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We have @blpublishing.bsky.social titles in store, classic crime, hardbacks, tales of the weird. With the local theme Haunted Yorkshire has been one of our best sellers of the past month or so. Picture with Danse Macabre, The Black Mirror next, due out next week. #booksky #bookoftheday
Recently finished Haunted Yorkshire, one of my favourite @blpublishing.bsky.social Tales of the Weird anthologies to date. Lovely that it features poetry as well as prose.
The Book Vault@thebookvault.bsky.social · 3h agoWe have @blpublishing.bsky.social titles in store, classic crime, hardbacks, tales of the weird. With the local theme Haunted Yorkshire has been one of our best sellers of the past month or so. Picture with Danse Macabre, The Black Mirror next, due out next week. #booksky #bookoftheday
August Tales of the Weird subscription drop. The Black Mirror by Winifred Duke, intro by @johnnymains.co.uk @blpublishing.bsky.social Also ordered a translation of the 1858 historical novel, The Beast of Gévaudan by Élie Berthet, tr. by Gerald Briggs, as based on actual events. #booksky
Nice story about the importance of sheds to a happy life featuring me and my latest book The Philosophy of Sheds. You can try it in English here www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar... or in French here www.laprovence.com/article/fran...
Royaume-Uni: loin de la remise à outils, des abris de jardin convertis en "petits paradis"
Royaume-Uni: loin de la remise à outils, des abris de jardin convertis en "petits paradis"
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My latest review is a twisty golden age-style mystery from the British Library Crime Classics series - #JackOnTheGallowsTree #BritishLibrary #CrimeFiction
Book Review: Jack on the Gallows Tree, by Leo Bruce
“You are perhaps aware of his predilection for involving himself in criminology? It would surely be disastrous to his health if at this time when he so sorely needs rest he were to be brought in contact with something which would disturb his repose and retard his recovery?” Dr Thomas smiled. “I don’t know. He likes that sort of thing. It might do him a power of good.”
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Elderly Mrs. Rampage lives alone in a large London house, struggling to cope. She reluctantly hires Mrs Roach as her housekeeper but their relationship quickly turns sour. Trapped together, the women become locked in a battle with catastrophic consequences. The Party at No.5 is out today.
The latest @blpublishing.bsky.social short story collection collated by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social containing murdered ministers and villainous vicars. Plus a head to head between Brothers Cadfael and Athelstan! #BookTwitter #mystery #athelstan #PaulDoherty classicmystery.blog/2026/08/09/p...
Puzzles Of The Parish (2026) ed Martin Edwards
Villainous vicars and perished parsons abound in this collection of short stories from the British Library. Some members of the clergy are sleuths, some are suspects and some are victims in these s…
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Appropriately enough for Yorkshire Day I'm reading Haunted Yorkshire – Ghostly Tales from God's Own County edited by Elizabeth Dearnley, from the @blpublishing.bsky.social Tales of the Weird series.
Bert’s Books@bertsbooks.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat’s everyone reading this weekend?
Pleased to have found 'The Discovery of the Treasure Isle' by Amelia B Edwards (1865) , which opens the British Library collection 'Roads Of Destiny' @blpublishing.bsky.social #Timeslip,#Parallelworlds, #victorianfiction bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The Discovery of the Treasure Isles by Amelia B Edwards (1831-1892 )
The Curse of the Other World Born in London in ...
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Being bedbound, I'm wanting, twitching, burning to buy all the books and the tees and the totes from the @blpublishing.bsky.social weird and odd collections because they're beautifully curated and produced and I WANT THEM ALL, PRECIOUS!
Gollum We Needs It
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In the new Toppings bookshop at n York. It’s tremendous in every way including their wisely chosen stock @blpublishing.bsky.social
There are BIG savings to be had & don’t forget every time you buy a British Library book you are supporting the British Library! You are doing good work 🙌.
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden)@markonthemaps.bsky.social · 4w agoBowled over to be included in #Waterstones list of Summer26 pre-orders! If you know anyone who loves #transport and #cartography: maybe point them in this direction! www.waterstones.com/book/mapping... #TransitSky #UKRailways
It going to be a Christie Christmas, clearly. Luckily we have you covered! You can pre-order The Classic Crime Companion by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social from Waterstones & receive 25% off (until 24/07)! Featuring the Queen of crime & MUCH more. www.waterstones.com/book/the-cla...
If you love Classic Crime you will love this! The Classic Crime Quiz Book by Kate Jackson, can be pre-ordered (until 24/7) with 25% off from Waterstones. www.waterstones.com/book/the-gol...
Our next Gilded Nightmare is a first. The first time we’ve featured a living author! The legendary Ramsey Campbell joins the GN pantheon. And it’s edited by Jeremy Dyson. What more could you want? How about 25% off? Just pre-order at Waterstones before 24/07! www.waterstones.com/book/the-sho...
We have some fantastic titles in the Waterstones 25% off pre-orders offer! Here is A History of Roads by Jeremy Black. The perfect gift for the map fan in your life. Offer ends 24/7! www.waterstones.com/book/a-histo...
Get 25% off (till 24/07) when you pre-order Tara of the Kings: Ancient Irish Myths & Legends Retold by Gerry Smyth. This fascinating book is fully illustrated with stunning images (seriously, they are beautiful!). Pre-order & save! www.waterstones.com/book/tara-of...
Alice Du Parcq is an expert on all things perfume & scent & she has bottled all that knowledge into The Philosophy of Perfume! You can pre-order it from Waterstones & receive 25% off (until 24/7). Richard E Grant says he ‘inhaled (it) at a single sitting’! www.waterstones.com/book/the-phi...
Travis Elborough presents The Philosophy of Vinyl. In this sparkling little book Travis celebrates what makes vinyl the connoisseur choice for music lovers. Filled with fascinating facts, it’s a perfect gift! Pre-order at Waterstones (till 24/7) & receive 25% off. www.waterstones.com/book/the-phi...
Last day for these Waterstones 25% off offers!!
BLPublishing@blpublishing.bsky.social · 3w agoYou have three days to get 25% off our amazing Agatha Christie tome! Pre-order at Waterstones using the code SUMMER26 today! Offer ends 24/07. @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/agatha-...
You have three days to get 25% off our amazing Agatha Christie tome! Pre-order at Waterstones using the code SUMMER26 today! Offer ends 24/07. @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/agatha-...
Travis Elborough presents The Philosophy of Vinyl. In this sparkling little book Travis celebrates what makes vinyl the connoisseur choice for music lovers. Filled with fascinating facts, it’s a perfect gift! Pre-order at Waterstones (till 24/7) & receive 25% off. www.waterstones.com/book/the-phi...
Alice Du Parcq is an expert on all things perfume & scent & she has bottled all that knowledge into The Philosophy of Perfume! You can pre-order it from Waterstones & receive 25% off (until 24/7). Richard E Grant says he ‘inhaled (it) at a single sitting’! www.waterstones.com/book/the-phi...
Get 25% off (till 24/07) when you pre-order Tara of the Kings: Ancient Irish Myths & Legends Retold by Gerry Smyth. This fascinating book is fully illustrated with stunning images (seriously, they are beautiful!). Pre-order & save! www.waterstones.com/book/tara-of...
I’m enjoying _Serpent, Siren, Maelstrom, and Myth: Sea Stories and Folktales from Around the World_, retold and interpreted by Gerry Smyth.
We have some fantastic titles in the Waterstones 25% off pre-orders offer! Here is A History of Roads by Jeremy Black. The perfect gift for the map fan in your life. Offer ends 24/7! www.waterstones.com/book/a-histo...
I have nearly twenty of Tales of the Weird books on my shelves, and I'm running out of room, but I am definitely adding this one to the collection! I love Tales of the Weird @blpublishing.bsky.social and I love Yorkshire.
Elizabeth Dearnley@elizadearnley.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy Publication Day to HAUNTED YORKSHIRE 👻🌿🐺🦊 My new @blpublishing.bsky.social anthology explores all things ghoulish in God’s own county, with work by Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Emily Brontë, Arthur Machen, Andrew Michael Hurley & more! Also included: barghests, boggarts & malevolent squirrels 🐿️
Trying not to buy more books and then this comes out.
BLPublishing@blpublishing.bsky.social · 4w agoSpurned lovers return from the grave, ghost ships materialise on the sea, a bird’s eerie cry lures the unsuspecting to their deaths. Welcome to the unsettling world of the French weird. Danse Macabre: An Anthology of French Weird is available online and in store today. #BritishLibraryPublishing
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BLPublishing@blpublishing.bsky.social · 3w agoOur next Gilded Nightmare is a first. The first time we’ve featured a living author! The legendary Ramsey Campbell joins the GN pantheon. And it’s edited by Jeremy Dyson. What more could you want? How about 25% off? Just pre-order at Waterstones before 24/07! www.waterstones.com/book/the-sho...