Gloucester Road Books
@gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social
Independent bookshop on Bristol's legendary Gloucester Road https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/
We lucky folk are hosting the UK launch of the brand new @tolkajournal.bsky.social on November 27th. Readings & discussion from Polly Barton, Ralf Webb, Chloé Duane and Liam Harrison. Step this way for tickets: hdfst.uk/e141326
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We lucky folk are hosting the UK launch of the brand new @tolkajournal.bsky.social on November 27th. Readings & discussion from Polly Barton, Ralf Webb, Chloé Duane and Liam Harrison. Step this way for tickets: hdfst.uk/e141326
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The 'Into being' book tour continues, with events in Penzance and Bristol (@gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social) this week, and @ink84books.bsky.social London next.
Further events in Durham, Liverpool, London and Oxford to come, head to our Events page for more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
Further events in Durham, Liverpool, London and Oxford to come, head to our Events page for more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The 'Into being' book tour continues, with events in Penzance and Bristol (@gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social) this week, and @ink84books.bsky.social London next.
Further events in Durham, Liverpool, London and Oxford to come, head to our Events page for more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
Further events in Durham, Liverpool, London and Oxford to come, head to our Events page for more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/
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Congrats to all his translators, including into English @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social
#booksky #xl8 #literarytranslation
#booksky #xl8 #literarytranslation
October 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Congrats to all his translators, including into English @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social
#booksky #xl8 #literarytranslation
#booksky #xl8 #literarytranslation
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Wonderful news to see Lászlo Krasznahorkai, International Booker Prize 2015 winner, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
László Krasznahorkai | The Booker Prizes
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2018, László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
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October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wonderful news to see Lászlo Krasznahorkai, International Booker Prize 2015 winner, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel prize in literature.
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes · Story: ‘There Goes Valzer’
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October 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel prize in literature.
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
In our archive, from 2014:
‘My name is Róbert Valzer and I like walking, not that I have anything to do with the famous Robert Walser, nor do I think it strange that walking should be my favourite hobby.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
a massive favourite here at GRB! very excited about this gem
💋 BIG KISS, BYE-BYE by Claire-Louise Bennett published today 💋
‘Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent.’
— Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY
💋
Read an extract and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/big-ki...
‘Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent.’
— Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY
💋
Read an extract and order a copy: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/big-ki...
October 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
a massive favourite here at GRB! very excited about this gem
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INTO BEING: A reading list
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
INTO BEING: A reading list
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.
Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.
Really looking forward to hosting the great @lilydunn.bsky.social in conversation with @mariannebrooker.bsky.social. October 16th, tickets this way---> www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bos...
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Really looking forward to hosting the great @lilydunn.bsky.social in conversation with @mariannebrooker.bsky.social. October 16th, tickets this way---> www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bos...
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To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:
Lily Dunn's Memoir Reading list
To celebrate the imminent release of Lily Dunn's Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform (published October 7th) Lily has given us a fascinating list of the authors that…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:
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Pre-order a SIGNED & DEDICATED copy of @lilydunn.bsky.social's forthcoming book, 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', publishing 7th October 2025.
Available from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social here: gloucesterroadbooks.com/product/9781...
#choosebookshops
#booksky
Available from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social here: gloucesterroadbooks.com/product/9781...
#choosebookshops
#booksky
Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform – Pages of Hackney
Order Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform from Pages of Hackney for collection or nationwide delivery. Free UK shipping for orders over £50!
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August 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Pre-order a SIGNED & DEDICATED copy of @lilydunn.bsky.social's forthcoming book, 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', publishing 7th October 2025.
Available from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social here: gloucesterroadbooks.com/product/9781...
#choosebookshops
#booksky
Available from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social here: gloucesterroadbooks.com/product/9781...
#choosebookshops
#booksky
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The deadline for our Poetry in Translation Prize is tonight. Enter here:
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August 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The deadline for our Poetry in Translation Prize is tonight. Enter here:
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-p...
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-p...
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let's make Bartleball a thing
If “I don’t want to” was a professional sport, I would be the world champion.
July 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
let's make Bartleball a thing
My favourite of all the Nancy strips are the ones that employ a humour that is somehow both visual and linguistic. Prime example ❤️
July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My favourite of all the Nancy strips are the ones that employ a humour that is somehow both visual and linguistic. Prime example ❤️
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Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
July 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
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This is hateful and dystopian. I was just on holiday in Kent. Nice to know how welcome queer people (esp children) are there eh? Please, Kent locals, write to your councillors and resist this grossness. #KidLitUK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
KCC says the move came after a
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July 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This is hateful and dystopian. I was just on holiday in Kent. Nice to know how welcome queer people (esp children) are there eh? Please, Kent locals, write to your councillors and resist this grossness. #KidLitUK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed.
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Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
KCC says the move came after a
www.bbc.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is indeed excellent. We were lucky enough to have Camilla Grudova here a couple of years ago, and she was great then too.
Everybody start paying writers on time. Or else.
Everybody start paying writers on time. Or else.
Camilla Grudova writes brilliantly about how precarious it is to live as a successful & dedicated writer who doesn’t come from money. Recommended reading especially for publishers, institutions & funding bodies
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The Golden Pie of Literature – The Stinging Fly
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June 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is indeed excellent. We were lucky enough to have Camilla Grudova here a couple of years ago, and she was great then too.
Everybody start paying writers on time. Or else.
Everybody start paying writers on time. Or else.
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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM NANCY…
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM NANCY…
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We’re delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel for the 10th anniversary of the prize in its current form.
Natasha Brown will act as chair and will be joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy.
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Natasha Brown will act as chair and will be joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
The International Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes
The 2026 judging panel for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has been announced
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June 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We’re delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel for the 10th anniversary of the prize in its current form.
Natasha Brown will act as chair and will be joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Natasha Brown will act as chair and will be joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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Thrilled to announce Canongate will be publishing
WORDS ARE MY MATTER by Pulitzer Prize winner by Ursula K. Le Guin. A manual investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction.
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WORDS ARE MY MATTER by Pulitzer Prize winner by Ursula K. Le Guin. A manual investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction.
canongate.co.uk/news/canonga...
CANONGATE TO PUBLISH URSULA K. LE GUIN’S SELECTED WRITING ON LITERATURE
CANONGATE TO PUBLISH URSULA K. LE GUIN’S SELECTED WRITING ON LITERATURE
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June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Thrilled to announce Canongate will be publishing
WORDS ARE MY MATTER by Pulitzer Prize winner by Ursula K. Le Guin. A manual investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction.
canongate.co.uk/news/canonga...
WORDS ARE MY MATTER by Pulitzer Prize winner by Ursula K. Le Guin. A manual investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction.
canongate.co.uk/news/canonga...
Good Helen Garner day today
June 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Good Helen Garner day today
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The perfect purchase from my local bookshop @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social on a beautiful summer morning. This is going to be my summer reading. What book have you bought from an independent bookshop this week? #independentbookshopweek
June 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The perfect purchase from my local bookshop @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social on a beautiful summer morning. This is going to be my summer reading. What book have you bought from an independent bookshop this week? #independentbookshopweek
Indie solidarity. The symbiosis between indie bookshops and indie publishers makes it possible for us to do what we do. Manifesto printed for #indiebookshopweek
June 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Indie solidarity. The symbiosis between indie bookshops and indie publishers makes it possible for us to do what we do. Manifesto printed for #indiebookshopweek
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Corrected that headline for you: "Foxes battling corporate gentrification infestation in canalside neighbourhood."
June 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Corrected that headline for you: "Foxes battling corporate gentrification infestation in canalside neighbourhood."
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Fitzcarraldo should ditch their binary cover design and embrace the inherent hybridity of most narrative endeavours by giving each individual book a colour on the blue-white spectrum that precisely indicates the truth (white) to fabrication (blue) ratio of the text it contains.
June 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Fitzcarraldo should ditch their binary cover design and embrace the inherent hybridity of most narrative endeavours by giving each individual book a colour on the blue-white spectrum that precisely indicates the truth (white) to fabrication (blue) ratio of the text it contains.