David Coates
@oziasmidwinter.bsky.social
Bangs on about Taylor Swift and books a lot. Was events manager for Blackwell’s Manchester, now with @serenitybookshop.bsky.social Nero Book Awards Fiction Judge 2023. He/him
Books read in July: Confessions of the Fox - Jordy Rosenberg Strange Building - Uketsu Fieldwork as a Sex Object - Meena Kandasamy I Make My Own Fun - Hannah Beer Still Life - Katherine Packert Burke Absolute Batman vols 1 & 2 The Complete Dark Tower Graphic Novels vols 1 & 2 #BookSky
Lots going on this month - join us!
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · last mo.📣 JULY EVENTS! 📣 Calling all Crime Fiction fans! Boy do we have an incredible month of events for you! Wed 8th July - Alasdair Gill Fri 10th July - Erin Kelly and Abir Mukherjee Tues 21st July - D.V. Bishop Thurs 23rd July - Garry Disher Sat 25th July - David Baldacci #BookSky Tickets👇🏻
June reads… The House of Impossible Beauties - Joseph Cassara Middle Passage - Charles Johnson A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and A Pizza Hut - Hannah Levene The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub Collapse - Édouard Louis Wimmy Road Boyz - Sufiyaan Salem #BookSky
Dave Eggers in Manchester!! Can’t wait to hear him discuss his new book CONTRAPPOSTO with @luciaoc.bsky.social at the Anthony Burgess Foundation on Thursday! (I may or may not bring all 83 issues of my @mcsweeneys.net collection with me!)
Looking forward to this! …and Runaway Brewery and Taproom in Stockport is a fantastic venue- can’t wait to be back!
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · last mo.Fans of The Bear won’t want to miss our event with acclaimed chef Alasdair Gill on Wednesday 8th July! He’ll be in Stockport at Runaway Brewery talking to Helen Nugent about his new memoir KNIVES AND SPOONS - an insider account about the burn of the kitchen and the bite of addiction. #BookSky 🎫👇🏻
I ❤️ him! Flying visit to Liverpool to see the incredible Willy Vlautin talk about his new novel THE LEFT AND THE LUCKY (which might just be his best book yet) Such a warm, funny and intelligent author - I could have listened to him all night.
What a night! Frank and Guy make quite the double act!
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy publication day to @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social and A BRITISH CHILDHOOD! We had a fantastic event in Stockport last night listening to Frank talk to Guy Garvey about the book and his time as Children’s Laureate - if you missed it, signed copies are available instore now!
Two great events coming up this week: Mon 15 June: Caroline Aherne, Rebel in Disguise - David Scott in conversation w/ Terri White (Romiley) Wed 17 June: A British Childhood - Frank Cottrell-Boyce in conversation w/ Guy Garvey (Stockport) @arghkid.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 🎫👇🏻
Books read in May: Vernon Subutex 1-3 - Virginie Despentes Hard Place - Gab Torr I Ate the Whole World to Find You - Rachel Ang Flake - Matthew Dooley #BookSky
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Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 2mo agoLots of exciting events coming up this month including a booklaunch with shop fave Chris McDonald, an evening with Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, a fascinating looks at beloved comedian Caroline Aherne and a talk on the history and politics of football around the world! #BookSky 🎫👇🏻
@stuhennigan.bsky.social - sorry, crazy late notice but we’ve Robin Ince at the Stockport shop tonight. Sold out but shout if you can make it.
One of the best books of the year! Buy it, read it, come to this!
Stu Hennigan@stuhennigan.bsky.social · 3mo agoSPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 2nd July, 7 p.m, an online event exclusively for peeps who've already read Keshed. The great @heidijames.bsky.social asking the questions. Don't miss this, it's gonna be fucking fire, @ortacpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stuhenni...
Tickets selling fast for our Romiley event - join us on Monday 15th June to hear David Scott talk to Terri White about the genius that was Caroline Aherne 🎫👇🏻
Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 3mo agoDavid Scott's (@arghkid.bsky.social) new book is a celebration of the life & work of actor & comedian Caroline Aherne, and her lasting legacy on British comedy & TV. Join us at an upcoming event, details on our website (link in bio). @waterstones.bsky.social @serenitybookshop.bsky.social #booksky
April reads… Three brilliant books with terrible people doing things they shouldn’t. A Severed Head - Iris Murdoch Fruit Fly - Josh Silver Night Babies - Lucie McKnight Hardy #BookSky
Coming up next month! Particularly excited to be welcoming Robin Ince back to Stockport and for our non-fiction showcase with James Bailey, Brian Groom, Morag Rose and Jamie Woodward. Join us!
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 3mo agoA sneak peek at what events we having coming up for you in May with the likes of: Luke Barley, Cathy Bramley, Izzy Broom, Robin Ince, Leigh Radford, James Bailey, Brian Groom, Morag Rose and Jamie Woodward! #BookSky Tickets available instore or via link below 👇🏻
Can’t wait for this event in Stockport on Thursday! Lucie McKnight Hardy is an absolute delight and her new novel NIGHT BABIES is stunning - a dark and disturbing folk-horror that is steeped in atmosphere and creeping dread. Join us!
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy publication day to @lmcknighthardy.bsky.social and her delightfully dark new novel NIGHT BABIES. We absolutely loved this claustrophobic and deeply unsettling folk-horror and can’t wait to hear Lucie chat about it with Andrew Michael Hurley in Stockport next week! Join us! Tickets below👇🏻
Flying visit to Sheffield yesterday to see the incredible Michelle Tea at Sheffield Indie Book Festival! What an absolute delight - a ridiculously funny and insightful chat with Jake Hall where, amongst many other things, we learnt THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE F MUSICAL! I love her!
Can’t wait for this event - currently reading FRUIT FLY and it is 🔥 🔥 🔥
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 4mo agoTOMORROW NIGHT! Go gay, go sad, go dark… Josh Silver joins us in Stockport for the launch of his brilliant new book FRUIT FLY - a blisteringly sharp and darkly funny psychological thriller set in the publishing world that asks: who has the right to make art from someone else’s pain? 🎫👇🏻
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Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 4mo agoTwo fantastic events coming up this week: Wed 15 Apr (STK) - Ashley Hickson-Lovence chats to Andrew McMillan about his powerful new novel ABOUT TO FALL APART Thurs 16 Apr (ROM) - @sarahhilary.bsky.social introduces us to the first book in her thrilling new crime series THE DROWNING PLACE 🎫👇🏻
A fantastic event with Benjamin Wood last night! Do check the rest of our April line-up as there are some incredible authors visiting the shops!
Serenity Booksellers@serenitybookshop.bsky.social · 4mo agoFirst event of the month tonight with Benjamin Wood discussing his Booker-longlisted novel SEASCAPER Coming up throughout the rest of April: 15/4 - Ashley Hickson-Lovence 16/4 - Sarah Hilary 20/4 - Josh Silver 22/4 - Jane Harper 29/4 - Susannah Stapleton 30/4 - Lucie McKnight Hardy 📚💙 | 🎫👇🏻
Happy publication day to Ashley Hickson-Lovence and ABOUT TO FALL APART - a beautiful and powerfully written snapshot into a troubled mind that explores themes of race, masculinity and parenthood. Ashley will be discussing the book with Andrew McMillan at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next week! 📚💙
A fantastic event last night listening to the incredible Melissa Auf der Maur chat to Terri White about her new memoir EVEN THE GOOD GIRLS WILL CRY. The post event pub chat with Terri and Naomi Frisby was even better!
March reads… Jean - Madeleine Dunnigan IT - Stephen King About to Fall Apart - Ashley Hickson-Lovence Charlie the Choo Choo - Beryl Evans Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group - Rebecca Gransden All good stuff. Adored Jean and loved how About to Fall Apart and Figures… played with language.
Books read in February: Union Street - Pat Barker Dad Had a Bad Day - Ashton Politanoff May We Feed the King - Rebecca Perry The Silver Book - Olivia Laing Seven - Joanna Kavenna A Complicated Women - Rebecca Lucy Taylor Cycle of the Werewolf - Stephen King All good stuff! #BookSky
A fantastic event in Stockport tonight with @stuhennigan.bsky.social to celebrate the release of his debut novel KESHED. A dark and brutal look at modern masculinity, class and mental health which is also infused with Northern humour and a lot of love. Huge thanks to Jae for hosting!
@stuhennigan.bsky.social has a new book out called Keshed, last year he updated his author q&a on the Big Bearded Bookseller blog where he talked about this as a work-in-progress #AuthorQ&A #AuthorInterview #BookSky 💙📚 bigbeardedbookseller.uk/stu-hennigan...
Still tix left for this is anyone wants to come #GetKeshed with me and Terri on Thursday in the intimate surroundings of @serenitybookshop.bsky.social. Gonna be a banger, as it always is when Terri's in the house 💥💪 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...
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#GetKeshed @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next Thursday with me and Terri. Had a blinding time last night and can't wait to get back for another go-round. Force of nature is Terri and she was on top form yesterday, we're a pretty good double act. And the book chat's not bad either 👍
David Coates@oziasmidwinter.bsky.social · 6mo agoSo great to see KESHED out in the world! I read it last year and have been dying to get it into the hands of customers! Very much looking forward to catching up with @stuhennigan.bsky.social at our event in Stockport next week. Join us!
