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Taking over the bench in the back garden, but it’s so nice we’re just going to let it

Just been and voted #vote #generalelection #voten

Just been and voted

#vote #generalelection #votenow

It is Monday isn't it? This week I'm still reading

It is Monday isn't it? This week I'm still reading 'The Undermining of Twyla and Frank' by Megan Bannen.

What book(s) are you reading this week?

Just subscribed to loads of scifi fantasy horror m

Just subscribed to loads of scifi fantasy horror magazines again, going to be starting with @uncanny_magazine this afternoon as the cover artwork by @artofzaraalfonso jumped out at me

#scifi #horror #fantasy #magazine

Yay for my mood!

Yay for my mood!

When a bit pissed off and wound up it’s always a

When a bit pissed off and wound up it’s always a salve to return to art.

Been meaning to read this 700+ pages tome for quite a while now and since I don’t seem able to read fiction at the moment this may be the best time to start.

#photography #photographybook #historyofphotography #timeline

Fucking foul mood but breathing through it, two bu

Fucking foul mood but breathing through it, two buses been cancelled and been stood at Middlesbrough bus station for almost an hour @arrivabusuk are just the worst / home after 8 tonight just in time to go to bed

Calling booksellers in the UK could you fill in th

Calling booksellers in the UK could you fill in the survey at https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbria/bookseller-survey-sample-duplicate to help out a fellow bookseller with her MA?

Another sorting through the photo archive day tryi

Another sorting through the photo archive day trying to get everything in the same place and start properly cataloguing and processing the images.

Going through it I found this lovely shot which was taken with a Canon 350D, still one of my favourite cameras as the resolution was so great.

#hoverfly #macro #canon350d #canon #photography #insectphotography

Completely forgot it was Monday this morning, was

Completely forgot it was Monday this morning, was somewhere near Wednesday in my head. Currently full of brain fog and just reading this months @bwphotomag

What book(s) are you reading this week?

Just some randoms from the archive as I keep trans

Just some randoms from the archive as I keep transferring images into the PhotoReel

Rapture has been then

Rapture has been then

Mini book haul, bought myself a copy of Ronán Hes

Mini book haul, bought myself a copy of Ronán Hession’s latest book as they are always brilliant. Thanks to @charcopress and @pushkin_press for a couple of books I’ve really been looking forward to reading, will read the Julia Alvarez as my first #WITMonth book in August

Going to start adding all my old #warhammer #dunge

Going to start adding all my old #warhammer #dungeonsanddragons #malifaux and other unused gaming bits to my Ko-Fi shop tonight to release some funds to buy more board games

I think someone has been keeping an eye on my soci

I think someone has been keeping an eye on my socials, thanks Jen and @transworldforbooksellers

Latest update out, not much to report but links to

Latest update out, not much to report but links to all the new posts on the blog

https://open.substack.com/pub/bigbeardedbookseller/p/big-bearded-update-120

Only five customers came up to me in Darlington's

Only five customers came up to me in Darlington's Waterstones cafe all excited asking me if I've returned as they've missed me.

Needed a little boost like that today.

(They were upset when I said no just on my day off meeting a friend)

Minnie is winding up the blackbirds

Minnie is winding up the blackbirds

Working away on tomorrow’s update, writing a cou

Working away on tomorrow’s update, writing a couple of blog posts, and having thoughts…

There is a cat in there #morning #catsofinstagram

There is a cat in there

#morning #catsofinstagram #nofilter #green #strawberries #raspberry #chives

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