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@allgoodbookshop.co.uk

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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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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · Nov 16

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.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 16h

Kim is reading: Love Marriage by VV Ganeshananthan

Fractured family relationships in modern Sri Lanka. The daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants, Yalini finds herself caught between the traditions of her ancestors and the lure of her own modern world.

#books #bookshop

Two black swans embracing on an orange back ground.

Love Marriage book cover.

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 1d

Natalie is reading: Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.

#books

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff book cover.

Pink cover background with trailing purple plant.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 2d

A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Title: One door leads to freedom, the others to certain death. You may ask one question.

Image: Three guards with shields and speard stand in front of three doors. One guard sits at a folding table working at a typewriter, his shield and spear leaning against the wall.

Caption: One guard always tells the truth, one always tells lies, and the third always tells an entrancing story that blends reportage with imagination in an attempt to reach a deeper authenticity by moving beyond the narrow categories of fact and fiction.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

Our current reads - starting with Stephen's:
'Albert Angelo' - BS Johnson
Albert is a trained architect but supply teacher out of necessity. He is failing at both so begins questioning what he wants to achieve.

Johnson uses original narrative techniques to reproduce life as closely as possible.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

saturday 11 OCT

Performance: THE PARANORMAL PORTAL OF STUPIDITY with Annabel Bashford and special guests
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. £10.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

"It is a delightfully bizarre performance that will have you splitting your time between laughing and questioning exactly what it is that you are witnessing." (Broadway Baby on Annabel Bashford in Fool's Moon Cabaret, Soho Theatre 2024)

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

With your host the river hag of the Thames, Jenny Greenteeth, aka Annabel Bashford, and special guests including: the guy who put the dead in deadpan, Fred Strangebone, aka Ben Whitehead; the most spooky ventriloquist in town, Lachlan Werner - and the irrepressibly funny Rob Duncan.

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

Get into the Halloween mood with a night of creepy clowning, sinister stupidity and hilarious comedy. Think Tim Burton meets Chris Morris and a Dia De Los Muertos party in a bookshop in Turnpike Lane.

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

saturday 11 OCT

Performance: THE PARANORMAL PORTAL OF STUPIDITY with Annabel Bashford and special guests
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. £10.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 2d

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 3d

“Select all squares containing J D Salinger books” - CAPTCHA in the Rye.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

The darker nights are here
when the shadows like to tread
in the corners of your room.

What's that noise at the door?
You ask yourself.
Probably nothing.

Come huddle with us
and keep the fears at bay
at our Zombie All-Dayer.

The horrifying details
to be announced shortly.

zombie arm arising from the dark earth of the graveyard near you

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

fab storytelling tonight at the shop
are you in north london
got nothing better to do?

come along!

have a great cheap night
we also have a bar
with wetherspoons pricing!

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

just sold another max porter book
because i love books by max porter

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

i always amazed by the number of people
who walk into a book shop
stare at the books on the book shelves
confused
then leave

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

Bookshop Day!
11 October 2025

10% discount off most books in store*

*not in conjunction of other offers

#books #bookshop

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

when not at the shop
bookshop managers
spend time at home
relaxing
playing a game on their pc
'the tiny bookshop game'
if you're wondering

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

i looked myself up on chatgpt
(because)
it then offered to write me a story
in the style of my writing
how nice

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

the zombie apocalypse is coming
are you ready?
got your tins of food?
a rifle?
a spade?
a book (large)?
a spare pair of pants?
good

keep an eye on the bookshop website
for zombie warnings

All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

doing the bookshop manager thing
re-arranging the books on the book table
adjusting the books by a mm
with no discernible difference

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 4d

so we've been open for about an hour
what do you think you're doing
wrapped up in bed
not moving
hiding from the world

get up!

go to your nearest bookshop
now!

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 5d