers! (Thanks @summersdalebooks.bsky.social). *A prize everytime!
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
That was fun! I was asked if Wigglesworth was my real name 3 times, that may be a record.
Am at the @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Christmas do tonight (it’s free & starts at 6), say hello if you’re there. I will be asking questions *from The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book & giving out chocolates & stickers! (Thanks @summersdalebooks.bsky.social). *A prize everytime!
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Am at the @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Christmas do tonight (it’s free & starts at 6), say hello if you’re there. I will be asking questions *from The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book & giving out chocolates & stickers! (Thanks @summersdalebooks.bsky.social). *A prize everytime!
#Nowplaying. All I want for Christmas is for Wild Beasts to reform 🎅
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#Nowplaying. All I want for Christmas is for Wild Beasts to reform 🎅
It’s weird how You’ve Been Framed ended just as everyone got iphones.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s weird how You’ve Been Framed ended just as everyone got iphones.
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The heart is a lonely hunter, as is Elmer Fudd.
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The heart is a lonely hunter, as is Elmer Fudd.
Forgot to say best team name was ‘Release the Redmayne Files’ which is still making me smile.
Full house at the final Betsey Book Quiz of the year! ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Forgot to say best team name was ‘Release the Redmayne Files’ which is still making me smile.
Here is the final Bad Cover Version round of the year from last Tuesday’s Betsey Book Quiz. They all begin with F - how many can you identify? Answers later…
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here is the final Bad Cover Version round of the year from last Tuesday’s Betsey Book Quiz. They all begin with F - how many can you identify? Answers later…
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A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, support the podcast, “don’t gob at me”.
This week: Buzzcocks, Everybody’s Happy Nowadays/Why Can’t I Touch It?
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This week: Buzzcocks, Everybody’s Happy Nowadays/Why Can’t I Touch It?
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November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, support the podcast, “don’t gob at me”.
This week: Buzzcocks, Everybody’s Happy Nowadays/Why Can’t I Touch It?
www.patreon.com/backlisted
This week: Buzzcocks, Everybody’s Happy Nowadays/Why Can’t I Touch It?
www.patreon.com/backlisted
Full house at the final Betsey Book Quiz of the year! ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Full house at the final Betsey Book Quiz of the year! ❤️
It’s very hard to write a genuinely funny book but Sue Townsend made it look effortless.
“The working-class comedy novel is a rarer thing still... Working-class domestic humour – i.e., comedy both for and about working-class families – is a knowledge gap in scholarly literature, with such discussion as there is tending to be limited to the anecdotal.”
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A Guide to The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Georgia Poplett’s introduction to the plot, characters and historical background of Sue Townsend’s novel about a young working-class intellectual in 1980s Leicester.
thebeemagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It’s very hard to write a genuinely funny book but Sue Townsend made it look effortless.
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
Just found out there is a film called ‘Shark Side of the Moon’. Here’s the plot. (Why did they send to the Moon tho?)
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just found out there is a film called ‘Shark Side of the Moon’. Here’s the plot. (Why did they send to the Moon tho?)
❤️ I love Don Henderson! What a face.
Remembering Don Henderson, born this day in 1931.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
❤️ I love Don Henderson! What a face.
Next Betsey Book Quiz (18/11) is sold out! Let me know if you’d like to join the waiting list or come along in 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Next Betsey Book Quiz (18/11) is sold out! Let me know if you’d like to join the waiting list or come along in 2026.
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Hey if you enjoyed watching big characters getting murdered one at a time, in a big house in the middle of nowhere on #CelebrityTraitors, we have some books you will enjoy.
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Crime Classics Subscription – Vintage Mystery Reads
Love classic crime? The Crime Classics subscription delivers hidden gems and vintage mysteries monthly – perfect for fans of Golden Age detective fiction.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Hey if you enjoyed watching big characters getting murdered one at a time, in a big house in the middle of nowhere on #CelebrityTraitors, we have some books you will enjoy.
shop.bl.uk/products/bri...
shop.bl.uk/products/bri...
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Next Wednesday I am hosting a book quiz for the SYP in aid of The Book Trade Charity. Details below!
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
SYP London Book Trade Charity Pub Quiz - The Society of Young Publishers
November 12, 2025 @ 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM - We’re so excited to be hosting our hugely popular, annual SYP Book Pub Quiz, raising money to support The Book Trade Charity! Gary Wigglesworth, author of The ...
thesyp.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Next Wednesday I am hosting a book quiz for the SYP in aid of The Book Trade Charity. Details below!
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
Please be good
Gremlins 3 has been greenlit by Warner Bros, and will release in theaters on November 19, 2027. Christopher Columbus will direct. #Gremlins #Gremlins3
Gremlins 3 has been greenlit by Warner Bros, and will release in theaters on November 19, 2027. Christopher Columbus will direct. #Gremlins #Gremlins3
Gremlins 3 has been greenlit by Warner Bros, and will release in theaters on November 19, 2027. Christopher Columbus will direct
dlvr.it
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Please be good
Next Wednesday I am hosting a book quiz for the SYP in aid of The Book Trade Charity. Details below!
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
SYP London Book Trade Charity Pub Quiz - The Society of Young Publishers
November 12, 2025 @ 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM - We’re so excited to be hosting our hugely popular, annual SYP Book Pub Quiz, raising money to support The Book Trade Charity! Gary Wigglesworth, author of The ...
thesyp.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Next Wednesday I am hosting a book quiz for the SYP in aid of The Book Trade Charity. Details below!
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-l...
Has Simon Cowell finally gone too far with the plastic surgery?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Has Simon Cowell finally gone too far with the plastic surgery?
Am about halfway through this & it’s bloody marvellous.
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Am about halfway through this & it’s bloody marvellous.
I have found my favourite AI produced crap book on Amazon.
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I have found my favourite AI produced crap book on Amazon.
Tonight! Am heading North & really looking forward to quizzing Farsley folk ☺️
1 week tonight I’m back at the @oldwoollen.bsky.social with my Book Lover’s Quiz for Farsley Lit Fest with @trumanbooks.bsky.social, tickets are selling well, don’t miss out! farsleylit.co.uk/all-events-2...
Events 2025 -
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Farsley Lit Fest, bringing you a whole host of fantastic author event to Leeds throughout October and November 2025.
farsleylit.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Tonight! Am heading North & really looking forward to quizzing Farsley folk ☺️