. Sharon L. Smith (not ‘mum’) 🦩🌸 🕸 🧜🧙‍♀️🐈‍⬛🐺 is playing The Carpenters. For some reason I always imagine they'd be put on to play us out in the event of a nuclear strike. 'This is your two minute warning... here are the Carpenters.'

#bookpost John Spedan Lewis's Retail trading, published by John Lewis & Partners in 1964, stern stuff #retail

brother. do. you. love. me. is Blackwell's Book of the Month this October.

Read about brothers Reuben and Manni's story here in the Observer today and then come and meet them at Blackwell's on Wednesday 26 October.
theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

Excellent submission to the US Supreme Court from The Onion - defending the role of parody (and free speech) in 'bringing the disinfectant of sunlight into the halls of power' via b3ta supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…

An honour to be the bookseller at the launch of @mannicoewrites & ReubenCoe's brother. do. you. love. me. last night, in the glorious surroundings of the Down's Syndrome Association's Langdon Down Centre - wonderful people, wonderful book blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ… Blackwell's @littletoller

We're proud to be hosting the launch of Manni and Reuben's beautiful book next week.

Who cares for carers?

We need a whole family approach to care, health and support.

In Byline Times I wrote about the complex role of being a sibling, as reflected in Reuben and Manni Coe memoir - a book on love, belonging and what helps us thrive.

bylinetimes.com/2022/10/12/who…

Flabbergasted by the incredible support from Blackwell's not easy being an indie with a book by two unknown's at this time of year when it's all the big names hitting the shops. This is a very special book though.

Manni Coe look at this in Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop!

Maybe just ask a bookseller? twitter.com/TechCrunch/sta…

'Bookshops are great, they run events better than Zoom, and offer a tactile and social space that is perfect for serendipity. Online provides sheer scale – of titles, search, etc. Bringing both together is just perfect.' says Kieron Smith 👍

ecommerceage.co.uk/strategy/a-new…

I had a very pleasant chat with glynn davis for Ecommerceage about bookselling online ecommerceage.co.uk/strategy/a-new…

This book is an exceptional piece of writing & pictures, and one you'll be hearing a lot more about over the coming months I think. Treat yourself to a copy now I say. twitter.com/blackwellbooks…

To celebrate publication of #brotherdoyouloveme , we have made a film, take 5 minutes out of your morning to be with Manni Coe and Reubs on their brothers bench.

vimeo.com/754449661

Everyone buy and read this book 👌 you will not regret it. Whether you are interested in disability related issues or not (and if you aren’t interested, why not?! 😜)

Signed copies here:

blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…

Now for sale on our website: Tome Trumps - our Top Trumps style #BannedBooks card game! A deck of 40 cards, with fun facts - for example, did you know the last attempt to ban the Decameron in the UK happened in 1954... in Swindon! blackwell.co.uk/rarebooks/book…

#BookPost absolutely monster special edition of Olga Tokarczuk's The Books of Jacob Volume Fitzcarraldo Editions stunning

We're looking for Disability Literature related news for The Disability Issue of The Bookseller

Opportunities, events, competitions, guides etc

Email [email protected]

Deadline 26th September

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When Amazon bought Twitch, the story was that the new conglomerate would be more efficient and that would benefit everyone - streamers *and* audiences. That's the story we hear about every anticompetitive merger, and it's always a lie. 1/

Great to be able to enthuse about Thema today at Book Industry Communication (BIC) lots of potential for publishers and booksellers editeur.org/151/Thema/

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