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I'm here for the books; reads, reviews, recommends & chat... find me on IG https://xitter.gq/t.co/z5eXUkyiwf… ...or email [email protected]

 Salisbury UK
Joined July 2011
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Colin📚@TheBookshopMan3 Sep 2025
I have just read Telephone by Pericval Everett in one go. Compulsive, compelling, fiercely intelligent, sharp, and utterly heartbreaking. It is a book about love, loss, and grief. Essential reading. One of the greatest authors of our time.
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Vintage Books (@vintagebooks) profile pictureVintage Books
@vintagebooks29 Jul 2025
We are absolutely delighted to be celebrating three nominations for the 2025 Booker Prize longlist! Congratulations to our authors Susan Choi, Katie Kitamura and David Szalay, as well as the teams at @JonathanCape and Fern Press 🎉 Explore the full list: bit.ly/4lKvDv6

Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2025 longlist | The Booker Prizes

From a vast range of global experiences to books brimming with long-held secrets, from fresh voices to Booker Prize alumni, here’s the lowdown on this year’s longlist 

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@FaberBooks29 Jul 2025
We are so thrilled to see three Faber authors on the Booker Prize 2025 longlist. Enormous congratulations to Claire Adam, Natasha Brown and Ben Markovits.
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Viking Books UK@VikingBooksUK29 Jul 2025
An honour - and then some. We're thrilled to have not one but two Penguin General titles on the #BookerPrize2025 longlist! ✨Seascraper by Benjamin Wood ✨ The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Congratulations to our authors!
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Josh Smith@joshsm_th29 Jul 2025
THRILLED for Faber novelists Claire Adam, Natasha Brown and Ben Markovits. An outstanding list - what a year! 💥💥💥 theguardian.com/books/2025/j…
Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw

Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw

Chair of judges Roddy Doyle says the 13 ‘gripping’ titles in contention for the £50,000 award all ‘examine identity, individual or national’

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Fiona Sharp (@fionamsharp) profile pictureFiona Sharp@fionamsharp24 Jul 2025
Book post. Thank you ⁦@HamishH1931⁩ #KiranDesai #TheLonelinessOfSoniaAndSunny
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Bloomsbury Books UK (@BloomsburyBooks) profile pictureBloomsbury Books UK@BloomsburyBooks24 Jul 2025
GEORGE SAUNDERS IS BACK! The new novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, VIGIL is a playful, wise, electric novel taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next.
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Bethybee (@Bethyspencer) profile pictureBethybee@Bethyspencer25 Jul 2025
For a Bookworm, meeting an author is like a music fan meeting a rock god 🤩 Had the best evening at the WDFP Awards, still buzzing today, and so happy that The Artist by Lucy Steeds was the winner of winners! Best Bookseller Life #wdfp
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John Murray Press@johnmurrays24 Jul 2025
We are so delighted to announce that THE ARTIST by Lucy Steeds has WON the @Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025🎉 Thank you to all the booksellers for championing this incredible book, and congratulations again to the shortlistees🥳 #WDFP
Waterstones (@Waterstones) profile pictureWaterstones@Waterstones24 Jul 2025
Just announced! The Artist by Lucy Steeds wins the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025. An intoxicating tale of art, love and secrets set across a sun-drenched Provençal summer in 1920; find our gorgeous new edition with ribbon marker here: waterstones.com/book/the-art… #WDFP
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Headline Books (@headlinepg) profile pictureHeadline Books@headlinepg16 Jun 2025
An illuminating exploration of the unique life, imagination and influence of David Bowie ⚡️ FAR ABOVE THE WORLD, by acclaimed music writer Paul Morley, is publishing on November 6th, 2025. Pre-order today at your favourite indie bookshop! #DavidBowie @headlinenf
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I’ve called on the UK gov to do all in its power to help ensure a permanent ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in #Gaza. Add your name. oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/ca…
Oxfam GB | Gaza crisis: call for a permanent ceasefire

Oxfam GB | Gaza crisis: call for a permanent ceasefire

I’ve called on the UK gov to do all in its power to help ensure a permanent ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in #Gaza. Add your name.

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jenny mustard@jenny_mustard24 Apr 2025
It’s my publication day! What a time to be alive, indeed
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Europa Editions UK@EuropaEdUK24 Apr 2025
Happy publication day to Yu Hua's CITY OF FICTION! 🎉The latest novel from one of China's best known writers, this is a haunting, time-bending epic of love, loss, and the search for what was left behind. Out now📕: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/city…
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🇵🇸 WE ARE NOT NUMBERS 🇵🇸 This essential collection bringing together essays and poetry written by Gaza's youth is out TODAY! 'Gaza as it truly is' @azaizamotaz9 'A jailbreak and a miracle' @NaomiAKlein 'Essential' TA-NEHISI COATES @AlnaouqA @WeAreNotNumbers
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Alison Barrow@alisonbarrow24 Apr 2025
Delighted and very happy that Rachel Joyce's new novel The Homemade God is an instant Sunday Times bestseller! With thanks to all booksellers, reviewers, bloggers, readers who have supported and bought! 🍏 📕 @DoubledayUK
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@FaberBooks10 Apr 2025
'Balle has created something extraordinary.' Telegraph 'Exciting, intriguing and filled with novelty.' Financial Times On the Calculation of Volumes I & II by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland, are out today ✨
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The Borough Press@BoroughPress7 Apr 2025
When you're feeling lost at sea, what will it take to guide you home? Tender and hopeful, Attention All Shipping is a beautiful novel about losing and finding family. This is perfect for fans of Rachel Joyce, Sarah Winman and Donal Ryan. Get in touch if you'd like a proof!
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My review of #alanguageoflimbs is on insta and oh my it is spectacular Book hangover has arrived. Thank you @VERVE_Books for my blog tour spot & good luck to Dylin Hardcastle instagram.com/p/DHnwjVkIbcc/…
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Reading the #womensprize longlist - The Artist is superb, here’s my review. Thanks to @johnmurrays for my eArc ❤️ instagram.com/p/DHbmefQg_Je/…
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