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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Oh yes yes yes 📚

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Tiny Bookshop review – a truly cosy escape made with readers in mind

Real titles from Shakespeare to John Green line the shelves of your seaside shop in a rhythmic, mellow management simulator worth relaxing into

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 11d

I imagined a bookshop in wartime London- you can read the latest Bookshop Through Time post right here:
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The Wartime Bookshop

Welcome back to my series called A Bookshop Through Time.

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 16d

A mini-history about a certain Mr Cloud and his omnibus library on Book History Bite, subscribe and have a read!
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Mr Cloud's Free Omnibus Libraries

Hi all,

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Paul Cheney @halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you to Sarah for arranging for a copy of her book to be sent to me

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Read Alex’s book if you want to know about Welsh literature (you’ll be suprised at how much you already know), plus who doesn’t love discovering new books? 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Alex Johnson @shedworking.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social Waterstones Newport for including My Year of Reading Welshly on their weekend list of their newest and bestselling hardbacks.

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Proper Welsh lessons will shortly commence! It’s taken a while to get on the list- a mix of waiting lists and being scared. I’ve picked up words and phrases at work and can construct basic sentences but I need to keep pushing myself each day to learn something new. Wish me luck! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Paul Cheney @halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social · 21d

My thoughts on Seascape by Matthew Yeomans and published by @calonbooks.bsky.social. Thank you to @mariavbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy to read

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 22d

🤣 I was the envy of Bookseller towers that day!

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

A bit more Hatchard's History, anyone? Want to read about how, on the eve of World War II, it was bought by a fraudster? Take a look at my latest edition of Book History Bite and remember to subscribe to more newsletters:
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Hatchards and Clarence Charles Hatry

Clarence Charles Hatry

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 25d

A little September Book History Bite update- sign up on the newsletter if you want to receive it to your emails and join my subscribers- you'd be most welcome! 📚
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Nearly Frankfurt, Deadlines and Great Work

Hi all,

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 22d

ALWAYS ❤️ 📚 #IPGAC also so pleased to see @shedworking.bsky.social up on a slide about good bookshop promotions- that video was worth it- shop tour next?

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 22d

It was a fancy biscuiteers one too!

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Michael O’ Mara celebrate 40 years in indie publishing. I’ve never met Leslie O’Mara but she sent me a really nice Biscuit when I helped her find a new sales and marketing assistant when I worked at The Bookseller and i never forgot it! 🍪 📖 #IPGAC

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · 25d

A little September Book History Bite update- sign up on the newsletter if you want to receive it to your emails and join my subscribers- you'd be most welcome! 📚
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Nearly Frankfurt, Deadlines and Great Work

Hi all,

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great, and a great bookshop!

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Nic V: Today I Read… @nic-v.bsky.social · Sep 3

Welsh literature is great!

There’s a evening event with three Welsh poets next week at the Small City Bookshop in East Bristol

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Poetry Evening: Showcasing Welsh Talent | Small City Bookshop

Join us for an evening featuring poets from the prestigious Hay Festival Writers at Work programme: Taz Rahman, Rhian Elizabeth and Joshua Jones.

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you follow me and are a bookseller, what more proof do you need that Welsh publishing is on point? If I were you all I would be getting my orders in so my customers can read this fantastic book. (Ingram, S/R, usual discounts apply).

Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎇📚 SHORTLISTED! 📚🎇

We are absolutely delighted that Gwyneth Lewis's bold and honest memoir 'Nightshade Mother' has been shortlisted for the Sky Arts Literature award!

Make sure to tune in to the ceremony on 16 September!

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'Remarkable' Adam Phillips
'Dangerous' M. Wynn Thomas
'Moving' Rowan Williams
'Astonishing' Pascale Petit
'Extraordinary' Tom Bullough
'Compelling, radical and moving' alice hiller

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

A bit more Hatchard's History, anyone? Want to read about how, on the eve of World War II, it was bought by a fraudster? Take a look at my latest edition of Book History Bite and remember to subscribe to more newsletters:
open.substack.com/pub/bookhist...

Hatchards and Clarence Charles Hatry

Clarence Charles Hatry

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks to all those who have read ‘A Bookshop Through Time.’ I plan to publish more of it next week. bookhistorybite.substack.com/p/a-london-b...

A London Bookshop Imagined- 1910-1940

I originally wrote this set of posts in lockdown as a project to chart the ways in which an independent bookshop might have changed over the 20th century.

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Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Aug 17

I have found a place to keep my series of blogs that I originally published in lockdown, 'A Bookshop Through Time.' Please read the disclaimer first:
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A London Bookshop Imagined- 1910-1940

I originally wrote this set of posts in lockdown as a project to chart the ways in which an independent bookshop might have changed over the 20th century.

bookhistorybite.substack.com

Maria Vassilopoulos @mariavbooks.bsky.social · Aug 17

Part 2 of my Hatchard's story is now up. Take a look here, and please subscribe if you haven't already, to Book History Bite!
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