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All Good Bookshop
@allgoodbookshop.co.uk
A community co-op bookshop in the heart of #Haringey, North London located at 35 Turnpike Lane. We do books and events and local.
http://linktr.ee/allgoodbookshop
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as we have a few new followers i thought i had better tell you about the shop...

2019: The co-op is formed
When a popular local bookshop (The Big Green Bookshop) moved away from the area at the end of 2018, it left Wood Green and Turnpike Lane without a bookshop.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Music and jam tonight
or is it Music jam at 7pm

(I suppose you can bring jam)
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Email is probably best:

[email protected]
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
hello there!

we are open
just me in the bookshop today
the volunteers are away

so i'm selling
the books

and reading
the books

and ordering
the books
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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So LinkedIn avoids the social media under 16 ban.

This could lead to the funniest thing in a few months
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
there is nothing to do here?

bookseller gestures around the shop
the many shelves of books
and comics
and things

perhaps?
February 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Book table this week

#haringeybookshop #n8
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
apparently it is rose day today
what rose day is
i don't know

maybe we have to adorn
roses over our naked bodies
while chanting an
old limerick
about a lady called rose

bit prickly

ouch
February 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
hello there!

we are open
it is wet
why are you out in the wet?
get into a bookshop at once

there

that's better
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Here’s a poem called ‘An Attempt to Write an Abecedarian Poem in Praise of the Dictionary’.
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Tomorrow, I will be doing a sort-of Japanese rakugo-style rendition of The Miller's Tale at @allgoodbookshop.co.uk - come and have a listen.

Just in case you're wondering what rakugo is, it's a form of #storytelling, usually humorous (sometimes ghost stories too).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo
Rakugo - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
what's happening this month?
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Rosie Wilby performing stand up tonight at the All Good Bookshop Comedy Club

Doors 7pm
notice the books by Rosie Wilby
she is doing comedy here
next Friday 6 Feb
Maybe she will sign one
if you come along
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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notice the books by Rosie Wilby
she is doing comedy here
next Friday 6 Feb
Maybe she will sign one
if you come along
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
the thursday crew of volunteers were in today
and it is wet
and we are watching the people sat
outside
in their cars
in traffic
annoyed at the slow flow

they could be sat in abookshop
having a drink
relaxing with a book

i know where
i would rather be
February 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
being a cool book shop, we have this one in stock
Whoa! First review of Elizabeth and Ruth by Livi Michael —

"Michael’s prose has a vividness one can smell and touch... This novel is both readable and not an ‘easy’ read, and I thoroughly recommend it." — Historical Novel Society
Elizabeth and Ruth - Historical Novel Society
Manchester, 1849: Elizabeth Gaskell, whose novel Mary Barton has brought her both praise and opprobrium, visits a sixteen-year-old Pasley – the only name she is known by – in prison. A talented seamst...
historicalnovelsociety.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Doing a Mystery Talk at @allgoodbookshop.co.uk next Friday 13th! Come along and hear me talk about... a mysterious topic that will probably be adjacent to comics. (The ones I've read, not the ones I make.)

allgoodbookshop.co.uk/order-items/...
February 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Read our new newsletter:

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Bills, laughs and stories
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February 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
hello there!

we are open
just me in the shop today -

sorting events
looking at books

there's some!
a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
ALT: a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
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February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Ferbruary #oldknees
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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A really successful first Songwriting Circle at the @allgoodbookshop.co.uk yesterday! Lots of productive feedback and workshopping for all attendees, and some discussion of lyrics-writing techniques.

Last Saturday of every month. Hope to see (and hear) you at the next one.

#songwriting #haringey
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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A storytelling spectacular over three nights with numerous storytellers to entice you into the world of Geoffrey Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES.
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM