a cute time at SW London’s new indie bookshop Backstory | London bookshop !!

It’s #bookshopday today so what better way to spend the afternoon than to explore every one of Bristol’s independent bookshops? First stop: Bookhaus in Wapping Wharf, which was officially opened by David Olusoga in August last year. (1/12)

Thomas Fisher kept a bookshop at the sign of the White Hart on Fleet Street, London. #OnThisDay in 1600, he entered ‘a booke called A mydsommer nightes Dreame’ in the register of the Stationers’ Company. bit.ly/2OsjWfZ

Sorting out a bunch of stuff we got from The Feminist Library. Loads of amazing 70s & 80s publications. Big thanks

Don't forget: RBS scholarship applications are due 11/1. Each year we offer 40 scholarships, including those sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America, T. Kimball Brooker/Caxton Club, ABAA Rare Books Southeast Chapter, ASECS Office, & DC Rare Book Group--to name just a few! rarebookschool.org/admissions-awa…

Hilarious stories of rare book selling in London. Complete with haunted bookshops, daring escapades and arcane practices. True tales by a living and even somewhat modern bookseller Oliver Darkshire 🌈

We have new arrivals on our website! thesecondshelf.com

📖 Jane Eyre was first published #OnThisDay in 1847. Poet and novelist Charlotte Brontë drew inspiration from the rugged Yorkshire landscape surrounding the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Here we look at some historic buildings connected to the Brontë sisters ⬇️ heritagecalling.com/2016/04/21/7-b…

Come check out the wide array of feminist magazines, journals and books The Feminist Library I will be one of the Library openers on Tuesdays this autumn. See you there 11-5 to to work or chill out in a friendly book filled room in Peckham London.

New Job: Bookseller - Brick Lane Book Shop London, UK More here: buff.ly/3CI1Jm2 #PublishingJobs #JobsInBooks

Susan Cooper stans activate!

"From a hall of zigzagged staircases in China to a yellow-hued grotto in east London, here are 10 bookshop interiors that provide immersive and unusual browsing experiences." tinyurl.com/2n6bs56n via Dezeen

Not-so-random question: are there any bookshops in London where it’s possible to work half-days/shifts of no more than five or six hours?

🚨 COLLAGING! CHATTING! COMRADES!🚨 Sign up and roll up to our next meme-making working at The Feminist Library for an evening of cutting, pasting and anti-work meme-making. Friday 25th November | 6:30 - 8:30 PM ✂️📰 Free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/meme-making-…

A fantastically illustrated book on bookshops, congratulations to artist Natalie Kay-Thatcher! Look at the #endpapers

Anyone obsessed with local history will be delighted by the Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre’s fabulous local history bookshop, which has books, maps, prints of Camden and other parts of London, all available online. Camden.gov.uk/local-history-… camden.gov.uk/documents/2014…

It's an honour beyond any I'd imagined to have won the The Arthur C. Clarke Award. I nearly fell down in shock when they said my name! I think the judges recorded the speech I gave and it'll be shared, but I wanted to say a little of it here, so, a thread:

Random reminder that this Africanfuturism anthology I edited while short (at 7 stories) is still available to read for free and includes an awesome story by Nnedi, a nommo-award winning story, and stories that have been reprinted in years' bests. Its all killer no filler.