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Today is #BookshopDay, celebrating bookshops and all they do and stand for. Between Sheffield and Shetland, I’ve got to know all 180 of them: tiny island general stores; carefully-curated and vibrant indies; chains who know and cherish their customers just as much; all of them

🧡TODAY!!🧡 🍁 3 bookshops 🍁15 writers & illustrators 🍁 10 beers + books pairings 🍁 12th Oct Happy #BookshopDay !!

Happy #BookshopDay! Today is a chance to celebrate bookshops and all the brilliant work they do to bring fantastic books and stories to our homes & schools 📚🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧡 #BookshopDay #BooksAreMyBag Books Are My Bag

Happy #bookshopday Keel Row Books & Forum Books + the bound + The Accidental Bookshop 🥰🥰❤️📚📚

Happy #BookshopDay! 📚So why not visit one of our amazing local bookshops: ✨ Dormouse Books, Belper ✨ Scarthin Books ✨ Eagle Books ✨ Five Leaves Bookshop ✨ @WaterstonesDerby ✨ Waterstones Notts Fantastic graphic designed by the one and only Sophy Henn! @Books Are My Bag

Look at that screen - "Let's hold hands and take a wee bow". Right on. Still pinching myself. I feel so lucky to have chaired my first ever event with the unstoppable talent and utter gorgeousness that is Jackie Kay. All the wows!

Karon Alderman Durham Book Festival Jackie Kay @RomalynAnte Thank you Karon, it was such a special night. I'll never forget it!

It’s bookshop day! We love this annual celebration of bookshops and hope to see you in the shop today! Thanks to everyone who joins to celebrate with us and to our wonderful team for all their hard work! #choosebookshops #booksaremybag

The gold at the end of the rainbow is a library.

#BookshopDay - a great scale model of the bookshop given by my kids a few years ago, just after we left, to start a new and very active life on line.

A lovely autumny #Orkney sunrise taken from the ferry as #BookyMcBookface sails north to Eday this morning. 🌅❤️

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There are artists everywhere in Seven Stories Found this on one of the tables in the cafe yesterday. This is beautiful work! #art

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We're really pleased to be shortlisted for Best Arts & Education Partnership in the #NECultureAwards for our Careers in Publishing Roadshows with Hachette UK!

Finding the right book, for the right reader can be the key that unlocks a love for reading and literacy skills for life. We believe that *all* reading is valid. Comic books and graphic novels can be especially powerful for reluctant readers. #GrowAGenerationOfReaders

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