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A beer called Pages #2, a collaboration between breweries Beak, Track, Verdant and Manchester Museum. Held in front of a copy of A Clockwork Orange by Manchester author Anthony Burgess, all in front of vibrant green vines and a brick wall.

Manchester beer with a Manchester author.

I really love Manchester in general. Have you been to Affleck's Palace? I haven't been since The Before Times. I hope it's still as fantastically weird as ever.

Hope everyone's had a nice weekend so far! What are you reading/drinking?

#booksky #beer

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A picture of the book Flow MY Tears The Policeman Said by Philip K Dick.

Currently reading Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K Dick.

It's excellent! Might do a wee write-up when I'm finished.

#booksky #scifi #philipkdick

Definitely The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin. A beautiful and horrible allegory for colonialism and it's tragic (and avoidable) consequences, set on a planet full of valuable resources. The messaging is all very obvious, but I love the story of the planet's indigenous species!

The virtual shelves are open again after a much-needed break! Lots of new books added to the shop as well, particularly for you sci-fi nerds.

Have a browse: www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #books #scifi

This also means no social media (the algorithm is going to *hate* me)! No posts, no likes, no scrolling. My body is screaming at me for some downtime, and in the words of Bilbo, "I've put this off for far too long". See you in November 💚

We are taking a break for the month of October! Time for much needed rest and recuperation.

We look forward to coming back in November with our creativity recharged and ready for the festive season!

#booksky #rest

'25 Peppercorns' is out now with @mythaxis.bsky.social.

This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political.

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...

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The book The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan held up by a hand in front of an alleyway with green trees and ivy on the side and a gorgeous September sky.

Currently reading and absolutely loving The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.

Available in the shop soon! One perk of being a secondhand bookseller is getting first dibs on the good stuff.

#booksky #carlsagan #science

Loads of fantasy and sci-fi in stock at the moment! Our shelves are bursting. Help us make room by treating yourself to an escapist autumn read!

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #fantasy #scifi #sff

Currently reading The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

#booksky #recommendation

The book A Short History of the European Working Class by Wolfgang Abendroth, held in front of a person's face.

A stack of secondhand books.

Lots of new secondhand books in the shop recently. This one (in a rare picture of part of my face lol) is my favourite.

Have yourself a Friday evening book browse:

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #workingclass #secondhand

🎟️TICKETS: Pod Save the UK: Stop The Genocide – Live Special with Amnesty UK.

🗓️2 Sept
🕢7.30pm
📍King's Place, London

Nish Kumar & Coco Khan will be joined by Wael Al-Dahdouh, Gaza Bureau Chief of Al Jazeera, as well as Jen Brister, Alexei Sayle & Adnan Joubran.

🎟️👇🏾
shop.kingsplace.co.uk/31818/31819

I will also be donating 10% of sales and all tips from the bookshop to this cause, from now until the 28th of September when I'll be abseilling (and screaming) off the Forth Bridge! 😅

Halena's fundraiser for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Help Halena Pritchard raise money to support Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Fundraiser for Chest, Heart and Stoke Scotland! 20% of folks living in Scotland will have one of these conditions, & it could be you! We need orgs like this for support.

Donate directly here:
www.justgiving.com/page/halena-...

Or visit our website for more details!

#booksky #fundraiser

The book 'The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights' by John Steinbeck, standing in front of a few plants and dried flowers.

Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, 'The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights' is a reinterpretation of tales from Sir Thomas Malory's 'le Morte d'Arthur'.

BCA edition, 1977. Available now on the website!

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #arthurianlegend #classics #steinbeck

Ursula K. Le Guin on Change, Menopause as Rebirth, and the Civilizational Value of Elders “Into the space ship, Granny.”

Ursula K. Le Guin on change, menopause as rebirth, and the civilizational value of elders www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/30/u...

@bsfa.bsky.social publications arrived today! Can't wait to dive into these on the weekend. Cover artwork is top notch 🌽

#booksky #sf #scifi #bsfa

Read more books and learn something new! A large portion of our sales are non-fiction, shockingly. Don't know how I found all you curious weirdos, but damn does it make me happy.

Find your next non-fiction read now on the website:

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #nonfiction #books #facts

Vintage sci-fi paperbacks, available in the shop!

In particular, loads of Frank Herbert, all in good to fine condition!

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #scifi #sciencefiction #vintagescifi

A meme from Portlandia tv show with feminist bookstore owners Candace and Toni. Candace says "Toni, it's so hot" and Toni replies "It's the heat."

Our Summer Newsletter incoming soon! We only send out mailers once a season, so no incessant marketing crap. Just book news from the shop, and sometimes a music recommendation. Usually comes with a discount code as well. Sign up on the front page of the website!

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk
#booksky

The book Different Seasons by Stephen King, held by a hand in front of green plants and a stone bridge.

Currently reading:

#booksky #stephenking

An extremely happy human in glasses smelling the delicious scent of a secondhand copy of Kurt Vonnegut Jr's Slaughterhouse-Five.

I looooove the smell of secondhand books! Which is good, as I'm surrounded by them most of the time.

Bunch of new olfactory delights in the shop this week! Check them out on the website.

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #secondhandbooks

Halena's fundraiser for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Help Halena Pritchard raise money to support Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

You can also donate directly here: www.justgiving.com/page/halena-...

A brief description of a fundraiser for Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland with a photo of the Forth Bridge, and a small cartoon person looking scared as they abseil down from the bridge. 10% of all sales and all tips will be donated, and there is also a Just Giving page.

I'm taking part in the Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland appeal to fundraise for life-saving services.

Goal is £200, but the more the merrier! Every little bit helps. All funds raised will go towards CHSS. Check out our website for more details!

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#fundraiser #donate

A grid of vintage science fiction books by Samuel R Delany, Michael Moorcock, Frederick Pohl and A.E. van Vogt.

New (secondhand) books added to the shop this week!

Vintage sci-fi, poetry, biography, fantasy and fiction.

Have a browse!

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #scifi #poetry #fantasy #fiction

The book Sex, Botany and Empire by Patricia Fara held up in front of trees.

Currently reading:

#booksky #Botany #science

Also will add, I do love and will always champion life-changing, profound and interesting learning experiences in reading. But it's important to break it up, and try to stave off The Overwhelm.

#booksky

Just realised we've done two posts in a row about 'fluffy fantasy' and damn it I don't care, we all need a little extra joy in our lives right now!

#booksky #fantasy #fluffy

The book Bookshops and Bonedust standing upright next to a glass of lager and a can of Newbarns Lager Beer, all in front of a grammaphone case and some dried flowers.

Not every book you read needs to be the most profound, life-changing learning experience ever written. Sometimes a big ol' fuzzy cozy lovely happy queer fantasy is necessary!

Paired with a damn fine lager and you've got yourself the best Friday night.

www.laureltreebooks.co.uk

#booksky #fantasy