Treadwell's Books

Treadwell's is open until 8pm tonight! Come by- 33 Store Street, behind the British Museum. In London Town, in case you don't know is

We are delighted to be here at last

Oh gosh yes 😬😁

Oooh! Just added to the agenda for our next buyer's meeting "new books we should stock"

A consistent Treadwell's bestseller !

An anthropomorphic root vegetable chauffeur driving a witch and a black cat around in a car made from a hollowed out marrow

Happy Halloween!

Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.

Adorable!

After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.

After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home: theconversation.com/after-the-fi...

Can't stop laughing! Priceless!

Warmly and eloquently, we have to add.

They are SO not the same. This small indie bookshop has always done what we can, and is doing so now.

It was indeed!

Awww! Visit us when you are able 🧡

Launch event last night for @icysedgwick.bsky.social and Hazel Atkinson's great books. Ghosts, magic, witches, worldwide folklore. We met new friends, wine was drunk, ghost stories were told. Tired but happy this morning. #dorlingkindersley .

San Francisco cemetery event! Run, don't walk. If we were closer, we'd be there

We would warrant it's the morally instructive line of the novel.

Yes, it may be a cliche to say that, but for good reason. We have seen it first hand

Hiberno-Latin forever! 🧡🧡🧡

"visual/emotional patina makes for better history writing". Yes, yes, yes!!!!

"Prayer is not always about asking, but about being in the presence of God, and about allowing yourself to be changed by that encounter."
So much this. As much for this Pagan as for you, a Christian. 🧡#MysticsSansFrontieres

Going to try this!

Wow. Just wow. Thank you for doing this.

The Absolute Units art. Three giant sheep hover over the English countryside.

🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏

Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.

In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.

merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

It's a complete delight to stumble into this exchange of paleographic / codicological expertise. Early medieval to boot. Thank you both for all you do, know, study and care about.

King Zel? Ah, he's an old friend. Surely "Silbury" started out as "Zelbury"
(May the land gods forgive and bless John Aubrey)

Just had a very late night supper of salmon linguine in a heavy cream sauce. Let the dreams begin!

Thanks for that! Didn't know about it -will check it out.

Haunting beauty

Zoinks! The Spooky Folklore Behind Scooby-Doo (Zoom), 10/28 @ 7 PM For over half a century, a gang of teens – Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy – and their dog, Scooby, have captivated audiences with their supernatural sleuthing, operating under the banner o…

There's still just time to register for my FREE online talk for Warner Library, NY this evening at 7 EST / 11 GMT.

Registration means you'll get access to a recording if you can't be there live, or if you have to leave early.

Come and join me while you can:

warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...

Oh yessss

That finger touch! 🥹