Tails of the unexpected: Pembrokeshire library offers dog reading sessions
The UK is a nation of dog-lovers, with a PDSA survey estimating 26% of UK adults keep a hound as a pet; that’s around 9.6 million dogs. And with the coronavirus… Read more »
E17 book box stays another day following spruce-up
Difficult to stay positive about the world these days, isn’t it? A whole pandemic, the creeping rise of far-right nationalism, a cost of living crisis unprecedented in modern times, etc.… Read more »
Wordle up (for sale)! NYT swoops for puzzle craze
It’s the little puzzle that could. Wordle started life last October, the simple invention of Josh Wardle, who grew up in Llanddewi Rhydderch, Wales, UK, and now works as a… Read more »
Vimes for change: Pratchett character lends name to new food index
Regular readers of this blog will know that we can’t resist a good Sir Terry Pratchett story, most recently bringing you news of the star-studded re-record of his Discworld audiobooks. Pratchett has… Read more »
Miracle on Gower Street: customer pays Waterstones for 1974 books
Take it from me, book shop customers are often a curious lot. There’s the entire-book-readers; the food leavers; spine breakers; letter writers; queue jumpers and, my personal favourite, the “take… Read more »
UK’s first specialist Black book shop saved by crowdfunder
The directors of the UK’s first book shop and publisher dedicated to Black writing, New Beacon Books, have thanked supporters for a “lifeline” after a crowdfunding campaign saved their premises… Read more »
Return of the Rings: Worcester hospice flogs filched fantasies
It’s a storyline that might have come from the mind of J.R.R. Tolkien himself. On December 19 it was reported that a thief had made off with rare first editions… Read more »
Flintshire book shop devastated by fire hails “incredible” public support
An unimaginable loss for “one of the largest online and real bookshops in the North West,” based in Flintshire, UK, has been transformed into a hopeful new beginning, thanks to… Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fungibles – NFT is the 2021 Collins Dictionary Word of the Year
It’s that time again where we look back at the words we’ve used most, seen most, and said “do I want to know what that means?” about most this year: Collins Dictionary… Read more »
“Millennium hand and shrimp!” Discworld audiobooks get star-studded re-record
Stellar news for fans of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series this week, as a raft of his audiobooks, newly recorded by a host of famous names, are set to grace… Read more »