Book Vivant

Owner of award-winning independent bookshop in West Berks. Likes words and wine. Also @wantagebookshop

[Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine @militaryhistori]

This is Emma from @HungerfordBooks who's doing jolly well at selling my titles in her pop-op bookshop at Littlecote House. This is 1 of 4 @BBCHistoryMag weekends in @warner_hotels historic houses this year at which I am speaking in 2026. Full details here: https://t.co/2em3oNgYeL

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Very very excited to be hosting @ActualBenMiller on May 21st for his exhilarating adventure story for adults - A Very Dangerous Pursuit.
Tickets: https://t.co/J9NMWb9PLk

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Our ✨awesome✨ events programme for the next few months. Don’t hang around to book tickets to see Mick Herron @AnthonyHorowitz @ActualBenMiller Maggie O’Farrell and Sinclair McKay 🎟️ https://t.co/J9NMWb9PLk

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

We have a cunning plan…Our sister bookshop @WantageBookshop is hosting @Tony_Robinson @BeaconWantage for an in conversation event with @Margotgoodlife about his bestselling book The House of Wolf. We can’t wait! 🎟️ 👇🏻
https://t.co/gzd6Iwmaam

[Nicola Chester @nicolawriting]

Friends! The story of Julia, Doris, Marguerite & me is 3wks old! Would love to get their incredible, forgotten story out there & into the hands of readers. People have said wonderful & generous things, including Sally Coulthard 1/2 #GhostsoftheFarm Grateful for a retweet! x

[Nicola Chester @nicolawriting]

Delighted to see this in my beloved @NewburyToday Thank you @trishl_nwn @HungerfordBooks 'Beautifully written’ new work by Inkpen author Nicola Chester @chelseagreen https://t.co/TrvCfSX1wz

[Nicola Cornick @NicolaCornick]

Have you checked out @bookshop_org_UK ? It’s a brilliant place to order books from #indiebookshops The @WantageBookshop has a page and I have just added a selection of our #timetravel and #timeslip books!

[Trish Lee @trishl_nwn]

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[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

So looking forward to the new book from @nicolawriting - when do we get proofs @chelseagreen?

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

We are looking forward to Paddington star @hughbon visiting our bookshop to sign copies of his new children’s book on Oct 4th. Book a ticket!
https://t.co/W6qZZ2hbSt

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Was fantastic!

[C.L. Taylor @callytaylor]

Brilliant night in Wantage tonight with @MarkBillingham and @radiomukhers. Huge thanks to everyone who came along and to @HungerfordBooks for inviting us and being so welcoming. Expert chairing by Abir. Mark was reasonably amusing I suppose. 😆😉

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Looking forward to meeting these three @WantageBookshop tonight! Need tickets? 👇🏻
https://t.co/FeyspNTZA8

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

TOMORROW! Our FREE Children's Arts Festival returns - https://t.co/30H0nzINcD

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Fancy a side of fiction with your fusilli? Some literature with your linguine? Join us Hugo's Gourmet Pasta in Newbury as bestselling authors @veronica_henry & @HarrietEvans talk about their novels over supper, wine and nibbles on June 17👇🏻

https://t.co/2noopIe9no

[Nicola Chester @nicolawriting]

Thrilled to announce my new book & reveal its stunning cover! Ghosts of the Farm - Two Women’s Journeys Through Time, Land & Community, published by the lovely @chelseagreen in the UK & US, 30th September. Available to pre-order now. It’s a delicious, urgent kind of haunting 1/5

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Link here:

https://t.co/Dyk3c595UN

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Such an awesome line-up! If you love how nature can have a positive impact on our wellbeing (and want to protect it) then come to this! Words, Wisdom & Wellness in the Woodlands of Wasing 🍃📚
#LiteraryFestival #WellRead #NatureWriting #Rewilding #WordsWisdomWellness #Wellbeing

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

So excited to be involved in this new festival coming in May!
https://t.co/Dyk3c595UN

[Book Vivant @HungerfordBooks]

Not long now until our final author talk of the year - and what a one to end on! 🐇 Tickets to hear @chloedaltonuk in conversation with @jojo_durrant here 👇🏻

https://t.co/CeKxAHD3Un

[Clare Chambers @ClareDChambers]

I’m more than somewhat delighted to see Shy Creatures rubbing shoulders with some of my own favourite books of 2024.