@bookendscarlisle
Indie bookshops, family owned & run by Lucy; one mega-sized in Carlisle, t'other tiny-ish in Keswick + Cumbrian titles & signed editions at www.bookscumbria.com. + partners in Words by the Water festival in Keswick [Mar12-15 in 26]
Good fortune to bookshops everywhere for the busy season, including Waterstones Arndale, Bookends Carlisle @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social, Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social and Waterstones at John Lewis in Cheadle.
Online pre-orders also count!
www.bookscumbria.com/product/uk-b...
Gorgeous!
What a beautiful book! Pregorder from Bookends Carlisle, Bookends Keswick and online at www.bookscumbria.com
That very long wait is over and #TheFinalVow is winging its way to you around the UK and the world, and also to @CrownMitre Carlisle for Thursday's launch.Mega thanks to all of you but especially to Mike @MWCravenUK.bsky.social who signed & dedicated a few hundred books yesterday
This Thursday night, 7.30pm # Old Fire Station Carlisle talking all things #Beatles - @StuartMaconie.bsky.social in conversation with Tom Speight. Tickets at the shop and online www.bookscumbria.com/product/cumb...
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social will be @ Old Fire Station Carlisle on Thurs 19 June for book chat on his new book. Tickets from the shop and online
www.bookscumbria.com/product/cumb...
Happy to have supplied many of the photos for ‘England’s Everest’, the story of the 24 hr Fell Record, now standing at an incredible 78 peaks.
All proceeds to Keswick Mountain Rescue. Sold by independent sellers
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View also available to any authors who appear at #WordsbytheWater festival in March 2026! Programming will start soon...Thanks for a lovely event last night Joanne!
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social will be @ Old Fire Station Carlisle on Thurs 19 June for book chat on his new book. Tickets from the shop and online
www.bookscumbria.com/product/cumb...
Thankyou Joanne, and safe travels today. It was such a lovely event with you and #HelenMillican discussing #Vianne- followed by some great audience questions.
Bit breezy & cloudy in Keswick today but why not brighten the day with tickets for @joannechocolat.bsky.social @tbtlake.bsky.social Tues 3rd at 7.30pm. On 01768 774411 and online
www.theatrebythelake.com/event/an-eve...
My tour schedule: all details at joanne-harris.co.uk
This is where I'll be: if you can make one of these events, please don't forget to say hello (and maybe get a violet cream and a spritz of Vianne's Confession...)
Just a week til @joannechocolat comes to @tbtlake - a @WBTWKeswick festival extra event! Tickets online or from the theatre box office 0176877441. Come along and meet Joanne and find out more about Vianne's life before she makes chocolate her life!
www.theatrebythelake.com/event/an-eve...
This is the fab Bookends of Keswick who now have signed copies of 'Trailing Clouds of Glory'. In fact, a lady bought a copy while I was there signing them. Fame at last.🙂 And they play Nick Drake while you browse.
@kg520.bsky.social
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Oh, look, it's that book again! Catbells and Derwentwater as seen from the road to Watendlath. It's Watendlath Beck that makes the Lodore Falls as per the famous Robert Southey poem - but the beck is almost dry. Book available from @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social and @samreadbookseller.bsky.social
A fabulous day out in Carlisle visiting friends & exhibitions (Sheila Fell at Tullie House) plus bonus visits to see the cathedral & sign copies of my book in @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social
If you go into @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social ask any of the staff to look at a Hayloft book - I didn’t write them all but have published them.
Lucky you!
poster and bookmarks on bookshop desk showing colourful orange blue and yellow print of tawny owl by Matt Underwood, with text 'The Company of Owls' and author name, Polly Atkin.
Popped up to Keswick on friday to sign more copies of #TheCompanyOfOwls for @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social - catch them before they fly away!
Trip to the Lake District to talk about the Greek goddesses? Yes please! Join me at Words By The Water Keswick next month, with books sold by @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social 📚⚡️⛵️
www.wordsbythewaterkeswick.com/events/natal...
I forgot one - inevitably - in between! A workshop for Words By The Water festival by @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social @tbtlake.bsky.social in Keswick on writing with, to and about birds. After that I'm going up to StAnza to soak up some poetry. www.wordsbythewaterkeswick.com/events/polly...
Squashed near the bottom of the pile is Corpse Roads of Cumbria by me and wife, Lesley. Thanks to Bookends for doing the hard work of selling our book.
It might be squashed near to the bottom, but Corpse Roads, even a few years after publication still sells regularly. Core stock for our bookshops- doesn't need a hard sell!
I'm involved in two events at Words by the Water in Keswick, Cumbria this March: A chat about my book, Postal Paths, (due out in April) and a workshop guiding people through the basics of bookbinding. Details here... www.wordsbythewaterkeswick.com/events/
Our 2024 Top 10 bestsellers pile has @herdyshepherd.bsky.social in the top spot with the beautiful #PlaceofTides Congratulations James! Look closely and you'll see that @MWCraven.bsky.social has THREE books in that pile-so congratulations x 3, Mike! Again,Cumbrian books rule OK.
In Cumbrian dialects, 'chitty' or 'chatterhen' is wren
The wren is 'King of all Birds' and symbolizes life, energy and good fortune. Harming it or its nest is strictly forbidden, and anyone who breaks this taboo will die from a lightning strike!
#folklore #birds #Cumbria
📷 Andy Rouse
Some nature reading for the winter nights.
These gems were found at @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social Keswick. #books