Phewwww. Edits done, so delighted / overwhelmed I even added an arbitrary ‘the end’. Is 12:56 too early for gin? I can’t wait to share this book when it’s ready.

Hatchards St Pancras Lara Borlenghi Ah yay, thank you! I love your bookshop - it has equipped me well for so many Edinburgh train rides, must pop in again soon.

On Thursday the 300-year-old Hunningham Oak near Leamington was felled for HS2. It’s not even on the main rail-route—it was chainsawed for a service road. This oak began its life around the time Daniel Defoe published Journal of a Plague Year. leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/environme…

The 250-yr-old, magnificent Cubbington Pear (a wild pear tree, voted England’s Tree of the Year in 2015) is also due to be felled for HS2. A petition to save or move it (this can be done) is gathering force, fast. Find out more below, sign & share. leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/environme…

Thank you so much to the amazing Holly Rivers for coming in and signing copies of her debut "Demelza and the Spectre Detectors" - "a fun tale of inventions and magic"! Entirely charming! Come in store to pick up your signed copy!

I have signed this letter, and stand in support of trans and non-binary people and their rights. Trans women are women, trans men are men. Full letter (and signatories) can be found here too: thesecondshelf.com/digest/a-messa…

If you’re still wearing a mask, washing your hands, and staying away from people, please share this because sometimes people try to make me feel like I’m overreacting.

Today, our booksellers unfortunately had to turn a squirrel away from entering our shop as it did not have a mask. We do apologise, but it was for the safety of our staff and other fellow customers.

This week I'm seeing my undergraduate students again in person here in Cambridge for the first time since March. I've found it moving & heart-lifting to be back with them after so long, after such a time, & am truly grateful to be teaching again, even under COVID-constraints.

bookseller life is knowing (objectively) that you have 50 copies of a book somewhere and knowing (for a fact) that they cannot simply have vanished whilst also accepting that it is impossible to find them, and that they have gone forever

This lovely first edition of Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago” is still available! Priced at £750. We ship worldwide! ✈️ email us at [email protected] or call us on 02074399921 for further details or to purchase.

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We asked Hatchards St Pancras to pick their TOP 5 spooky reads and describe each book in 3 words. Here's what they came back with... 👻🎃📚

Our famous doors might be closed, but - behind the scenes - bookselling continues! You can contact us for recommendations and orders (we post worldwide) by telephone 020 7439 9921 or email [email protected] We look forward to hearing from you! hatchards.co.uk/uncategorized/…

We are delighted to announce that we're open for browsing and shopping! New opening hours: Monday - Sunday 8:00 - 19:00

Our doors are widely open for all of your Christmas shopping needs! 🎄🎁📚 Welcome! Opening hours: Monday to Saturday: 8am - 7pm Sunday: 10am - 6pm Hatchards St Pancras Hatchards

After the latest announcement, our doors will be closed from tomorrow! Hatchards St Pancras

How delighted we are to reveal our picks for May #booksofthemonth. Each as riveting as the next, both Hannah Rothschild’s House of Trelawney Bloomsbury Books UK and Peter Stanford’s Pilgrimage Thames & Hudson will doubtless serve as fantastic additions to your reading this month📚✨