The Book Vault
@thebookvault.bsky.social
An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
If it is a title and/or author we aren't already aware of or considering, 2/3 copies ordered is enough for us to look at stocking it. We're always looking at extending ranges, options for people. Supporting authors by ordering is a very simple way you can support both their work and the publisher.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If it is a title and/or author we aren't already aware of or considering, 2/3 copies ordered is enough for us to look at stocking it. We're always looking at extending ranges, options for people. Supporting authors by ordering is a very simple way you can support both their work and the publisher.
A little later than planned, this was the first book sold today! An excellent large format new release by Peter McKinstry, Doctor Who, The Art of Time Travel.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A little later than planned, this was the first book sold today! An excellent large format new release by Peter McKinstry, Doctor Who, The Art of Time Travel.
#booksky
#booksky
Listened last night via Patreon, an excellent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social, Cory Doctorow's book Enshittification available in store.
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#booksky
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Listened last night via Patreon, an excellent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social, Cory Doctorow's book Enshittification available in store.
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#booksky
First sales of the day! One a collected customer order, Finding Alfie by Michael Morpurgo. And one postal/delivery order. This is from a local writer Ronnie Steele, a collection of memories from a host of people on Kes and Ken Loach. Ordered by phone to be delivered to a local elderly relative.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
First sales of the day! One a collected customer order, Finding Alfie by Michael Morpurgo. And one postal/delivery order. This is from a local writer Ronnie Steele, a collection of memories from a host of people on Kes and Ken Loach. Ordered by phone to be delivered to a local elderly relative.
It's a montage (montage!). By way of variety, the first four customers and books of the day, we have titles for all interests! The new James Islington hardback released, signed John Grisham. The Friendship Book and 'sister' annuals from the People's Friend are always popular.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's a montage (montage!). By way of variety, the first four customers and books of the day, we have titles for all interests! The new James Islington hardback released, signed John Grisham. The Friendship Book and 'sister' annuals from the People's Friend are always popular.
#booksky
#booksky
First two books sold of the day! A refrain... first up, @themillyjohnson.bsky.social Let the Bells Ring Out! I said last time this isn't unusual...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First two books sold of the day! A refrain... first up, @themillyjohnson.bsky.social Let the Bells Ring Out! I said last time this isn't unusual...
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Get up, put radio on, literally first words I hear are "England collapse". Aus lose three wickets. Go to work. Put radio on whilst opening to hear Aus go five down. Not a batting pitch then?!
#thecricket #ashes
#thecricket #ashes
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Get up, put radio on, literally first words I hear are "England collapse". Aus lose three wickets. Go to work. Put radio on whilst opening to hear Aus go five down. Not a batting pitch then?!
#thecricket #ashes
#thecricket #ashes
Take Two... First book sale earlier today was A History of England in 25 Poems from @cathamclarke.bsky.social. Apt as I was looking at poetry earlier, getting ready to order more titles having made space on our shelves.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Take Two... First book sale earlier today was A History of England in 25 Poems from @cathamclarke.bsky.social. Apt as I was looking at poetry earlier, getting ready to order more titles having made space on our shelves.
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This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
Out today! Shame it wasn't on 18 November, the date that Tara finds herself 'stuck', her life (such as it is) goes on whilst all those around live the day as their first and only time. Though not quite all, as the review says book three has Tara finding she is not quite alone...
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My review of the third part of Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume - one of the most exciting things happening in fiction right now observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Paperback of the week: On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Out today! Shame it wasn't on 18 November, the date that Tara finds herself 'stuck', her life (such as it is) goes on whilst all those around live the day as their first and only time. Though not quite all, as the review says book three has Tara finding she is not quite alone...
#booksky
#booksky
Good luck to Matt, @manvsbaby.bsky.social, Frank and Red has been a very popular book from our store, a genuine 'word of mouth' success with many readers recommending it to many others. So to our many US followers, seek it out!
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‘Frank and Red’ is finally out in paperback in the US today!! 🇺🇸
(America, please treat my grumpy old bugger and relentless little boy kindly.. they’re fragile.) 💙📚 #booksky
(America, please treat my grumpy old bugger and relentless little boy kindly.. they’re fragile.) 💙📚 #booksky
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Good luck to Matt, @manvsbaby.bsky.social, Frank and Red has been a very popular book from our store, a genuine 'word of mouth' success with many readers recommending it to many others. So to our many US followers, seek it out!
#booksky
#booksky
A selection for first buy of the day - a nature book ordered and now collected, together with @caimhmc.bsky.social Stranger Times paperbacks! Having read some writing and background, they decided to buy the first book, and then decided to get another three. All signed by Caimh.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A selection for first buy of the day - a nature book ordered and now collected, together with @caimhmc.bsky.social Stranger Times paperbacks! Having read some writing and background, they decided to buy the first book, and then decided to get another three. All signed by Caimh.
#booksky
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
First book of the day sold earlier - we have many orders from customers, mainstream and more special interest. Fortunately @penandswordbooks.bsky.social is local to us and they still had a few copies of this! So long as books are in print we will track them down...
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#booksky
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
First book of the day sold earlier - we have many orders from customers, mainstream and more special interest. Fortunately @penandswordbooks.bsky.social is local to us and they still had a few copies of this! So long as books are in print we will track them down...
#booksky
#booksky
We will start 'first book bought of the day!' posts again. As has quite often been the case in the past three weeks, first book bought today was @themillyjohnson.bsky.social! This photo was a new supply of signed copies the second time we ran out.
By chance today's was our 500th copy.
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By chance today's was our 500th copy.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We will start 'first book bought of the day!' posts again. As has quite often been the case in the past three weeks, first book bought today was @themillyjohnson.bsky.social! This photo was a new supply of signed copies the second time we ran out.
By chance today's was our 500th copy.
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By chance today's was our 500th copy.
#booksky
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Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
Maybe we should do a thread of reading-related injuries?! This was one of the books responsible. Apparently after walking a while if you sit reading for long enough, feet up on a chair in front of you, there is a risk of stretching your calf enough to hurt it. Hobbling day. Good book though!
Received my author copy of a rather beautiful collection today - Creative Futures from Flametree Press edited by Allen Stroud. This is the result of
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Maybe we should do a thread of reading-related injuries?! This was one of the books responsible. Apparently after walking a while if you sit reading for long enough, feet up on a chair in front of you, there is a risk of stretching your calf enough to hurt it. Hobbling day. Good book though!
It was good to attend the book launch for Calling Barnsley last night.
A project by @lungtheatre.bsky.social working with all aspects of the community, collecting stories about the lives and communities of our town. The book is a collection of monologues from these tales, in store soon!
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A project by @lungtheatre.bsky.social working with all aspects of the community, collecting stories about the lives and communities of our town. The book is a collection of monologues from these tales, in store soon!
#booksky
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It was good to attend the book launch for Calling Barnsley last night.
A project by @lungtheatre.bsky.social working with all aspects of the community, collecting stories about the lives and communities of our town. The book is a collection of monologues from these tales, in store soon!
#booksky
A project by @lungtheatre.bsky.social working with all aspects of the community, collecting stories about the lives and communities of our town. The book is a collection of monologues from these tales, in store soon!
#booksky
Should anyone still need a reason not to use amazon.
"Authors can choose whether to preview or automatically publish completed translations." Because that'll work. Authors checking text in languages they don't know.
"Authors can choose whether to preview or automatically publish completed translations." Because that'll work. Authors checking text in languages they don't know.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
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November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Should anyone still need a reason not to use amazon.
"Authors can choose whether to preview or automatically publish completed translations." Because that'll work. Authors checking text in languages they don't know.
"Authors can choose whether to preview or automatically publish completed translations." Because that'll work. Authors checking text in languages they don't know.
This is what I just spent my lunch break watching! Have been listening to @clppng.bsky.social since Midcity days, tiny desk making music with 'found' materials.
Thanks NPR Music
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is what I just spent my lunch break watching! Have been listening to @clppng.bsky.social since Midcity days, tiny desk making music with 'found' materials.
Day off today - have read most of @aptshadow.bsky.social Lives of Bitter Rain, listened to the end of a Wallander audiobook Sidetracked (personally bought from @libro.fm supporting our own store!), and made a start on the new issue of @privateeyenews.bsky.social. All is reading.
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#booksky
Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Day off today - have read most of @aptshadow.bsky.social Lives of Bitter Rain, listened to the end of a Wallander audiobook Sidetracked (personally bought from @libro.fm supporting our own store!), and made a start on the new issue of @privateeyenews.bsky.social. All is reading.
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#booksky
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It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
We have a couple of copies in store, one of which is for me. An interesting collection and ideas to look forward to.
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Received my author copy of a rather beautiful collection today - Creative Futures from Flametree Press edited by Allen Stroud. This is the result of
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We have a couple of copies in store, one of which is for me. An interesting collection and ideas to look forward to.
#booksky
#booksky
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Another recent book, For My Boys by Claire Throssell with @michellerawlins.bsky.social. We were pleased to support the book launch two weeks ago, and there is a further event planned at Barnsley Libraries in November. A difficult and emotional story, alongside a campaign to improve the law.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Another recent book, For My Boys by Claire Throssell with @michellerawlins.bsky.social. We were pleased to support the book launch two weeks ago, and there is a further event planned at Barnsley Libraries in November. A difficult and emotional story, alongside a campaign to improve the law.
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Another recent book, For My Boys by Claire Throssell with @michellerawlins.bsky.social. We were pleased to support the book launch two weeks ago, and there is a further event planned at Barnsley Libraries in November. A difficult and emotional story, alongside a campaign to improve the law.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Another recent book, For My Boys by Claire Throssell with @michellerawlins.bsky.social. We were pleased to support the book launch two weeks ago, and there is a further event planned at Barnsley Libraries in November. A difficult and emotional story, alongside a campaign to improve the law.
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