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Hannah Harlow
@hhharlow.bsky.social
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Co-owner of the Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social. Writer. Reader. Co-host of John Updike’s Ghost, a books podcast: pod.link/1594686894
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · 3d
For Banned Books Week, I wrote a piece about reading dragon books with my 13yo and how things got…complicated.

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Banning books is never the answer. Talking about them is
The first week in October is Banned Books Week, and it prompted Hannah Harlow to reflect on her younger son’s love of dragons, how following his interest helped him gain a foothold in reading, and the...
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · 10d
This article captures a lot of what has been on my mind lately about the industry (and then some). A good read.

“It’s on readers to look beyond the season’s biggest titles that they’re being spoon-fed by major publishers.” We try to encourage this in the store!

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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 23d
Just posted episode 100 — the very last one! — of John Updike's Ghost. Should be on the streamers shortly. It's just a normal episode. Which means it's awesome, but not, like, more awesome than usual.

Just wait till you see what we come up with next.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · 24d
Really not good.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · 24d
Is this donation money countdown thing kind of messed up? Oh no, kids, actually you don’t get this money hahaha so fun
#emmys
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 30
Very impressed so far. The juggling of characters alone.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 30
Halfway through this!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Aug 29
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 28
(I just read Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new picture book BUD FINDS HER GIFT and it’s so generous and so at odds with the current discourse it really got to me.)
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 28
If you walk into a bookstore and see a bookseller crying, ask us what we just read.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 21
You won’t be sorry!
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 19
Saw some art last week. This was my favorite, at The Campus in Hudson, NY.

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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 19
She’s a delight.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 17
As I talk about your book with people I’m discovering just how shockingly few people know Penelope Fitzgerald. We have a lot of work to do! So glad your book is surfacing her for readers.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 13
Stayed late enough for the neighbors to call and make sure we weren’t being robbed. Honestly don’t think it was a noise complaint (but maybe it was).
“Hi Hannah, is it possible there are people in the store, like, right now?”
It was 10PM. Everyone was just leaving. I thought it was very sweet.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 13
Last night I cleared some books off the nonfiction table and a dozen local bookstore owners came and ate pizza around it. It was pretty great. Dinner in a cozy bookstore! Clinging to the joy of that fellowship as I read the news this AM, which these days always requires a general bracing.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 12
I don't know, I decided to start a blog. Some thoughts on books and bookselling:
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 10
Sunday morning read, the fictional account of Penelope Fitzgerald’s real-life trip to Mexico. Highly enjoyable so far, somehow the writing keeps you on your back foot in the best way.
Splayed open copy of the book Fonseca by Jessica Francis Kane
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 7
I’m hearing a resounding thumbs up.
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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · Aug 6
FOUR BOOKS A FORTNIGHT.

Seriously, if you see this, give a thumbs up or thumbs down for the new podcast name.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 6
Seriously, someone talk us out of Four Books a Fortnight.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Aug 6
Seriously, someone talk us out of Four Books a Fortnight.
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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 22
Also, EP100 is probably the last for John Updike's Ghost. It needs a new name for the SEO age.

Feel free to offer suggestions.
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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 30
You guys check out EP97 of "John Updike's Ghost" yet? If you like death and/or time travel, this one's for you:

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · Jul 30
ICYMI: how I put together the talk I give on tour for a new book. Key questions you must answer, nuts and bolts almakatsu.substack.com/p/how-i-prep...
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · Jun 29
Once you see this chart, you will never unsee it.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Jun 29
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Jun 27
You cannot opt out of reality!
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Jun 27
Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
Today's Supreme Court decision, though couched in the language of freedom and inclusivity, is a tragic failure for both the right to read and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Authors Against Book Bans stands firmly and fiercely against the decision and its rationale. To allow parents to "object" to the presence of positive books about the lives and rights of LGBTQIA+ people is to allow them to "object" to the existence of LGBTQIA+ students, parents, educators, and others in the wider community. You cannot “opt out” of reality, no matter what today’s majority opinion states. These books belong on shelves and these stories belong in classrooms and curricula.
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Jun 24
We are very hot and will be sleeping all day.
Cat lying on its side on multi-colored rug looks into camera Cat nearly asleep on table
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Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · Jun 5
I'll Tell You When I'm Home by Hala Alyan | The Book Shop of Beverly Farms
A Memoir
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