Fantastic launch night #TheMermaidCall by the wonderful ⁦Alex Cotter⁩ Fabulous cakes, amazing speeches and the lovely author ⁦Hannah is working and just a little writing⁩ running around organising and looking after everyone as always- ⁦Mr B's Emporium⁩ #BestbookSellerEver #MG #mermaids

#YALC If you’re ⁦@yalc_uk⁩ pop along to ⁦the ⁦Usborne Publishing⁩ stand + pick up a free sampler magazine with extracts from all the new amazing #YA titles for 2023 including my new book #WhattheWorldDoesn’tSee - about grief, disability and love Visit the amazing panels too!

Thank you to the lovely @KirstyApplebaum for popping in to sign stock of her delightful young readers series and her heart warming middle grade books! Stop in to grab your copies today! #princessminna #youngreaders #middlegrade #signedbooks #mrbsemporiumofreadingdelights

I don’t want to leave Norway, please travel gods, please let me stay

I had such a great time chairing Hana Tooke Nizrana Farook 🍉 - Inactive account and @yarrowtownsend last night Bath Children's Literature Festival talking about the MA in Writing for Young People. It was an honour and a joy! #mawyp BSU Creative Writing #bigyellowchair

Such a pleasure to moderate the amazing Serena Patel and Robin Stevens event for Bath Kids Lit Fest talking all about murder and mayhem!

It's #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek! 💫 To celebrate, we've raided the office shelves and are offering this little book bundle for age 11+ To enter - RT, follow & share something below that you'll be doing to support #dyslexic readers in your life. Winner announced 10/10! #DAW2022

People sometimes ask me who my books are aimed at. They are aimed at EVERYONE! The books that we call "children's books" are really books that everyone can read, however old they are. Grown-ups are very much allowed & indeed encouraged to read them too. You can never be too old!

Me to me every night

Do children's books matter? Well, if you ask anyone about the books that really shaped them, that lit up their hearts and minds and changed their lives forever - they will almost always tell you about CHILDREN'S BOOKS. So they're the most important books of all! #literacy

It’s that time of year again! Our Christmas Catalogue is on its way, and we cannot wait to share it with you. The biggest thanks to Nadia Shireen, author of the Grimwood chronicles, for creating such an amaaaaazing cover for us 😍 #bookstagram #bookshop #independentbookshop

It’s that time of year that vampires rule the night and ghosts haunt the halls. If you’re craving that taste of a vampire book, then check out the link in our bio! #bookstagram #bookshop #vampirebooks #halloweenreads #fiction #booksellersrecommend #mrbsemporiumofreadingdelights

How do you get kids to LOVE READING? If you do these 3 things, you'll be giving them a great start: 1. Read aloud to them every day. 2. Give them the widest possible range of books to choose from. 3. Let them choose freely, and never dismiss their choices. #literacy

Prolific…perceptive…and a little bit political, @jonathancoe is an institution who we are too excited to host next Tuesday evening. Nab your tickets now online, on the phone, or in the shop. 8th November - 7 pm Walcot House #bookshop #bookevent

The Witchstone Ghosts features music heavily, and was written to a very specific playlist inspired by Cornish folk songs, sea shanties and traditional ballads. (And one from a computer game...) Have a listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/62Qu6…

A thought for the new academic year. What's the most important thing you can help kids to do? Get good test scores? No, it turns out READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest impact on children's life chances. Help them fall in love with books, and you'll change their lives forever.

We’re over the moon to announce two incredible new products for kids - the Picture Book Pioneers and the Torchlit Tales Society - reading club subscriptions for story lovers and voracious readers! Visit our website to learn more #kidssubscriptions #mrbsemporium #bookishgifts

We are so excited to have the first event of its kind in the shop - a Half Term Afternoon with horse-loving, adventure-going Lauren St John! Join us on Friday Oct 27th at 3:30pm in the kids room for a talk, Q&A and signing to celebrate Lauren’s new kids book ‘Finding Wonder’

The Torchlit Tales Society - a monthly book delivery service for voracious young readers (8 to 11). Each month’s book will be handpicked and approved by our children’s book experts to transport kids on wild, bookish adventures! Visit mrbsemporium.com to sign up now!