Seb Reilly
@sebreilly.com
Writer of fiction, journalist, poet, musician. Editor of @SeasideGothic.com. Kent Columnist of the Year 2021. he/him sebreilly.com
Happy International Kraken Day! We got our tentacles out to celebrate.
We have some bone beads and scrimshaw in the Thanet Smuggler Experience.
A piece on me, @plunderbooks.bsky.social, and Mary Shelley, by Tom Idle.
Can you build a business purely around your own tastes?
When Seb Reilly opened a pirate-themed bookshop, he ignored one of the first rules of business. A year later, it raises an interesting question about what independent bookshops are really for.
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Ready to prove your mettle? Let’s see what you’re made of.
Terrible people with gold fever on the North American frontier.
On how opening a museum in Ramsgate High Street is about more than smugglers.
Are you drawn to the sea? Come explore the history of the smugglers!
A truly bizarre and baffling true story unfolds in True Story.
The most pirate thing in Ramsgate: the Ramsgate Piece of Eight!
Running a bookshop brings surprises, and sometimes they can be pleasant!
How high is your treehouse? This one is up to 169 storeys!
Rogues Gallery is here! Artists, rent our exhibition wall for an entire MONTH for only £400! Zero commission! Message or pop in to chat.
Why pirates and smugglers? It’s a fair and frequently asked question.