The Castle pf Stories
New to Bert's!
You'll remember the books of @mattcainwriter.bsky.social: The Madonna of Bolton, One Love and The Secret life of Albert Entwistle.
NOW, The Castle of Stories comes from Pansy, a new publisher of queer stories, set up by Matt himself.
Pre order now! bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
I loved SSD - so looking forward to getting round to this one, too.
The Truth About Ruby Coooper
If you liked “Strange Sally Diamond”, Liz Nugent has a new book out this week!
“The Truth About Ruby Cooper” is out now! - Michael
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
Stayed in bed this morning until I'd finished reading The Correspondent. It was very good, I enjoyed it a lot.
Hooked
New books going out this week, including Hooked from the writer of Butter.
Available on the website and in the shop now! - Michael
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/hooked/
Spring’s being stubborn but our shelves are in full bloom.
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Loads of new stock again today, so I'm currently playing Tetris with the shelves.
Buy something and free me up a line won't you? - Michael
The Silent Appeal
NEW to Bert's! - Signed indie copies of Janice Hallett's The Silent Appeal - coming out in September, pre-order your copy now!
bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
That's the traditional olde English recipe for crumble, then.
First book of the day (hours ago) was "Mr Silly". - Michael
I read EIGHT books in February. I'm chatting about them all in our latest YouTube video.
It features Game Changer by Rachel Reid, Fruit Fly by Josh Silver and The Drowning Place by Sarah Hilary.
youtu.be/UbTymz25KCw?...
Bots are trying credit card details on the website again.
Our security measures are stopping it, but they're all trying it via PayPal, so if you have a PayPal account you should make sure it's secure.
I can bear anything as long as there are books - Jo Walton
Happy Tuesday, everyone. Grab a book and make it better. - Michael
The best bit is that none of the pages use the codes that are listed online, so do I know which is the service I use? Not a clue.
I'll just wait for the invoice to come through and double check that.
I'm not saying Royal Mail's services are over-complicated, but their latest pricing list is 38 pages long.
I'm really enjoying it so far, but if you don't like long sentences with a metaphor every half line, don't go in. - Michael
And Bert himself is reading "Sweat", ahead of our event with Emma Healey next week.
It's a thriller about a woman seeking revenge on her ex-boyfriend - come along next week and hear Emma talk about it! - Michael
Sally is reading "A Far-Flung Life", taking her to the Australian outback for a story of family, belonging, hope and kangaroos. - Michael
Pedro is reading "We Do Not Part", a novel about undying friendships and set in Korea.
He says he was gripped from page one, which is always high praise. - Michael
Let's see what the team are reading this week!
I'm reading "The Great When" by Alan Moore. It's about young Dennis Knuckleyard who has just discovered a book that doesn't exist, sending him on a journey into the Wrong London... - Michael
First book of the day was "Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind".
Loved this one, a really interesting introduction to the word of fungi! - Michael
Stories are a different kind of true - Emma Donoghue
Monday morning upon us once more - who wants a book? - Michael
Well, for now... we're changing the website and socials to match the shop soon.
Oh, I meant one colour per bag - so eventually seven different colours on seven different bags!
Part of me wants to do the whole rainbow at one point. The other part of me thinks I should keep the same colour as it's quite recognisable.
Well, then I'll have to paint the whole shop!
"There's no such thing as too many books" written on a Bert's blue tote bag.
I'm about to order some new tote bags. There'll be a new message on it.
BUT. Crucial question. Do I do it in the same colour, or a new colour?
The internet famously has opinions, so please, let loose.
People are gonna start thinking Steve is coming by every morning at this rate.
Steve Antony has done it again! Fist book of the day today was Hippo Potty - Sally
Our local author and friend of Bert's Books, Steve Antony, has done it again - first book of the day for the second day in a row, this time with "Hippo Potty" - Sally
For most of history, anonymous was a woman. Virginia Woolf
Good Morning! We are open.
