The Book Corner
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
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If you're able, please do read. A wonderful book by a brilliant writer.
The excellent Jonathan Crain interviewed me about my novel The Orange Notebooks (@pressassembly.bsky.social & @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social). We talked about reclaiming the lost language of mourning, my hospital work, bees, the colour orange, lost libraries & more.
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Writing Against Silence: Susanna Crossman and the Radical Honesty of "The Orange Notebooks"
When Susanna Crossman speaks about her new novel The Orange Notebooks, she talks about process, practice, and experimentation—terms that suggest not a tidy narrative but a living, breathing act of cre...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
If you're able, please do read. A wonderful book by a brilliant writer.
Stocks of signed JESUS CHRIST KINSKI are dwindling, get in there quick!
bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...
(it's the only book you can shelve spine-in and it'll still look better than any other book in your collection.)
bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...
(it's the only book you can shelve spine-in and it'll still look better than any other book in your collection.)
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Stocks of signed JESUS CHRIST KINSKI are dwindling, get in there quick!
bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...
(it's the only book you can shelve spine-in and it'll still look better than any other book in your collection.)
bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...
(it's the only book you can shelve spine-in and it'll still look better than any other book in your collection.)
Book events for the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival!
Fri 13th Feb - A Bloody Valentine: Doomed Love in the Gothic Tradition
Sat 14th Feb - Lynchian: the Spell of David Lynch
tickets & info on our website: bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
& full Goth Festival info over at thegraystonunity.co.uk/whats-on/
Fri 13th Feb - A Bloody Valentine: Doomed Love in the Gothic Tradition
Sat 14th Feb - Lynchian: the Spell of David Lynch
tickets & info on our website: bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
& full Goth Festival info over at thegraystonunity.co.uk/whats-on/
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Book events for the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival!
Fri 13th Feb - A Bloody Valentine: Doomed Love in the Gothic Tradition
Sat 14th Feb - Lynchian: the Spell of David Lynch
tickets & info on our website: bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
& full Goth Festival info over at thegraystonunity.co.uk/whats-on/
Fri 13th Feb - A Bloody Valentine: Doomed Love in the Gothic Tradition
Sat 14th Feb - Lynchian: the Spell of David Lynch
tickets & info on our website: bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
& full Goth Festival info over at thegraystonunity.co.uk/whats-on/
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The wonderful Mr Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social
Is wedged between Ernest Hemingway and Evelyn Waugh
In this cracking new book published by @faberbooks.bsky.social
He is very funny.
Available at all good bookshops
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Is wedged between Ernest Hemingway and Evelyn Waugh
In this cracking new book published by @faberbooks.bsky.social
He is very funny.
Available at all good bookshops
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The wonderful Mr Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social
Is wedged between Ernest Hemingway and Evelyn Waugh
In this cracking new book published by @faberbooks.bsky.social
He is very funny.
Available at all good bookshops
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Is wedged between Ernest Hemingway and Evelyn Waugh
In this cracking new book published by @faberbooks.bsky.social
He is very funny.
Available at all good bookshops
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
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1. This is the greatest thing that has happened to me (since I got my belly out on Countryfile).
2. I am intolerable.
3. God bless Dobbie, the BBC and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
2. I am intolerable.
3. God bless Dobbie, the BBC and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
1. This is the greatest thing that has happened to me (since I got my belly out on Countryfile).
2. I am intolerable.
3. God bless Dobbie, the BBC and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
2. I am intolerable.
3. God bless Dobbie, the BBC and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
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A book chat with my publisher @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
(Feat. Soundcloud rap, ee cummings, Popol Vuh, MMA and life as a hairy snowflake.)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
(Feat. Soundcloud rap, ee cummings, Popol Vuh, MMA and life as a hairy snowflake.)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A book chat with my publisher @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
(Feat. Soundcloud rap, ee cummings, Popol Vuh, MMA and life as a hairy snowflake.)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
(Feat. Soundcloud rap, ee cummings, Popol Vuh, MMA and life as a hairy snowflake.)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
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Good morning.
I hosted a talk @bookcornerhx.bsky.social in Halifax last night.
I'd like to thank Sarah, Louise, Georgia, Christal for this beautiful calendar.
@ronanhession.bsky.social
I hosted a talk @bookcornerhx.bsky.social in Halifax last night.
I'd like to thank Sarah, Louise, Georgia, Christal for this beautiful calendar.
@ronanhession.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Good morning.
I hosted a talk @bookcornerhx.bsky.social in Halifax last night.
I'd like to thank Sarah, Louise, Georgia, Christal for this beautiful calendar.
@ronanhession.bsky.social
I hosted a talk @bookcornerhx.bsky.social in Halifax last night.
I'd like to thank Sarah, Louise, Georgia, Christal for this beautiful calendar.
@ronanhession.bsky.social
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Look at the sprayed edges on that.
Visit the world's finest, @bookcornerhx.bsky.social, online for all your special signed indie edition needs.
(I got myself a lovely signed Herzog).
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Visit the world's finest, @bookcornerhx.bsky.social, online for all your special signed indie edition needs.
(I got myself a lovely signed Herzog).
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Look at the sprayed edges on that.
Visit the world's finest, @bookcornerhx.bsky.social, online for all your special signed indie edition needs.
(I got myself a lovely signed Herzog).
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Visit the world's finest, @bookcornerhx.bsky.social, online for all your special signed indie edition needs.
(I got myself a lovely signed Herzog).
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Picked up BOG PEOPLE at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social and can’t wait to dive in (at the same time as being slightly annoyed I’m not in it haha)
October 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Picked up BOG PEOPLE at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social and can’t wait to dive in (at the same time as being slightly annoyed I’m not in it haha)
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FREE BOOK EVENT🎟️📚
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
FREE BOOK EVENT🎟️📚
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
Tomorrow!
FREE EVENT: The Book of Bradford by @commapress.bsky.social
With readings from contributors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & MY Alam.
...
Later this week, TOWN continues with a poetry night, music talks on Bowie & a Sheffield music studio.
Tickets & info at bookcornerhalifax.com/town
FREE EVENT: The Book of Bradford by @commapress.bsky.social
With readings from contributors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & MY Alam.
...
Later this week, TOWN continues with a poetry night, music talks on Bowie & a Sheffield music studio.
Tickets & info at bookcornerhalifax.com/town
October 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tomorrow!
FREE EVENT: The Book of Bradford by @commapress.bsky.social
With readings from contributors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & MY Alam.
...
Later this week, TOWN continues with a poetry night, music talks on Bowie & a Sheffield music studio.
Tickets & info at bookcornerhalifax.com/town
FREE EVENT: The Book of Bradford by @commapress.bsky.social
With readings from contributors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & MY Alam.
...
Later this week, TOWN continues with a poetry night, music talks on Bowie & a Sheffield music studio.
Tickets & info at bookcornerhalifax.com/town
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THE BOOK OF BRADFORD at Town Festival 📚
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
THE BOOK OF BRADFORD at Town Festival 📚
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
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Well doesn't this look grand.
In the Radio Times and everything.
My mum would have been well chuffed and to some degree making up for the disappointment of not becoming the second English Pope.
We published in 2019.
@thebookseller.com
@northernfiction.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
In the Radio Times and everything.
My mum would have been well chuffed and to some degree making up for the disappointment of not becoming the second English Pope.
We published in 2019.
@thebookseller.com
@northernfiction.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Leonard and Hungry Paul, Series 1, Episode 1
Leonard begins to open up his world with the help of his best friend, Hungry Paul.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Well doesn't this look grand.
In the Radio Times and everything.
My mum would have been well chuffed and to some degree making up for the disappointment of not becoming the second English Pope.
We published in 2019.
@thebookseller.com
@northernfiction.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
In the Radio Times and everything.
My mum would have been well chuffed and to some degree making up for the disappointment of not becoming the second English Pope.
We published in 2019.
@thebookseller.com
@northernfiction.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
If you can this #BookshopDay, or over the next ten days, please get down to one of our TOWN events. We are a completely grassroots festival and rely on your support, this year more than ever.
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you can this #BookshopDay, or over the next ten days, please get down to one of our TOWN events. We are a completely grassroots festival and rely on your support, this year more than ever.
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
@thegraystonunity.bsky.social
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Drumroll, please! 🥁
It's #BookshopDay, and there's no better time to announce our October Bookshop of the Month: @bookcornerhx.bsky.social ✨
October is our busy month as they co-run a glorious grassroots festival of music & words with their local indie bar The Grayston Unity! 📚🎶
#ChooseBookshops
It's #BookshopDay, and there's no better time to announce our October Bookshop of the Month: @bookcornerhx.bsky.social ✨
October is our busy month as they co-run a glorious grassroots festival of music & words with their local indie bar The Grayston Unity! 📚🎶
#ChooseBookshops
October 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Drumroll, please! 🥁
It's #BookshopDay, and there's no better time to announce our October Bookshop of the Month: @bookcornerhx.bsky.social ✨
October is our busy month as they co-run a glorious grassroots festival of music & words with their local indie bar The Grayston Unity! 📚🎶
#ChooseBookshops
It's #BookshopDay, and there's no better time to announce our October Bookshop of the Month: @bookcornerhx.bsky.social ✨
October is our busy month as they co-run a glorious grassroots festival of music & words with their local indie bar The Grayston Unity! 📚🎶
#ChooseBookshops
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Good morning.
The next 10 days are going to be absolutely brilliant.
I would like to thank all the Indy booksellers who have made _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @ronanhession.bsky.social a word of mouth bestseller.
With a special nod to.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
The next 10 days are going to be absolutely brilliant.
I would like to thank all the Indy booksellers who have made _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @ronanhession.bsky.social a word of mouth bestseller.
With a special nod to.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Good morning.
The next 10 days are going to be absolutely brilliant.
I would like to thank all the Indy booksellers who have made _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @ronanhession.bsky.social a word of mouth bestseller.
With a special nod to.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
The next 10 days are going to be absolutely brilliant.
I would like to thank all the Indy booksellers who have made _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @ronanhession.bsky.social a word of mouth bestseller.
With a special nod to.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
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Julia Roberts, Leonard and Hungry Paul narrator
'Leonard and Hungry Paul is such a magical book. I am delighted to be a tiny part of this novel becoming a television series.'
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
'Leonard and Hungry Paul is such a magical book. I am delighted to be a tiny part of this novel becoming a television series.'
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Leonard and Hungry Paul cast and Director on telling a story about kindness, friendship, and the quiet heroism of everyday life -
The feel-good series stars Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, with Julia Roberts as narrator
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October 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Julia Roberts, Leonard and Hungry Paul narrator
'Leonard and Hungry Paul is such a magical book. I am delighted to be a tiny part of this novel becoming a television series.'
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
'Leonard and Hungry Paul is such a magical book. I am delighted to be a tiny part of this novel becoming a television series.'
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Signed & dedicated copies here: bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...
October 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Signed & dedicated copies here: bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...
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One of our TOWN Festival events is THE BOOK OF BRADFORD, a new anthology of stories celebrating this year's City of Culture.
The wonderful @commapress.bsky.social are bringing three of the contributors to Halifax for a fab evening of readings and celebration.
The wonderful @commapress.bsky.social are bringing three of the contributors to Halifax for a fab evening of readings and celebration.
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
One of our TOWN Festival events is THE BOOK OF BRADFORD, a new anthology of stories celebrating this year's City of Culture.
The wonderful @commapress.bsky.social are bringing three of the contributors to Halifax for a fab evening of readings and celebration.
The wonderful @commapress.bsky.social are bringing three of the contributors to Halifax for a fab evening of readings and celebration.
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This'll be fun, and if it isn't, you can come heckle me on the correct pronunciation of Tago Mago, or something...
Fantastic review for @elizabethalker.bsky.social book EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUSIC, out with @faberbooks.bsky.social
We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...
We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...
September 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This'll be fun, and if it isn't, you can come heckle me on the correct pronunciation of Tago Mago, or something...
September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Two Bluemoose Books adapted for BBC Drama Series in the last 2 years.
Not bad for an Indy publisher!
@thebookseller.com
@independentpublishersguild.com
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@thebookerprizes.com
Not bad for an Indy publisher!
@thebookseller.com
@independentpublishersguild.com
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@thebookerprizes.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Two Bluemoose Books adapted for BBC Drama Series in the last 2 years.
Not bad for an Indy publisher!
@thebookseller.com
@independentpublishersguild.com
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@thebookerprizes.com
Not bad for an Indy publisher!
@thebookseller.com
@independentpublishersguild.com
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@thebookerprizes.com
Fantastic review for @elizabethalker.bsky.social book EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUSIC, out with @faberbooks.bsky.social
We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...
We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...
September 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Fantastic review for @elizabethalker.bsky.social book EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUSIC, out with @faberbooks.bsky.social
We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...
We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...
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Don't miss TOWN Festival #Halifax in October, author @coldtapfilms.bsky.social will be in conversation with Douglas Field, to unpack the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/jamie-...
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/jamie-...
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Don't miss TOWN Festival #Halifax in October, author @coldtapfilms.bsky.social will be in conversation with Douglas Field, to unpack the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands.
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/jamie-...
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/jamie-...
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
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Join illustrator Chris Mould on 19 October at The Book Corner as he shows how he created his own signature style, and helps you boost your own artistic confidence.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festival-chris-mould-illustration-workshop-tickets-1341982308209?aff=oddtdtcreator
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TOWN FESTIVAL: Chris Mould Illustration Workshop
Join local illustrator Chris Mould as he shows how he created his own signature style, and helps you boost your own artistic confidence.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join illustrator Chris Mould on 19 October at The Book Corner as he shows how he created his own signature style, and helps you boost your own artistic confidence.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festival-chris-mould-illustration-workshop-tickets-1341982308209?aff=oddtdtcreator
eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festival-chris-mould-illustration-workshop-tickets-1341982308209?aff=oddtdtcreator