Dead Ink Bookshop
@deadinkbookshop.bsky.social
An independent bookshop exclusively stocking independent publishers, based on Smithdown Road in Liverpool.
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Thrilled to be part of this new ghost story anthology ‘Unquiet Guests’ edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social for @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Thrilled to be part of this new ghost story anthology ‘Unquiet Guests’ edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social for @deadinkbooks.bsky.social
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Phantometrics: science, criminology and the paranormal comes to @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social this autumn, courtesy of Dr Laura Bui, and we wanted to find out more…
Phantometrics with Laura Bui — National Folklore Survey for England
Phantometrics is a four-part lecture series presented by Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Chartered Psychologist, Dr Laura Bui, this autumn at the Dead Ink bookshop in Liverpool. The series intends ...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Phantometrics: science, criminology and the paranormal comes to @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social this autumn, courtesy of Dr Laura Bui, and we wanted to find out more…
WHAT'S COMING UP AT THE DEAD INK BOOK CLUB?
JEANNE by Arielle Burgdorf (Aug 31)
ON THE GREENWICH LINE by Shady Lewis (Sept 28)
BIG TIME by Jordan Prosser (Oct 26)
THE DEFINITIONS by Matt Greene (Nov 30)
THE ATLAS OF HELL by Nathan Ballingrud (Jan 25)
JEANNE by Arielle Burgdorf (Aug 31)
ON THE GREENWICH LINE by Shady Lewis (Sept 28)
BIG TIME by Jordan Prosser (Oct 26)
THE DEFINITIONS by Matt Greene (Nov 30)
THE ATLAS OF HELL by Nathan Ballingrud (Jan 25)
July 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
WHAT'S COMING UP AT THE DEAD INK BOOK CLUB?
JEANNE by Arielle Burgdorf (Aug 31)
ON THE GREENWICH LINE by Shady Lewis (Sept 28)
BIG TIME by Jordan Prosser (Oct 26)
THE DEFINITIONS by Matt Greene (Nov 30)
THE ATLAS OF HELL by Nathan Ballingrud (Jan 25)
JEANNE by Arielle Burgdorf (Aug 31)
ON THE GREENWICH LINE by Shady Lewis (Sept 28)
BIG TIME by Jordan Prosser (Oct 26)
THE DEFINITIONS by Matt Greene (Nov 30)
THE ATLAS OF HELL by Nathan Ballingrud (Jan 25)
TIN CAN is our monthly meet-up for writers to share their works-in-progress with a small group of supportive, critical peers led by Phoebe Thomas, Craig Sinclair and Chris Jenkins.
Held on the second Sunday of every month - next one is July 13th. Book online at deadinkbookshop.com
Held on the second Sunday of every month - next one is July 13th. Book online at deadinkbookshop.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
TIN CAN is our monthly meet-up for writers to share their works-in-progress with a small group of supportive, critical peers led by Phoebe Thomas, Craig Sinclair and Chris Jenkins.
Held on the second Sunday of every month - next one is July 13th. Book online at deadinkbookshop.com
Held on the second Sunday of every month - next one is July 13th. Book online at deadinkbookshop.com
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We're coming to Liverpool! On Thursday 18th September I'll be launching our latest collection of essays on the craft of writing, WRITING THE MAGIC, alongside contributors Alex Pheby and RJ Barker. Grab a ticket below!
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#booklaunch #writingfantasy #liverpool
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#booklaunch #writingfantasy #liverpool
June 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We're coming to Liverpool! On Thursday 18th September I'll be launching our latest collection of essays on the craft of writing, WRITING THE MAGIC, alongside contributors Alex Pheby and RJ Barker. Grab a ticket below!
deadinkbookshop.com/products/sep...
#booklaunch #writingfantasy #liverpool
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#booklaunch #writingfantasy #liverpool
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Only a couple of days left on Dead Ink's Eden Book Society Kickstarter, and things are getting serious. Less than £5k to go before they add another two books! If you haven't backed it already, consider doing it now. Full details below - get backing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
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The Eden Book Society — 1993
Bringing a century of previously unseen horror into the light - featuring Grady Hendrix, John Darnielle, Alison Rumfitt and more...
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June 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Only a couple of days left on Dead Ink's Eden Book Society Kickstarter, and things are getting serious. Less than £5k to go before they add another two books! If you haven't backed it already, consider doing it now. Full details below - get backing!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
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Signed copies a-go-go at the brilliant @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social.
May 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Signed copies a-go-go at the brilliant @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social.
Happy Independent Bookshop Day! If you don't buy books off us today you'll be arrested, that's how that works. See you soon!
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Happy Independent Bookshop Day! If you don't buy books off us today you'll be arrested, that's how that works. See you soon!
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New! I joined Andy Miller (@iammilliam.bsky.social) from the excellent @backlisted.bsky.social at the similarly excellent @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social for a chat about The Golden Age Of Children's TV...
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Dead Ink Books In Conversation: The Golden Age Of Children’s TV
A chat with Andy Miller from Backlisted about The Golden Age Of Children’s TV.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New! I joined Andy Miller (@iammilliam.bsky.social) from the excellent @backlisted.bsky.social at the similarly excellent @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social for a chat about The Golden Age Of Children's TV...
timworthington.org/2025/04/10/d...
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HELLO let's have a look at what's coming up for the next few weeks at the bookshop! For all these events, you can find more info / tickets via the link in our bio or head straight for deadinkbookshop.com!
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
HELLO let's have a look at what's coming up for the next few weeks at the bookshop! For all these events, you can find more info / tickets via the link in our bio or head straight for deadinkbookshop.com!
New Podcast -
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN'S TV
Tim Worthington in conversation with Andy Miller
A fascinating delve into the nostalgic world of children's TV from Joe 90 to Mr Benn and beyond...
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/6FDhLWz...
YouTube - www.youtube.com/@deadinkbook...
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN'S TV
Tim Worthington in conversation with Andy Miller
A fascinating delve into the nostalgic world of children's TV from Joe 90 to Mr Benn and beyond...
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/6FDhLWz...
YouTube - www.youtube.com/@deadinkbook...
April 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New Podcast -
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN'S TV
Tim Worthington in conversation with Andy Miller
A fascinating delve into the nostalgic world of children's TV from Joe 90 to Mr Benn and beyond...
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/6FDhLWz...
YouTube - www.youtube.com/@deadinkbook...
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN'S TV
Tim Worthington in conversation with Andy Miller
A fascinating delve into the nostalgic world of children's TV from Joe 90 to Mr Benn and beyond...
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/6FDhLWz...
YouTube - www.youtube.com/@deadinkbook...
New podcast! Noémi Kiss-Deáki discusses her debut - a historical novel with a contemporary political sensibility, MARY AND THE RABBIT DREAM investigates class and cruelty surrounding a hoax that had England convinced Mary Toft of Godalming in Sussex was giving birth to rabbits.
April 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New podcast! Noémi Kiss-Deáki discusses her debut - a historical novel with a contemporary political sensibility, MARY AND THE RABBIT DREAM investigates class and cruelty surrounding a hoax that had England convinced Mary Toft of Godalming in Sussex was giving birth to rabbits.
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Signed copies currently up for Double Or Drop-style grabs in the brilliant @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social on Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Support your local independent bookshop!
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Signed copies currently up for Double Or Drop-style grabs in the brilliant @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social on Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Support your local independent bookshop!
TIN CAN - 4-6pm - 13.04.25 - £2
New to Dead Ink this month - TIN CAN offers a chance for Liverpool-based writers to come together and read any new/in-progress work to each other.
Information & tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/products/apr...
New to Dead Ink this month - TIN CAN offers a chance for Liverpool-based writers to come together and read any new/in-progress work to each other.
Information & tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/products/apr...
March 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
TIN CAN - 4-6pm - 13.04.25 - £2
New to Dead Ink this month - TIN CAN offers a chance for Liverpool-based writers to come together and read any new/in-progress work to each other.
Information & tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/products/apr...
New to Dead Ink this month - TIN CAN offers a chance for Liverpool-based writers to come together and read any new/in-progress work to each other.
Information & tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/products/apr...
@iammilliam.bsky.social @outonbluesix.bsky.social hello gents, are we still doing a bit of conversation tomorrow?
March 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@iammilliam.bsky.social @outonbluesix.bsky.social hello gents, are we still doing a bit of conversation tomorrow?
We're super excited to be welcoming the brilliant Jen Calleja back to the bookshop NEXT WEEK to discuss GOBLINHOOD: GOBLIN AS A MODE - her new essay and poetry collection addressing the art, culture and experiences that create the modern goblin.
Get tickets here - shorturl.at/wbsNN
Get tickets here - shorturl.at/wbsNN
March 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We're super excited to be welcoming the brilliant Jen Calleja back to the bookshop NEXT WEEK to discuss GOBLINHOOD: GOBLIN AS A MODE - her new essay and poetry collection addressing the art, culture and experiences that create the modern goblin.
Get tickets here - shorturl.at/wbsNN
Get tickets here - shorturl.at/wbsNN
I can't stop ordering these beautiful, colourful chapbooks from Strangers Press - they're a steal at 6.99, and each features freshly translated writing from new international voices.
Check out the PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT section on deadinkbookshop.com to browse the titles...
Check out the PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT section on deadinkbookshop.com to browse the titles...
March 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I can't stop ordering these beautiful, colourful chapbooks from Strangers Press - they're a steal at 6.99, and each features freshly translated writing from new international voices.
Check out the PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT section on deadinkbookshop.com to browse the titles...
Check out the PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT section on deadinkbookshop.com to browse the titles...
NEW PODCAST - Alex Bollen, author of MOTHERDOM, and Dr Sophie Oliver discuss the challenges faced by new mothers, the myths used to criticise them and look to a brighter future. Check it out below...
Spotify - tinyurl.com/yp2p75xw
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Spotify - tinyurl.com/yp2p75xw
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
March 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
NEW PODCAST - Alex Bollen, author of MOTHERDOM, and Dr Sophie Oliver discuss the challenges faced by new mothers, the myths used to criticise them and look to a brighter future. Check it out below...
Spotify - tinyurl.com/yp2p75xw
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Spotify - tinyurl.com/yp2p75xw
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Dead Ink Book Club has been having a lovely time the last few months, so we've decided to do a bit of planning ahead and announce the next six months of books all at once. This should give those last-minute scramblers a bit of extra reading time...
Tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/pages/book-c...
Tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/pages/book-c...
March 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Dead Ink Book Club has been having a lovely time the last few months, so we've decided to do a bit of planning ahead and announce the next six months of books all at once. This should give those last-minute scramblers a bit of extra reading time...
Tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/pages/book-c...
Tickets - deadinkbookshop.com/pages/book-c...
The book of the Summer is here - and until the official publication date we're the only place you can get it: A/S/L is Jeanne Thornton's long-awaited followup to the sensational Summer Fun, both published by @deadinkbooks
Buy it here - deadinkbookshop.com/products/a-s...
Buy it here - deadinkbookshop.com/products/a-s...
March 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The book of the Summer is here - and until the official publication date we're the only place you can get it: A/S/L is Jeanne Thornton's long-awaited followup to the sensational Summer Fun, both published by @deadinkbooks
Buy it here - deadinkbookshop.com/products/a-s...
Buy it here - deadinkbookshop.com/products/a-s...
New Podcast!
MOTHERDOM author Alex Bollen and Dr Sophie Oliver of the University of Liverpool discuss the stereotypes, myths, exaggerated narratives and bad science that are used to critique, censure and blame mothers...
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Spotify - tinyurl.com/5ebwpdyh
MOTHERDOM author Alex Bollen and Dr Sophie Oliver of the University of Liverpool discuss the stereotypes, myths, exaggerated narratives and bad science that are used to critique, censure and blame mothers...
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Spotify - tinyurl.com/5ebwpdyh
March 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New Podcast!
MOTHERDOM author Alex Bollen and Dr Sophie Oliver of the University of Liverpool discuss the stereotypes, myths, exaggerated narratives and bad science that are used to critique, censure and blame mothers...
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Spotify - tinyurl.com/5ebwpdyh
MOTHERDOM author Alex Bollen and Dr Sophie Oliver of the University of Liverpool discuss the stereotypes, myths, exaggerated narratives and bad science that are used to critique, censure and blame mothers...
YouTube - tinyurl.com/yhectxp7
Spotify - tinyurl.com/5ebwpdyh
Free online event! Parent-friendly timing!
MOTHERDOM: BREAKING FREE FROM BAD SCIENCE AND GOOD MOTHER MYTHS
ALEX BOLLEN in conversation with DR SOPHIE OLIVER
18.3.25 / 1-2.30pm / livestream here - www.instagram.com/deadinkbooks...
More info - deadinkbookshop.com/products/mot...
MOTHERDOM: BREAKING FREE FROM BAD SCIENCE AND GOOD MOTHER MYTHS
ALEX BOLLEN in conversation with DR SOPHIE OLIVER
18.3.25 / 1-2.30pm / livestream here - www.instagram.com/deadinkbooks...
More info - deadinkbookshop.com/products/mot...
March 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Free online event! Parent-friendly timing!
MOTHERDOM: BREAKING FREE FROM BAD SCIENCE AND GOOD MOTHER MYTHS
ALEX BOLLEN in conversation with DR SOPHIE OLIVER
18.3.25 / 1-2.30pm / livestream here - www.instagram.com/deadinkbooks...
More info - deadinkbookshop.com/products/mot...
MOTHERDOM: BREAKING FREE FROM BAD SCIENCE AND GOOD MOTHER MYTHS
ALEX BOLLEN in conversation with DR SOPHIE OLIVER
18.3.25 / 1-2.30pm / livestream here - www.instagram.com/deadinkbooks...
More info - deadinkbookshop.com/products/mot...
LILI HOLLAND FRICKE & IN ATOMS
April 17th 2025
£10 / £5 unwaged
Dead Ink Bookshop is proud to host a special night of ambience, song and recital from artists Lili Holland-Fricke and In Atoms.
Tickets & More info - buff.ly/bLD0XDO
Poster by Thom Isom
April 17th 2025
£10 / £5 unwaged
Dead Ink Bookshop is proud to host a special night of ambience, song and recital from artists Lili Holland-Fricke and In Atoms.
Tickets & More info - buff.ly/bLD0XDO
Poster by Thom Isom
APR 17 - Live Music: Lili Holland Fricke & In Atoms
LILI HOLLAND FRICKE & IN ATOMSApril 17th 2025£10 / £5 unwaged Dead Ink Bookshop is proud to host a special night of ambience, song and recital from artists Lili Holland-Fricke and In Atoms. Lili is a…
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March 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
LILI HOLLAND FRICKE & IN ATOMS
April 17th 2025
£10 / £5 unwaged
Dead Ink Bookshop is proud to host a special night of ambience, song and recital from artists Lili Holland-Fricke and In Atoms.
Tickets & More info - buff.ly/bLD0XDO
Poster by Thom Isom
April 17th 2025
£10 / £5 unwaged
Dead Ink Bookshop is proud to host a special night of ambience, song and recital from artists Lili Holland-Fricke and In Atoms.
Tickets & More info - buff.ly/bLD0XDO
Poster by Thom Isom
New Podcast!
Online critics and art world shit-stirrers The White Pube discuss their first novel POOR ARTISTS with artist Frances Disley - a surreal odyssey through the financial stress and emotional strain of building a career in the arts.
YouTube - buff.ly/vwgCnBK
Spotify - buff.ly/lii86vK
Online critics and art world shit-stirrers The White Pube discuss their first novel POOR ARTISTS with artist Frances Disley - a surreal odyssey through the financial stress and emotional strain of building a career in the arts.
YouTube - buff.ly/vwgCnBK
Spotify - buff.ly/lii86vK
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New Podcast!
Online critics and art world shit-stirrers The White Pube discuss their first novel POOR ARTISTS with artist Frances Disley - a surreal odyssey through the financial stress and emotional strain of building a career in the arts.
YouTube - buff.ly/vwgCnBK
Spotify - buff.ly/lii86vK
Online critics and art world shit-stirrers The White Pube discuss their first novel POOR ARTISTS with artist Frances Disley - a surreal odyssey through the financial stress and emotional strain of building a career in the arts.
YouTube - buff.ly/vwgCnBK
Spotify - buff.ly/lii86vK
Tonight's event with @alexpheby.bsky.social is sadly cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances - we'll look to reschedule soon! Apologies for any inconvenience.
February 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Tonight's event with @alexpheby.bsky.social is sadly cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances - we'll look to reschedule soon! Apologies for any inconvenience.