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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · May 19

Calm - @sjbakerauthor.bsky.social's dystopian YA thriller - is back in stock!

'A gripping examination of our human need to feel' - Kirkus starred review

Available in paperback from Macmillan (MDL) or your usual supplier (PB 9781911107934)

#Calm #YAbook #YAfiction #dystopianYA

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · May 16

Hot off the press! 🔥 'A Curious History of Sex' is back in stock!

Available in paperback from Macmillan (MDL) or your usual supplier (PB 9781800183001)

#ACuriousHistoryofSex #book #books #nonfictionbooks #history

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · May 16

Hot off the press! 🔥 'Free Loaves on Fridays' is back in stock!

Available in paperback from Macmillan (MDL) or your usual supplier (PB 9781800183001)

#FreeLoavesonFridays #socialcare #care #caresystem #fostering #adoption #books #book #nonfictionbooks

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · May 1

This month’s proofs are available to request on NetGalley! 📚💙

Read now: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/publ...

#NetGalley #books #books #proofs #proofcopy #arc #advancedreadingcopy #bookreview #bookseller #bookshop #indiebookshop #shopsmall #bookblogger #bookreviewer

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · May 1

#WordsfromtheHedge, a passionate evocation of the history, beauty and importance of our hedgerows, is out now!

Written by Richard Negus @troopersnooks.bsky.social, a craftsman who has been laying hedges for almost three decades and has the scars to prove it.

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#books #naturebooks

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Apr 9

This month’s proofs are available to request on NetGalley! 📚💙

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/publ...

#NetGalley #books #books #proofs #proofcopy #arc #advancedreadingcopy #bookreview #bookseller #bookshop #indiebookshop #shopsmall

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congratulations to @robertashton.bsky.social, Katharine Quarmby and Amanda Addison, who have all been longlisted for the New Angle Prize for East Anglian literature! 🎉

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · Mar 20

She's the most scapegoated heroine in Greek mythology, but there's never just one side to any story...

#HelensJudgement by @susancwilson.bsky.social is out now! 👑 ⚔️

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#books #Greekmythology #HelenofTroy #mythology #historicalfiction

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · Apr 3

Congratulations to @maud_inbetween, whose "strikingly original" memoir In Between has been longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 🎉

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · Apr 9

A huge congratulations to @bengazur.bsky.social, whose book A Feast of Folklore: The Bizarre Stories Behind British Food has been shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Awards in the Debut Food Book category! #FAndMAwards

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · Apr 9

Congratulations to Sarah P Corbett for WINNING Best Mixed Media Book at the #CreativeBookAwards2025!

"gently explores the impact that crafting can have on feelings of sadness, anger or powerlessness and helps to channel those feelings into more positive actions"

#books #book #craft #bookprize

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Mar 1

Weekend reading 💛 This month’s proofs are available to request on NetGalley! 📚

#NetGalley #books #books #proofs #proofcopy #arc #advancedreadingcopy #bookreview #bookseller #bookshop #indiebookshop #shopsmall

Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 27

#BestSummedUp by @jeffcannata.bsky.social is out now!

Packed with 200+ guess-the-film limericks, from slasher films to arthouse, summer blockbusters to indie slow burners! 📽️ 🎞️

Available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (PB 9781789651898)

#books #cinema #film #movie #quizbook

Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 25

The Mab has been a Waterstones Book of the Month for February and what an adventure it's been! 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@waterstones.bsky.social @mattbrownwriter.bsky.social @eloisewilliams.bsky.social

The Mab is available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (PB 9781789651850)

#TheMab #books

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 14

'In @sachacoward.bsky.social's monstrous tome, #QueerAsFolklore, he dives into a panoply of queer anthropology to uncover all things magical, ethereal, strange and other, considering how their origins intersect with the history of LGBTQ+ people.'

Author Alan Hollinghurst on the sauciest sex scene in literature and new novel Our Evenings

Hollinghurst delves into the many works that have inspired his latest book Our Evenings, and selects the greatest coming-of-age novel.

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day! 💗 📚

The Time Traveler's Wife meets Crazy Rich Asians in this speculative romance - perfect for readers of literary historical fiction and modern romantasy fans alike.

The Light Between Us is available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Paperback 9781915584670)

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 13

The 20 year wait is finally over. #EmptyWigs is here...

Jonathan Meades' compendium of tales is told through frames within frames, mazes within mazes, colliding narratives and quick changing moods.

Available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Hardback 9781800183247)

#books

Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 6

The new paperback edition of #TheMab by Matt Brown and Eloise Williams is out today - and it's currently @waterstones.bsky.social Welsh Book of the Month! 📚

11 brilliant retellings illustrated by Max Low

Available from Macmillan, Gardners & your usual supplier (PB 9781789651850)

#books #kidsbooks

Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 6

#APassionforPassion by Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social is out today! Alice is currently on a UK comedy tour with shows in London, Leicester, Bristol, Brighton, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds!

Available from Macmillan, Gardners & your usual supplier (HB 9781800183629)

#books

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 4

On #WorldCancerDay, we honour the strength and resilience of those impacted by cancer. Through great stories, let’s raise awareness and support the fight together. 💪🎗️

All titles are available from Macmillan, Gardners or your usual supplier.

#CancerAwareness #WorldCancerDay2025 #hope #books

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 2

Booksellers! This month’s proofs are available to request on NetGalley! 📚💚

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#NetGalley #books #books #proofs #proofcopy #arc #advancedreadingcopy #bookreview #bookseller #bookshop #indiebookshop #shopsmall

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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social · Feb 1

The Mab by Matt Brown and Eloise Williams is a Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📚

11 brilliant retellings - illustrated by Max Low and loved by Michael Sheen!

www.waterstones.com/book/the-mab...

#TheMab #books #kidsbooks #childrensbooks @waterstones.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social

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Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Feb 1

It's #LGBTHistoryMonth! 🏳️‍🌈 🧜‍♂️

LGBTQIA+ historian @sachacoward.bsky.social takes readers on a journey from ancient Greece to the main stage of Drag Race to uncover the queer histories in myth and folklore.

Available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Hardcover 9781800183360).

Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Chinese New Year! 🐍🏮🌙
We're spotlighting some of our East and South East Asian books and authors...

All titles are available from Macmillan, Gardners or your usual supplier.

#ChineseNewYear #ChineseNewYear2025 #LunarNewYear #YearoftheSnake

Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social · Jan 28

It's International Lego Day! 🧱

In the first official book for adult fans of #LEGO®, Daniel Konstanski reveals how and why new LEGO® bricks are made - with images, blueprints, photographs from the LEGO® Archive.

Available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Hardcover 9781800183506).

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