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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 8h

I LOVE this movie with every bit of everything I have.

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 8h

Our Crowdfunder to try and get copies of "Living Well with Chronic Illness" by the VERY ACE @gracequantock.bsky.social into health centres & hospitals across the UK has now reached £975!

We're getting SO close to our first target!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...

THANKS!

Here's Grace in her wheelchair, with her very cute medical alert and response assistance dog Wilfie.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 8h

PRETEND you're a professional footballer by putting your hand over your mouth whenever you talk.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 10h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16h

Hello Bluepals, we are open.

cookie monster from sesame street is standing next to a plate with his mouth open .

Alt: cookie monster from sesame street is dancing in front of a plate.

media.tenor.com

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 17h

Hi Jamie,
I reckon @melissaschuh.bsky.social can come up with a few great suggestions.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 17h

Hello!

Yes please, that would be marvellous.

@gabliotecaria.bsky.social can you DM me the book title and the name and address to post it to please.

I'll send you a copy courtesy of @notmoro.bsky.social

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 1d

KESHED LAUNCH ALERT.

Tix now on sale for the official launch event on publication day, 12th Feb 2026, at Waterstones in Leeds, Terri motherfucking White in the interviewer's chair, it's gonna be awesome. Early chance to see my "performance" of the intro too 👀📚

www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

An evening with Stu Hennigan for Keshed in Leeds | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An evening with Stu Hennigan for Keshed in Leeds today.

www.waterstones.com

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Email me [email protected] please. Ta.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Of course. S

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's yours!

Can you DM me the book title and the name and address to post it to. I'll send you a copy courtesy of @seanjones.org

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@seanjones.org has bought a copy of We the People : A History of the US Constitution by Jill Lepore for me to give to someone.

blurb in second image.

If you'd like it, get in touch.

UK only.

Blurb for the book.

On the 250th anniversary of America's founding - a landmark history of the US Constitution for a troubling new era. The US Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified.

Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power.

Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation. Recounting the history of America through centuries of efforts to realize the promise of the Constitution, we witness how nearly all those bids have failed. We the People is the sweeping account of a struggle, arguing that the Constitution was never intended to be preserved, but was expected to be gradually altered.

At a time when the risk of political violence is all too real, it hints at the prospects for a better, amended America.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

True. It was meatballs tonight.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Well. It was published by Unbound. They went into administration this year.
So right now, it looks like it's not available.

But it seems Manchester Uni Press are re-issuing it in December at £10.99 + £1.50 P+P

I'm often wrong about these things, but you OK waiting @gabliotecaria.bsky.social ?

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

THANKS!

@js2.bsky.social can you DM me the book title and the name and address to post it to please.

I'll send you a copy courtesy of @shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social

Shrops, are you ok buying one of the website (I'll match it up to JS2).

Thanks all!

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry for not replying sooner, i've been at a parents' evening!

Is this OK @shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social ?

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@seanjones.org has bought a copy of We the People : A History of the US Constitution by Jill Lepore for me to give to someone.

blurb in second image.

If you'd like it, get in touch.

UK only.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @notmoro.bsky.social is still up for grabs.

Jess is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

More #buyastrangerabook day action!

@notmoro.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Jess (Eldritch mode) 🎃 @notmoro.bsky.social · 1d

Yes please, I would like to BUY A STRANGER A BOOK, up to £20. ("Strangers" can include mutuals I don't know very well, unless I have already bought them a book previously.)

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Soz gang.

I've been at a LONG parents evening.

Just got back.

I'm going to remind you of a couple of unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offers now.

Woohoo, etc!

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

The best of all the days.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

UK only

Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

www.biggreenbookshop.com

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Look at that! So you have. Thanks.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats Jo!

If you can DM me the name and address you'd like me to send @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social's book, I'll get it off asap, S

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Sure thing!

Can you DM me the details and I'll send you a copy courtesy of @norfolkbookworm.bsky.social

Soz you're not feeling so well.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Another #buyastrangerabook day offer!

@norfolkbookworm.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15.

That's any book. Not just the ones on my website.

So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!

UK only

Sarah @norfolkbookworm.bsky.social · 1d

Hi @biggreenbooks.bsky.social can I repay the kindness of others who’ve brought me a book on #buyastrangerabook day?
Up to £15?

Will PayPal it over now.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a SIGNED copy of "Words For Life", the new book by Susie Dent.

If you'd like a copy, let us know!

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Another #buyastrangerabook day offer!

@norfolkbookworm.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15.

That's any book. Not just the ones on my website.

So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!

UK only

Sarah @norfolkbookworm.bsky.social · 1d

Hi @biggreenbooks.bsky.social can I repay the kindness of others who’ve brought me a book on #buyastrangerabook day?
Up to £15?

Will PayPal it over now.

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