Catherine Hawley

Philosophy books that will make you smarter Explore our list of best philosophy books for beginners and beyond.

Philosophy books highlighted on the independent marketplace Biblio biblio.com/reading-nook...

Relic from the C15 in a rubble wall, Somerset

We'll be exhibiting at Barton Book Fair | Saturday, 24th January

#booksarebrilliant

This coming weekend is the BARTON BOOK FAIR on Saturday, 24th January at the Village Hall PR3 5AA.

Around 20 stalls with secondhand, antiquarian & collectable books & ephemera ~ café and a large car park.

See North West Book Fairs for more information plus further dates.

#volumesofvolumes

50% off Books £10 and Under - sale continues 50% off Books £10 and Under - sale continues. History, philosophy, chuldren's books, crime fiction, general stock... lots of bargains to browse!

50% Off Books £10 and Under - Sale Continues - mailchi.mp/acb556d88895... Interesting books in all subjects.

Erewhons of the Eye: Samuel Butler as Painter, Photographer and Art Critic Erewhons of the Eye: Samuel Butler as Painter, Photographer and Art Critic by Elinor S. Shaffer

New Stock and York Book Fair January 2026

mailchi.mp/7ca34069cc1e...

We'll be exhibiting at the YORK NEW YEAR BOOK FAIR being held Saturday 10th January at York Racecourse YO23 1EX.

Over 100 booksellers with rare, antiquarian and secondhand books, prints and ephemera.

Further details in our newsletter plus some recent additions into stock.

#booksarebrilliant

Erewhons of the Eye: Samuel Butler as Painter, Photographer and Art Critic Erewhons of the Eye: Samuel Butler as Painter, Photographer and Art Critic by Elinor S. Shaffer

New Stock and York Book Fair January 2026

mailchi.mp/7ca34069cc1e...

Kick off the New Year in style at the UK’s largest one-day Book Fair. Free tickets via the website, and free shuttle bus from the station. www.yorkbookfair.com

Happy New Year! The PBFA online Book Fair has just opened! Books shown from Paul Foster Books, Books Written By, Geoff Cox Books, Tills Bookshop. Many more, at all prices, to browse in the online fair! www.pbfa.org/fairs/januar...

What's the collective noun for Puffins? We have hundreds of vintage Puffin books in stock most in beautiful, bright, carefully read condition. Just a tiny sample pictured. Browse www.clhawley.co.uk/index.php?ro... . Not all are catlogued yet so please ask if there is something you can't find.

Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82 The writer was famous for her stories about romance and intrigue in rural middle England.

Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What's the collective noun for Puffins? We have hundreds of vintage Puffin books in stock most in beautiful, bright, carefully read condition. Just a tiny sample pictured. Browse www.clhawley.co.uk/index.php?ro... . Not all are catlogued yet so please ask if there is something you can't find.

We'll be exhibiting at the Gargrave Book Fair this Saturday, 6th December...

#booksarebrilliant

Happy Lancashire Day from this ex pat! We've lots of lovely Lancashire books in stock covering the whole historic county from the Mersey to Lancashire over the Sands. www.clhawley.co.uk/counties-eng... #lancashireday

Whitby bookstore Holman's celebrates 105th birthday Bookshop has a long and eclectic history and occupies one of the town's oldest buildings.

'I own a 105-year-old bookshop - but I'm not really a reader' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Book Review: Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards There’s very little Martin Edwards doesn’t know about crime fiction. He has been writing since the 1990s, starting with the excellent Liverpool based Harry Devlin series. He has an ency…

Book Review: Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards juxtabook.co.uk/2025/11/13/b...

For Sale: Books and Ephemera By and About Women: Catalogue 214. Closing Down Sale Catalogue 214 LAST CHANCE LAST CHANCE LAST CHANCE LAST CHANCE LAST CHANCE Elizabeth Crawford elizabeth.crawford2017@outlook.com I am now shutting up shop. It is 41 years since I began selling books…

Well, the sale stock is flying off the shelves. So I am adding new items. Do have a look. wp.me/p2AEiO-2j5

Five days until the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair...

Judith in Hanover by Winifred Foley will be with
The Book House at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...

Kim: A Scottie by Barbara Muir will be with Sarah Keys Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab A review by Connie Hawley Having already dipped a toe into the works of V. E. Schwab with This Savage Song (2016) I went into the world of Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil with high hopes, and w…

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - A review by Connie Hawley is up on Juxtabook. juxtabook.co.uk/2025/10/29/b... #vampires

A first edition in dust jacket of The Cricket Term by Antonia Forest will be with Peakirk Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab A review by Connie Hawley Having already dipped a toe into the works of V. E. Schwab with This Savage Song (2016) I went into the world of Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil with high hopes, and w…

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - A review by Connie Hawley is up on Juxtabook. juxtabook.co.uk/2025/10/29/b... #vampires

Old Baggage, Crooked Heart, V for Victory by Lissa Evans Old Baggage, Crooked Heart, V for Victory is the most charming and moving trilogy. Crooked Heart was written first and this book and the next feature Noel, a small boy becoming a teenager across th…

I have fianlly got around to reviewing these wonderful books by Lissa Evans. juxtabook.co.uk/2025/10/19/o...

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025 Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.

Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...

Book Fairs: Second-Hand Book Dealers and The PBFA - For book-lovers everywhere, a second-hand book fair resembles a gold mine. The thrill of rummaging through boxes of books and scouring shelves for the perfect edition is incomparable, something many o...

Lovely article in the @lancasteruni.bsky.social newspaper by Connie Hawley on the pleasures of book fairs, browsing physical books & meeting sellers in person. Ilkley Book Fair got a name-check and that's us in the picture too! (pic @dbderbzbooks.bsky.social) scan.lancastersu.co.uk/2025/10/17/b...

The cover of the new Recovered Books edition of "And So Did I" by Malachi Whitaker. A dark green cover, through which two eyes stare out at us.

A book I have very much enjoyed this week: "And So Do I" by Bradford writer Malachi Whitaker, a sort of chronicle of 2 years in the late 1930s, first published in 1939 & newly republished. Irreverent, humorous, often startlingly honest, with an undercurrent of existential bewilderment and searching.

High Wages by Dorothy Whipple reviewed on the new Juxtabook blog, with news of the new short film about her life and work. juxtabook.co.uk/2025/10/14/h...

“They were waiting for their story to come to an end.” #Moomin80 After several months of celebrating Tove Jansson’s creations with #Moomin80, Liz and I have reached the final book in the series – “Moominvalley in November” (translated by …

On the blog today, I read the final book in my #Moomin80 readalong - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/t...