Barnsley Bookshop

A small independent bookshop in the market town of Barnsley. Find us in the Barnsley Chronicle shop, 47 Church Street, Tuesdays & Wednesdays 10am-3pm.

[Books Are My Bag @booksaremybag]

How many books from our Fiction shortlist have you read?

See the full shortlist: https://t.co/pxyr5vfVQm

Available from your local indie bookshop.

#IndieBookAwards

[Douglas Stuart @Doug_D_Stuart]

Sitting on the train to Glasgow and feeling a bit emotional. I’m coming home and Y O U N G M U N G O is finally free in the world. Thank you to everyone for your love and support. X

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

We are delighted to announce the #2022InternationalBooker Shortlist! Congratulations to all six sets of authors and translators. Click here to read more about the six shortlisted books and the people who created them: https://t.co/VBBrTmfNIH #shortlist

[Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction @waltscottprize]

Next week we're announcing the shortlist for the 2022 #WalterScottPrize for Historical Fiction. Here's a final look at our longlist. Will you be reading any of these this weekend?

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

Do you have a favourite story by David McKee? 📚 #Elmer #NotNowBernard

[The Scotsman @TheScotsman]

Beloved children's author and illustrator, whose work included Elmer, Not Now, Bernard and Mr Benn, has died aged 87 https://t.co/vtgmfb1nql

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

#BookTwt Five minutes with: Charlotte Mendelson, author of The Exhibitionist via @WomensPrize

https://t.co/CIOSJHXcVz

#WomensPrize #BookTwitter

[Andersen Press @AndersenPress]

David McKee, beloved creator of iconic children’s books Elmer, Not Now, Bernard and Mr Benn has sadly died following a short illness. We all hope his spirit lives on for many more generations through his joyful, heartfelt stories.

Full statement here: https://t.co/P8h6jY6PY8

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

Who else will be making their way through the Women’s Prize long list this year? 📚🙋🏻‍♀️ #IWD2022

[Women's Prize @WomensPrize]

ICYMI this morning, here's the incredible 2022 #WomensPrize longlist in all of its glory!

Which ones are you most excited to read? Tell us in the comments 👇

Discover them here: https://t.co/hT4OpSrcTT

[Barnsley Chronicle @ChronOnline]

Domingos Quina scores! Barnsley are in the lead for the first time under Poya Asbaghi.
Barnsley 1, QPR 0.
Updates: https://t.co/4nlY1tH7dQ

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

We really enjoyed @BarnsleyMuseums' threads about the life and work of #LadyMaryWortleyMontagu last week!

Just a reminder that @Willettjo's excellent #biography The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu – Scientist and Feminist is currently on offer in the bookshop! 📚🛍️💸

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

This is the last day of our seven threads about the life of #LadyMaryWortleyMontagu. We’ve loved sharing some of her amazing life this week. Then as now, “dialogue is very important, even if we have different ethnicities or religion, it’s important to sit together and talk.”

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

Hope it's @YorkshireTea in that mug! #ProperBrew

[Barnsley Archives & Local Studies @BarnsArchives]

#BrewMonday is all the excuse we need to share this clip of a man walking towards @BarnsleyMarkets whilst casually carrying a cuppa. You can see more of our film archive on YouTube https://t.co/jxFNa9R6aV

[Barnsley Archives & Local Studies @BarnsArchives]

#OnThisDay in 1905 a railway tragedy in Cudworth killed 7 and injured 15 others. The collision between three trains was caused by fog

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

Check out this thread about Lady Mary Wortley Montagu from @BarnsleyMuseums!

#BookRecommendation 📚 Find out more about her in @Willettjo's fascinating book, The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu: Scientist and Feminist – currently on offer with 20% off the cover price! 🤩

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

This week we’re tweeting all about #LadyMaryWortleyMontagu, the woman of letters and science who 300 years ago introduced inoculation to the UK. There’s a monument to Mary’s life at Wentworth Castle Gardens which you can visit all year round.

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

We've been enjoying @BarnsleyMuseums' tweets about #LadyMaryWortleyMontagu this week!

👀 If you'd like to discover more about this inspirational scientist & feminist, @Willettjo's wonderful book, The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu, currently has 20% off in the shop! 📚

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

This week we’re tweeting 7 threads about pioneering scientist and feminist Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) who we think the world should know more about. We’ve been working with artist Lorna Rees @thegobbledegook to explore Mary’s life and legacy. #LadyMaryWortleyMontagu

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

@what_rosie_read Actual footage of us making the most of the discount!

[Barnsley Bookshop @BarnsleyBooks]

📣 Attention #Barnsley bookworms! 📣

We have 20% off all books in the bookshop at the moment! 👀🛍💸

We’re open until 3pm today, come in and say hello – and pick up a bookish bargain at the same time! 🎁 #BooksMakeGreatGifts #BarnsleyIsBrill

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.’

Gustave Flaubert, born #OnThisDay in 1821

[Anne Rice @AnneRiceAuthor]

This is Anne’s son Christopher and it breaks my heart to inform you that earlier tonight Anne passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke. Below is the statement I shared on her Facebook page moments ago.

[Paul Kendall - Author @PaulKendall2]

5 out of 5 stars Book Review: Charles Dickens: Places and Objects of Interest by @michellewrites4 https://t.co/lANrGOEAju
Many thanks @michellewrites4
#charlesdickens @penswordbooks @Frontline_Books

[Experience Barnsley Museum @EBMuseum]

Today we remember the 383 men and boys killed in the worst coal mining disaster in English history. The 12th & 13th December 1866 are dark days in Barnsley's history, underground explosions at The Oaks Colliery left few survivors, the youngest victim was just 11 years old.