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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · 2d

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Discover local and indie bookshops in the United Kingdom. Choose your favourite bookshop to support with your order. They'll receive the full profit from your purchase.

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · 2d

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Ebook readers you can now support Real Magic. It is time to ditch the other billionaire supporting options, support a real bookshop whilst still enjoying your Kindle. Bookshop.org have set up ebooks on their website which means every time you buy through them you’re supporting the shop.

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

She will be in conversation with Sophie here at Real Magic Books on 19 September✨

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How To Have A Magnificent Midlife Crisis with Kate Muir

Kate Muir is a women’s health expert, documentary maker, and author of How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, as well as groundbreaking books on the menopause and the pill. She will be in conversat...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Book of the day, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. @katemuir.bsky.social a women’s health expert, documentary maker, and author of How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, as well as groundbreaking books on the menopause and the pill.

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Heads up music fans, Modern Nature return to Wendover on Friday 10 October with a new record, the full band and on the very last date of their UK tour here at the British Legion. A third of the tickets have gone already.

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Real Magic Music with Modern Nature

When Modern Nature toured their last album, 2023’s No Fixed Point In Space, it became apparent to Jack Cooper – the band’s main creative force – that they were already pulling away from the free, open...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Jul 8

Tomorrow night (Wednesday 9 July) we welcome @robinince.bsky.social back to Real Magic to celebrate the release of his new book, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity. There are a small amount of tickets still available below

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Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal

A powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, ADHD and neurodiversity, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal reminds us all – no matter how weird we feel – that it’s okay to be a little different. We all a...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Jul 3

We’re bookselling @thesociallondon.bsky.social tonight to celebrate the launch of Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain’s Oasis book, A Sound So Very Loud.

Welcoming them to Wendover on 17 July as well, in conversation with Sean Rowley and Oasis quiz at the pub after!

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · May 28

Our third Real Magic Weekend starts on Friday. Three days of talks, music and more in Wendover✨

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · May 28

We’ll be serving a special @lostandgrounded.bsky.social festival beer this weekend! Our own Real Magic Ale, available at the King and Queen and shop

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 30

Real Magic Weekend III
30 May-1 June 2025
A Magic Mini Festival in Wendover

Join us for three days of music and talks, workshops and walks, drinking and dancing.

This is our biggest mini festival yet!

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · May 7

Join us and authors @joedunthorne.bsky.social, @drtombolton.bsky.social & Rowe Irvin at the third annual @realmagicbooks.bsky.social Real Magic Weekend in Wendover at the end of the month. More info/tickets: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/05/real...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · May 4

Full festival info

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Real Magic Weekend III – Real Magic Books

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · May 4

On 30 May @rosatkins.bsky.social will be appearing as our very special guest for the first event of our third Real Magic Weekend! We’ll be discussing his book, The Art of Explanation, talking about his career as a BBC journalist, and his recent adventures in DJing too

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you!

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 30

Real Magic Weekend III
30 May-1 June 2025
A Magic Mini Festival in Wendover

Join us for three days of music and talks, workshops and walks, drinking and dancing.

This is our biggest mini festival yet!

realmagicbooks.com/real-magic-w...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 24

‘Smart, gorgeously written cultural history’ TLS

‘Delightful’ Guardian

‘Excellent’ Spectator

‘Joyous cultural history’ The Times

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Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World a book by Kathryn Hughes.

*Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize* A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 24

Book of the day, Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes

Prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes tells the story of how cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century in this lovely cultural history 🐈

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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · Apr 24

“I’ve got a teams call at 11 and then I have to go up to Russell Square for a meeting at 1. What are your plans for today?”

“The paperback version of my book is out”

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22

Great isn’t it!

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22

Find out more and preorder the book here

Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance a book by Joe Dunthorne.

Off-beat, irreverent and subversive – a Jewish family memoir about convenient delusions and unsayable truths, from the acclaimed author of the cult classic novel, Submarine'The best book I’ve read in ...

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22

Can’t wait to welcome Joe to the shop soon to talk about this too, keep your eyes peeled for the full announcement very soon!

‘Joe Dunthorne has written a contemporary classic’ Andrew O’Hagan

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22

Book of the day, Children of Radium by @joedunthorne.bsky.social ☢️ I love this book. An unusual, funny and utterly intriguing family memoir.

‘The best book I’ve read in the past year . . . A masterpiece’ Financial Times

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Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Mar 17

A new @johnhiggs.bsky.social publication is always a reason to celebrate so we are delighted to be inviting him back to Wendover on Friday 11 April to mark the release of his new book, Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who.

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