Clapham Books
@claphambooks.bsky.social
We are an independent bookshop in Clapham, by the Common. Hello!
26 The Pavement
020 7627 2797
Mon - Sat 10-6
Sun 10-4
https://www.claphambooks.com
26 The Pavement
020 7627 2797
Mon - Sat 10-6
Sun 10-4
https://www.claphambooks.com
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Treat yourself to some Autumn reading and you could win a £250 gift card! Every sale supports real independent bookshops, rather than one specific guy with a LOT of warehouses uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Treat yourself to some Autumn reading and you could win a £250 gift card! Every sale supports real independent bookshops, rather than one specific guy with a LOT of warehouses uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...
I've seen some articles in the last few weeks about 'performative reading'
Seems to be a few journalists who have convinced themselves that (younger) people don't read, so they must be pretending to
NONSENSE
People are reading more fiction, and there's a real enthusiasm around - its a good thing!
Seems to be a few journalists who have convinced themselves that (younger) people don't read, so they must be pretending to
NONSENSE
People are reading more fiction, and there's a real enthusiasm around - its a good thing!
September 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I've seen some articles in the last few weeks about 'performative reading'
Seems to be a few journalists who have convinced themselves that (younger) people don't read, so they must be pretending to
NONSENSE
People are reading more fiction, and there's a real enthusiasm around - its a good thing!
Seems to be a few journalists who have convinced themselves that (younger) people don't read, so they must be pretending to
NONSENSE
People are reading more fiction, and there's a real enthusiasm around - its a good thing!
Some very lovely reissues this week - Mermaids collection (Penguin) & Weird Girls (Vintage)
September 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Some very lovely reissues this week - Mermaids collection (Penguin) & Weird Girls (Vintage)
Thank you to whoever recommended I read THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore - yep, its great!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The God of the Woods a book by Liz Moore.
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024
WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
...
uk.bookshop.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thank you to whoever recommended I read THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore - yep, its great!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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'Paradise will be a kind of Library.' -Borges
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The Library by Edouard Vuillard, 1911.
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The Library by Edouard Vuillard, 1911.
August 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
'Paradise will be a kind of Library.' -Borges
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The Library by Edouard Vuillard, 1911.
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The Library by Edouard Vuillard, 1911.
Hope everyone having a good day!
What are you reading?
I've just finished The Bee Sting by Paul Murray - been out a couple of years, but only just got to it
So good!
Up next - maybe something silly
What are you reading?
I've just finished The Bee Sting by Paul Murray - been out a couple of years, but only just got to it
So good!
Up next - maybe something silly
August 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Hope everyone having a good day!
What are you reading?
I've just finished The Bee Sting by Paul Murray - been out a couple of years, but only just got to it
So good!
Up next - maybe something silly
What are you reading?
I've just finished The Bee Sting by Paul Murray - been out a couple of years, but only just got to it
So good!
Up next - maybe something silly
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We are beyond excited to be producing a special edition set of The Copper Cat trilogy by Jen Williams @sennydreadful.bsky.social in association with @headlinebooks.bsky.social 🐉😍
This beloved backlist series will be available in hardback for the first time! 🥳
This beloved backlist series will be available in hardback for the first time! 🥳
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are beyond excited to be producing a special edition set of The Copper Cat trilogy by Jen Williams @sennydreadful.bsky.social in association with @headlinebooks.bsky.social 🐉😍
This beloved backlist series will be available in hardback for the first time! 🥳
This beloved backlist series will be available in hardback for the first time! 🥳
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The Sleepless is officially out in the UK today! 🐉🐉🐉
This book has been a wild ride, from writing the first draft in a loved up haze to celebrating its existence with lovely foreign publishers in Bologna 💖 It’s my twelfth published novel (can you believe??) and I’m feeling very proud today.
This book has been a wild ride, from writing the first draft in a loved up haze to celebrating its existence with lovely foreign publishers in Bologna 💖 It’s my twelfth published novel (can you believe??) and I’m feeling very proud today.
May 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Sleepless is officially out in the UK today! 🐉🐉🐉
This book has been a wild ride, from writing the first draft in a loved up haze to celebrating its existence with lovely foreign publishers in Bologna 💖 It’s my twelfth published novel (can you believe??) and I’m feeling very proud today.
This book has been a wild ride, from writing the first draft in a loved up haze to celebrating its existence with lovely foreign publishers in Bologna 💖 It’s my twelfth published novel (can you believe??) and I’m feeling very proud today.
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Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss
May 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss
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Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.
May 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.
Happy Wednesday, Clapham & world!
Hope everyone enjoying/hiding from the weather
Hope everyone enjoying/hiding from the weather
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy Wednesday, Clapham & world!
Hope everyone enjoying/hiding from the weather
Hope everyone enjoying/hiding from the weather
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We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62. 👇 #BookSky
'Beloved' author Alex Wheatle MBE dies aged 62
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March 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Children’s writer and author of the award-winning Crongton series, Alex Wheatle MBE, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 62. 👇 #BookSky
Happy International Women's Day!
Lots of great women represented in this collection - who are your favourites? (Fiction, non-fiction, new, old...)
#InternationalWomensDay
Lots of great women represented in this collection - who are your favourites? (Fiction, non-fiction, new, old...)
#InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Happy International Women's Day!
Lots of great women represented in this collection - who are your favourites? (Fiction, non-fiction, new, old...)
#InternationalWomensDay
Lots of great women represented in this collection - who are your favourites? (Fiction, non-fiction, new, old...)
#InternationalWomensDay
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And that means I get to share the amazing US cover for The Sleepless too!
The light! The scales! The pink page edges! The SERPENT! 😍😍😍😍 The jacket was designed by Kerri Resnick, and Tom Roberts provided the amazing illustration. Out in the US September 30th 🐍🐉🐍 bit.ly/THESLEEPLESSGR
The light! The scales! The pink page edges! The SERPENT! 😍😍😍😍 The jacket was designed by Kerri Resnick, and Tom Roberts provided the amazing illustration. Out in the US September 30th 🐍🐉🐍 bit.ly/THESLEEPLESSGR
January 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And that means I get to share the amazing US cover for The Sleepless too!
The light! The scales! The pink page edges! The SERPENT! 😍😍😍😍 The jacket was designed by Kerri Resnick, and Tom Roberts provided the amazing illustration. Out in the US September 30th 🐍🐉🐍 bit.ly/THESLEEPLESSGR
The light! The scales! The pink page edges! The SERPENT! 😍😍😍😍 The jacket was designed by Kerri Resnick, and Tom Roberts provided the amazing illustration. Out in the US September 30th 🐍🐉🐍 bit.ly/THESLEEPLESSGR
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Writers, musicians, actors & other creators strongly oppose upending copyright law to favour AI companies, as suggested in the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan.
As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work".
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work".
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Writers, musicians, actors & other creators strongly oppose upending copyright law to favour AI companies, as suggested in the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan.
As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work".
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work".
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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tech bros: we built a machine that can tell you stuff loudly and confidently!
us: cool. is it right about stuff?
tech bros: we cannot stress enough how loud and confident it is!
us: cool. is it right about stuff?
tech bros: we cannot stress enough how loud and confident it is!
January 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
tech bros: we built a machine that can tell you stuff loudly and confidently!
us: cool. is it right about stuff?
tech bros: we cannot stress enough how loud and confident it is!
us: cool. is it right about stuff?
tech bros: we cannot stress enough how loud and confident it is!
AI is a big complicated subject, and obviously we’re not experts - but - we choose our stock very carefully, and we will always do it ourselves.
AI can do a lot of things - pattern recognition, plagiarism & fraud seem like the main ones
We will never stock anything we know to be AI-generated
AI can do a lot of things - pattern recognition, plagiarism & fraud seem like the main ones
We will never stock anything we know to be AI-generated
January 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
AI is a big complicated subject, and obviously we’re not experts - but - we choose our stock very carefully, and we will always do it ourselves.
AI can do a lot of things - pattern recognition, plagiarism & fraud seem like the main ones
We will never stock anything we know to be AI-generated
AI can do a lot of things - pattern recognition, plagiarism & fraud seem like the main ones
We will never stock anything we know to be AI-generated
Happy New Year, everyone! Thank you for all your support & tremendousness, and here's to an excellent 2025
December 31, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Happy New Year, everyone! Thank you for all your support & tremendousness, and here's to an excellent 2025
Anyone know what day it is? Anyway, we are here!
Hope you're all having a good week and/or weekend
Hope you're all having a good week and/or weekend
December 28, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Anyone know what day it is? Anyway, we are here!
Hope you're all having a good week and/or weekend
Hope you're all having a good week and/or weekend
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Thank you to all of our lovely customers, have a wonderful holiday, thank you for all your support throughout the year x
Thank you to all of our lovely customers, have a wonderful holiday, thank you for all your support throughout the year x
December 24, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Thank you to all of our lovely customers, have a wonderful holiday, thank you for all your support throughout the year x
Thank you to all of our lovely customers, have a wonderful holiday, thank you for all your support throughout the year x
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Heading rapidly towards the weekend-before-Christmas!
We're here every day up to, and including, Christmas Eve
Hope everyone's enjoying December & looking forward to the holidays
(or, you know, coping with December & looking forward to the holidays being over - that's ok too)
x
We're here every day up to, and including, Christmas Eve
Hope everyone's enjoying December & looking forward to the holidays
(or, you know, coping with December & looking forward to the holidays being over - that's ok too)
x
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Heading rapidly towards the weekend-before-Christmas!
We're here every day up to, and including, Christmas Eve
Hope everyone's enjoying December & looking forward to the holidays
(or, you know, coping with December & looking forward to the holidays being over - that's ok too)
x
We're here every day up to, and including, Christmas Eve
Hope everyone's enjoying December & looking forward to the holidays
(or, you know, coping with December & looking forward to the holidays being over - that's ok too)
x