If we don’t have a book you want on the shelf we can order it in next day (or next next day if Saturday) and we post anywhere from our online shop. There’s a whole bunch of brilliant indies in Cumbria including - @westwoodbooks.bsky.social @fredsbookshop.bsky.social @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social

Mark Watson@watsoncomedian.bsky.social · last yr.

It's Independent Bookshop Week. Ways you can support them: -Don't browse a little bookshop, make a mental note of titles, then get them on Amazon. Buy the books then and there! Dare you! -Get them to order books in, they almost always can. -Just march in and present them with a huge bag of money.

Went into @westwoodbooks.bsky.social for a birthday card and this was crying out for a re-read!

@junobooks.bsky.social, Chapel Walk, Sheffield :] (I don't think they're on here but also Rhyme & Reason on Ecclesall Road) Also not local to me personally but @westwoodbooks.bsky.social in Sedbergh is the best! 🙏

Looking forward to hearing @adamjfarrer.bsky.social read tomorrow night in Sedbergh. Always a laugh to be had 😂

Westwood Books in Sedbergh, Cumbria@westwoodbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

Tomorrow! Our event with @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Come along! Tickets available online, in the bookshop and on the door!

Tomorrow! Our event with @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Come along! Tickets available online, in the bookshop and on the door!

Follow the book town on Facebook or the website for horror in June and murder mystery in October Sedbergh.org.uk Also @westwoodbooks.bsky.social do lots of author events! 📚💚

On March 26th I’ll be at @westwoodbooks.bsky.social, the largest bookshop in the Yorkshire Dales. I’ve wanted to arrange an event there for a long time, so I’m over the moon that I’ll finally get to sit amongst their stock of 70,000 books and talk about mine.

Busy cataloguing more mountaineering books today. Pulling together a nice collection of women’s climbing books 😊🏔️🧗🏻

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

We now have lots of new books in mountaineering, climbing, Tibet, Nepal, Everest and the Himalayas and Polar. With more to come too! 😊🧗🏻🏔️

Have you heard of Odette Tchernine? A socialite & novelist, she became a renowned cryptozoologist in the 1970’s. She wrote a number of books about the Yeti or Abominable Snowman. We have two, one is signed & inscribed by the author with a few annotations correcting the text. Both first editions.

We’ve recently acquired a large collection of mountaineering books, a lot of which are signed, including these two beauties. We’ve started to add them on our Abe Books listing here www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Sear...

I really love to visit @westwoodbooks.bsky.social in Sedbergh.

Very much looking forward to this event!

Westwood Books in Sedbergh, Cumbria@westwoodbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tickets are now on sale for our event with Sharon Blackie on Thursday 6th February 2025. We anticipate that this will be a popular event so do book in advance if you can. Tickets available online & in store.

Tickets are now on sale for our event with Sharon Blackie on Thursday 6th February 2025. We anticipate that this will be a popular event so do book in advance if you can. Tickets available online & in store.

Day 31: Westwood Books, Sedbergh, Cumbria. From now until Christmas I’m going to repost a UK independent bookshop. Support them if you can, and please choose a book by a less well-known author rather than a celebrity if at all possible. Thank you 😊 #books 💙📚

Westwood Books in Sedbergh, Cumbria@westwoodbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our UK last order date for items required before Christmas is Thursday 19th December. This is for both online orders & in store collection. Our Christmas opening hours are: Christmas Eve 10:30am - 3pm Christmas Day Closed Boxing Day 10:30am - 3pm All other days will be as normal. See you soon! 🎄

Our UK last order date for items required before Christmas is Thursday 19th December. This is for both online orders & in store collection. Our Christmas opening hours are: Christmas Eve 10:30am - 3pm Christmas Day Closed Boxing Day 10:30am - 3pm All other days will be as normal. See you soon! 🎄

One for @pollyrowena.bsky.social - owls will now always remind me of you 😊

Stephen G. Rae@stephengrae.bsky.social · 2y ago

In Druid mythology, Owl is one of the three 'Elders of the World', the others are Eagle and Blackbird Owl appearing in your dream represents transformation, hidden wisdom, and spiritual evolution #owls #mythology #druidry 📷 Connor Stefanison

A local walk to us… 😊

Radio Lento@radiolento.bsky.social · 2y ago

A reminder that Lemn Sissay's gorgeous winter walk to Dent station is being re-shown tonight on BBC4. Lovely television.

Big thank you to @mwcraven.bsky.social for popping in to sign copies of his books today. The Mercy Chair is out in paperback this Thursday and we now have signed copies of that and some of his other books available in the shop and on our website. 📚😃

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

Why read books? Because reading opens minds & hearts. It helps us imagine different lives and different worlds; it can help us build a better world. So please keep reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. There is nothing more important. #literacy #books #reading

We borrowed some very strong elves tonight to help with something we’ve been wanting to do for ages - move our sofas downstairs. (Thank you elves!) So now, if you need some comfortable seating, you don’t need to go all the way up the stairs. Watch this space for more helpful changes coming up 😊

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Huge thank you to all of the elves who have helped us to make the bookshop look super festive so far. All will be ready in time for Sedbergh Christmas Late Night opening this Wednesday 4th December. Hopefully see you there! 🎄☃️🎅

It’s Colour Friday! An annual event that encourages customers to rethink their holiday shopping & support local artisans, independent shops, & creators. This year, spend with purpose & intention, & help us celebrate the colour & creativity small businesses bring to the UK Artwork: Rebecca Strickson

This Black Friday you can support independent bookshops online through Bookshop.org with free shipping on orders all weekend. Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now: go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn

Let's rename Black Friday Book Friday. See, sounds way better!