Alan Cleaver has a new book coming out it April. If you fancy a free copy, like or retweet this. In 48 hours, I'll select a random winner and send you the book.

Spotted at @stanfordsbristol, a travel bookshop in Bristol, by my lovely partner @sophie.crabtree.sings 👍 if you spot my book when out and about, do please send me a pic 🤳📕 #ontheshelves #travelbooks #wherethefolk

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A wonderful discussion of poetry, family, and more on The Verb on @bbcradio4 📚 Follow the link below to hear Gwyneth Lewis speak about and read an excerpt from her powerful memoir 'Nightshade Mother'. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Totally agree, publishers and authors worked together and created copyright laws to safeguard against this! theguardian.com/technology/202…

Gay's The Word manager Jim MacSweeney steps down after 27 years thebookseller.com/news/gays-the-…

Copyright is centuries old for a very good reason, but this isn't the first time is has been questioned. Hoping the trade associations involved speak up for it. thebookseller.com/editors-letter…

We are delighted to announce that Department for Culture, Media and Sport has awarded £5 million of its Cultural Development Fund to support New Writing North’s dream of creating a centre for writing in Newcastle 🎉 newwritingnorth.com/capital-works/

🚨 NEW YEAR SALE! 🚨 Follow the link below for 70% off a wide range of UWP books 📚 uwp.co.uk/sel-blwyddyn-n… Use the code 2025 at checkout 🛍️ Sale ends 28 February

Just got my graduation invite and PhD certificate. Think it's in July but not 100%. Not sure if I will go- we will see!

My column on Neil Gaiman, and the growing number of high-profile men who seem to think that what has happened to them is “kink shaming” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"Bookshops provide local jobs, enrich local communities and fuel local economies; they bring social cohesion and cultural capital to their towns and villages; they bring authors to schools, readers to high streets." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #ChooseBookshops

Oh no not my Royal parcel 📦 👑

Sunday Hay- and I only bought one book! book! 📚

This is a very lovely story - so glad to see Jim is staying around after such a brilliant (and challenging) tenure, and that the peerless Uli Lenart is stepping up. #choosebookshops - Gay's The Word manager Jim MacSweeney steps down after 27 years thebookseller.com/news/gays-the-…

Tomorrow is the day some people call Blue Monday….now we all know that nobody can be blue if they have a book (on order) so why not give it a try? book-ish.co.uk

Our Spring Summer 2025 catalogue is available now! ☀️📚 Follow the link below to discover our exciting upcoming titles 📚 uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/Fi…

Don't miss out! Submit your bookshop for the Independent Bookshop of the Year Award 2025 and you could win £5000! Entry Deadline: Thursday, January 30th at 5:00 PM Enter here: gardners.com/iboty #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies The Bookseller

📚Wales Book of the Year Shortlist ✨ Ar ben ein digon bod dau deitl Calon ar Restr Fer Llyfr y Flwyddyn 2025! We are so excited and proud to have two Calon titles on the 2025 Wales Book of the Year Shortlist! 📚'Nightshade Mother' by Gwyneth Lewis 📚'Tir' by Carwyn Graves