How ancient gift economies might help us imagine our way out of our current problems... Happiest of publication days to Robin Wall Kimmerer and The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance https://t.co/d4WPTjnzQP
Myself and @herdyshepherd1 feature in @thetimes today talking about the ridiculous underspending on agriculture and conservation by the last government and the continuing frustration of farmers who want to do more for nature @RBSTrarebreeds@NFFNUK
It’s about one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been, and the fine people I met there, who showed me great kindness when I needed it
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💐 Today, we're wishing a very happy retirement to Helen, who has been an invaluable friend and supporter to us over the years in her role as a @PenguinUKBooks representative.
Representatives like Helen visit us throughout the year to share all their wonderful new books.
@ToppingsStAs@PenguinUKBooks Thank you all so much for my lovely flowers and the🥂it has been a pleasure coming to Topping St Andrews and I hope to see you all again before too long x
Looking for the best summer read? The @wainwrightprize have just revealed their longlists and there are some amazing books in there 😍 All available to order on our @bookshop_org_UK online shop too! https://t.co/RWVoPHvFp2 #choosebookshops
Fantastic booksellers' day out learning about @herdyshepherd1's forthcoming book #ThePlaceOfTides - publishing in October with @AllenLaneBooks - the ancient tradition of tending Eider Ducks in the Vega archipelago of Norway, and the women who carry it forward. #NewNonfiction
Huge thanks to James, Helen, Molly and both grannies for your exceptional hospitality (esp the waffles!) and for enabling all us booksellers to gather, talk, and listen, and to get sneak previews of this very special book.
Preorder #ThePlaceOfTides here: https://t.co/t6kVjLuZh0
"I lived far from the busy haunts of men, and the rumour of wars or political changes came worn to a mere sound, to our mountain abodes". Mary Shelley's #TheLastMan features a foreword by @RebeccaSolnit and beautiful cover art by Eleanor Taylor. https://t.co/tmre7cLJ9s
One of the questions I'm often asked is whether Night Owl offers a books by post subscription service, and now, only two years after opening, we finally do! #ASenseOfPlace
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Elif Shafak, Jenni Fagan, Matt Haig, Alan Cumming & Forbes Masson will be visiting us this August, and we’re thrilled to be offering readers the chance to preorder Signed & Dedicated Editions of their forthcoming books!