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The Literary Gift Company

@literarygifts.bsky.social

Creating and selling literary gifts for readers, writers and book lovers since 2009. Posts by Dani and the team from our Reading (where else?) HQ. Find us at www.theliterarygiftcompany.com To become a stockist go to www.academicallygifted.co.uk

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Angry Algonquin@angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Guess what's coming this November! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-noi... #GlobalNoir So many great authors and moderators! A sampling: @solveigpals.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social

Global Noir Festival - Crime Fiction from around the world at Chorleywood

Global Noir: featuring acclaimed crime fiction authors and stories from around the world, plus pitch to a literary agent one-to-one.

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The Literary Gift Company@literarygifts.bsky.social · last mo.

Next up on our blog about books about books is Gareth's review of The Midnight Bookshop by @amandajames.bsky.social "Written for everyone who has ever believed that books can save us, comfort us, or quietly change the direction of our lives." www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/blogs/bloggi...

The Midnight Bookshop by Amanda James

Review by Gareth I have a dream. My dream is that one day I win the lottery and open a bookshop. I won't care whether I sell any books. It will simply be the cosiest place in the world: coffee and sho...

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BookTrust@booktrust.org.uk · 2mo ago

It is so important that adults enjoy the stories they are sharing with children. Our research shows that children with parents and carers who like reading are more likely to develop a long-lasting love of reading themselves. Writer Colette Hiller explores how this works 👇 https://bit.ly/3RKabg4

An illustration by Ruthine Burton of a woman and a child sitting on a sofa together, smiling and sharing a book. Plus a quote from Colette hiller: "A child will want to share an adult's joy... If the adult is having fun, so will the child"
Gladstone's Library@gladlib.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎟️ Tickets are now available for our Gladfest Literary Festival, taking place on 29th August! 🎟️ This year, Gladfest is a month-long celebration of everything we do. Our Literary Festival will include four talks from incredible authors, as well as a talk from our Warden and Head of Collections.

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John O’Farrell@johnofarrell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You have until Sunday to catch Something Rotten! at the Manchester Opera House. If there is a funnier song than ‘A Musical’ in any show ever, I would love to see it. (I can say that cos I didn’t write the songs) www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/the...

Review: Something Rotten is destined for musical greatness

Catch this 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ musical while you can in Manchester for its UK premiere run, advises Dianne Bourne

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molly tanzer (I guess!!)@mollytanzer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a hole in the ground there lived a discourse. It was a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, and somehow also a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a discourse-hole, and that means FUCK THIS

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The big literary discourse on twitter right now is whether The Hobbit—a children’s book that won children’s lit awards and was literally written for the author’s children—is appropriate reading for children or in fact such a difficult book most adults can’t “get their head around” it.