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Event review 🍳 We can make Vegetable Biryani
“Great food and amazing teacher, the way she interacted with us made everything much clearer”

“It was a lovely number of people, we could all talk to each other and went home thinking we could do the recipe! It is always a pleasure to watch Asma cook!"
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ash and Freya have started volunteering in the community garden this month, and we have seen the effort put in: 2.5 hours clearing leaves for compost, removing rubbish, tidying, and removing weeds!

Let’s hope their plan comes true and the community garden blossoms!

#octoberbooks #communitygarden
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shop local inside your indie bookshop this Christmas & meet our makers:
@hopefulwillowcrafts 🎄crochet decor
@gloryhandmade_wing 🎁cards, ornaments & omamori
Magpie Cat Craft 🐈keyrings & magnets
@ta.thatsu 🌊sea-glass cards
Clara’s Crafts 🏷️tags & bookmarks
Bee More Brian 🪵wooden magnets & décor
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📻 Sara was on Radio Solent!
Last Friday, she joined Katie Martin for a brilliant chat about books, community, and her top reading picks. Tune in at 12:15pm (2h15m in) to hear the conversation and maybe discover your next favourite read!

Check out the show here 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Author event: 'What Next? The savvy woman's guide to redefining retirement'
Hear local author Jane Mo/ett talk about her new book, shortlisted for the pro-aging
category in the Advantages of Age Awards.
Dates/Times 🕰️ 6th December, Saturday 10:30am

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November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📚 Hardback Series❗Travel 🚴‍♀️
We are offering a £3 discount on these hardbacks, and this week we are focusing on travel books! Recommendations, stories, and unique travel guides that will make your trip more memorable!
Pick up your next journey today, share it as a gift or relax with it over a cuppa❤️
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Check out new books of hope-filled books to cosy up with this winter! From sapphic love stories to inspirational journals, a discussion on modern tourism’s impact and an archive about Gaza’s memory and culture. Look for our Christmas fliers around town, bring one in for 10% off our books!
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🎨 New cards from Lindsey!
🥂 How many of these venues have you visited? Come to discover the whole series in store now 🎁 A great gift for your Southampton savvy friends 🤟

#octoberbooks #greetingcards #illustration #artsandcraft #southamptonArtist #southamptonart
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Who are the creatives behind the 👣 Protest Days, Rebellion Nights: Songs and Stories of the Luddites by Monty +The Anywhens ❓
Check out our Facebook page for details or just come to the event!

Dates 🕰️ 4th December, Thursday 7-9pm
Tickets🎟️ £10.00
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November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Last Call 🔊 We can make Vegetable Biryani with Asma Asif
🧑‍🍳 "I’m originally from Pakistan and a single mum with three boys. Cooking has always been a way for me to stay connected to my culture and share love through food."

Join us👇
Details: octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/117/d...
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎖️ Congratulations to David Szalay for winning the Booker Prize of 2025!

‘I don’t think I’ve read a novel that uses the white space on the page so well.’

This summary from Roddy Doyle, the Chair of judges, provides an insightful overview. Visit the bookshop to get your hardback copy today!
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔊 Migration debates are loud, but facts calm the noise.
Just 0.2% of the UK population are seeking asylum. In Southampton, only 286 people.
⚓ As a port city, Southampton’s story is one of arrivals.
🧡 At October Books, no matter who you are or where you come from, you belong here.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📚 Hardback Series❗
We will be offering a £3 discount on these hardback selections, and this week we are focusing on memoirs. We don't just select any odd book, but ones that are more niche, less high street.
Pick up an inspiration today, share it as a gift or relax with it over a cuppa❤️‍🔥
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🏆 The 2025 Goldsmiths Prize winner is out! Congratulations to C.D. Rose!

⚡ If you love exploring bold styles in novel forms, the shortlist and winner of the Goldsmiths Prize will be a good start! Find the winner title in-store now!

#octoberbooks #bookprize #christmasgift #christmaspresentideas
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📚 Bring Your Own Book Club – November Edition Part 🥈
Due to popular demand, we have BYOB Part 2 in November!

Dates/Times🕰️ 29th November, Saturday 11:00-12:30pm
Tickets 🆓 Free of charge, booking required
Details: octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/114/d...
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
You have heard of dad jokes, in the Bookshop, we have post-person jokes.
Let's start of winter with a seasonal joke😀

Comment HAHA to hear more 📬 Post-person jokes 💌

#octoberbooks #mail #jokeoftheday #communitybookshop #communityjokes
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌲 Art of Climbing Trees book launch review🎉
October Books hosted a wonderful sold out event with Henrik Dahle and his book Art of Climbing Trees. A funny and quirky evening, when we met Professor Handlebrass Gauntlett...

See full review on our Instagram

#octoberbooks #events #booklaunch #newbook
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
❗ Our Movember motto🙆‍♂️

🥸 Movember is not just about the moustache, just like mental health is not just the mind, but body and soul too!

Our Movember focus is to provide you with the tools and ingredients that makes the soul a bit more happy and bit less chilly❄️ Come see our collection!
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🥦 Happy World Vegan Day 🥗
With our vegan recipe books, vegan products and our popular Monday Veg Out Cafe, October Books might not just be your community bookshop, but also your community groceries shop!

What is your favourite 'Vegan aspect' of October Books?

#octoberbooks #vegan #veganproducts
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
❄️ Shortlist for the Booker Prize 2025: add them to your winter reading list!

Suzanne finished The Land in Winter and was moved by its quiet power. With its snowbound setting, subtle tensions, and echoes of lives shaped by war, it reminded us of Claire Keegan’s prose — spare and emotionally sharp.
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌍 Disarmament Week 🍉 Hope, Empathy & Gaza

This week marks Disarmament Week (Oct 24–30): a time to imagine peace beyond the sound of weapons. It’s impossible not to think of Gaza, where lives are shattered by war. We hold space for grief, justice, while empathy can be a form of resistance 🧡
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
What’s the scariest way to spook yourself out? 👀
Step closer… if you dare. Our shelves are whispering tales of haunted woods, restless spirits, and ghostly mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
💬 Which spine-chiller would you dare to read alone at night?

#octoberbooks #halloween #spookyseason
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🤎 Layers of Life☕ Creative & Meditative Workshop
Date/time⌚ Wednesday, 29th October, 3-5pm
Tickets 🎟️ £33
Details 👉 stan.store/lindalooom/p... @linda.looom

Includes:
🤲 sharing
🧘‍♀️ guided meditation
💓 space for inner reflection
🖼️ a masterpiece to bring home

#octoberbooks #workshops #FrequencyArtist
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🍚 We can make Vegetable Biryani with Asma Asif 🧑‍🍳
Asma will show people how to make a vegetable biryani, and attendees will enjoy it together at the end, taking the recipe with them.

Dates/Times🕰️ 22nd November, Saturday 11am-1pm
Tickets🎟️ £14
Details: octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/117/d...
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
✊🏾 Black authors are celebrated here 🖤

Our shelves are filled with powerful voices, stories, and histories that deserve to be read and remembered. See our display of selected Black authors from all genres; each book offers a unique lens into Black experience, resilience, and creativity.
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM