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We are two disabled 🏳️‍🌈 creative folks sharing LGBTQIA+ gifts, cozy mugs and a selection of diverse books!

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New to the shop!

We're very excited to add the hardcover re-release of Cry Wolf Girl by Ariel Slamet Ries to our book collection!

Originally published by ShortBox, this lovely oversized hardcover edition is absolutely gorgeous.

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The cover of Cry Wolf Girl by Ariel Slamet Ries. The cover illustration is a supernaturally large, white wolf's head towering over a young human with blue skin who is seen from the side, keeling and and looking over their shoulder towards the viewer. The background is largrely flat, bright pink, except for a vertical, red stripe along the opening edge of the book that has shadowy feaatures of several wolves coming towards the main composition. Book description: There was once a girl named Dawa. Having lost her family to sickness, she found herself with an emptiness inside that she did not know how to fill. Alas, in all her endeavours, nothing she tried ever left her feeling so full as the art - the art of trickery. Originally published by ShortBox, this critically acclaimed reimagining of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' is back in print with Silver Sprocket as a deluxe hardcover edition including bonus material and an afterword from the author. The backcover of the book. Teh white fur of the wolf from the cover wraps around for most ofthe composition, except for once again a red stripe with shadow wolves on the left, opening edge of the book.
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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It's less than a week to the release of Brigands & Breadknives and you can now preorder it to ship on the day from our shop!

Get the latest book in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes series as soon as it comes out.

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The books Bookshops & Bonedust and Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree stood up against a colourful background and surrounded by flowers and felt pumpkins the cover of Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree - Hardback book description: Release 13 Nov 2025! Preorder the book here and we'll ship it out on release day. Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her! If only things were so simple . . . It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint. A drunken and desperate night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior surviving on inertia, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover. As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when nothing seems inevitable . 'Funny, unexpected and touching' - Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Good morning!

Have some joy in your timeline.

Say hello to Boop (dachshund puppy) and Fizzgig (grumpy pommy mix)
A picture of our two dogs, Fizzgig and Boop. Fizzy is a bit grumpy pommy mix who is under the duvet on our bed, with his head poking out and Boop is a dachshund puppy who is sitting above Fizzy on top of the duvet.
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Hey friends, I've just added our newest quartet of bookmarks to the shop!

All these cuties' art is by my beloved
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and I love 'em!

Hope you do too!

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A green bookmark with an illustration of a pair of swords that have a flower growing in a spiral around them and rainbow coloured gems set into their guards and pommels. They are surrounded by a gold yellow ornamental frame A light blue bookmark that has a cute cartoon skeleton face A purple bookmark that has a cute cartoon vampire face A light purple bookmark that has a little illustration of a ghost who has a pumpkin on their head and is hovering above a pumpkin spice tea cup and around them is the caption "Fuck Yeah Tea!"
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Less than two weeks until the release of Brigands & Breadknives, the next installment in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes series!

Catch up on the series if you haven't yet, we will be stocking the new volume on release!

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The cover of Brigands & Breadknives, the forthcoming addition to Travis Baldree's bestselling series, Legends & Lattes. Releases Nov 13th. The cover of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description: A cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts. Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. High fantasy, low stakes – with a double-shot of coffee. After decades of adventuring, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream – for she plans to open the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. Even though no one there knows what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the past behind her, she can’t go it alone. And help might arrive from unexpected quarters. Yet old rivals and new stand in the way of success. And Thune’s shady underbelly could make it all too easy for Viv to take up the blade once more. But the true reward of the uncharted path is the travellers you meet along the way. Whether bound by ancient magic, delicious pastries or a freshly brewed cup, they may become something deeper than Viv ever could have imagined . . . ‘The most fun I've ever had in a coffee shop’ – Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London 'This sapphic triumph is an absolute must' - Rebecca Thorne, bestselling author of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Return to the world of Legends & Lattes with Bookshops & Bonedust, the hilarious and heartwarming prequel. The cover of Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description: Set in the world of BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way. First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures. Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk – so far from the action that she worries she’ll never be able to return to it. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?Spending her hours at a struggling bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted. Even though it may be exactly what she needs. Still, adventure isn’t far away. A suspicious traveller in grey, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isn’t what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together . . . Readers love Bookshops & Bonedust!‘Reading this book feels like being wrapped up in a soft blanket’‘This was really just what I needed’‘It feeds the soul and warms the heart’‘I think I actually might love this more than Legends & Lattes’‘This was all I had hoped for, and more’Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. From the Hugo Award-winning author, Travis Baldree. ‘Glorious’ – Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Rivers of London series
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Hey frens,

reminder that we still have our Sale running until midnight on Halloween (GMT)!

For the next two days, everything in our Halloween collection is still 25% off, which is actually most of our items xD

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A pumpkin shaped mug with lid which is off to its left side. both are striped vertically along the pumpkin segments in black and white with the handle and the pumpkin stalk on the lid being black A cute pumpkin-shaped and -coloured mugwith a smiling face on it an little feet sticking out from the sides as it sits on its bum. A pair of fluffy, matching, orange socks is half stuffed into it. A slender half litre water bottle made of metal with a black vinyl exteriour that has a white print on it with the caption "Goth Juice" in old timey script A large pumpkin shaped mug with a lid
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Looking for a reinvention of the vampire myth that isn't centering white europeans?

Do I have the series for you!

The effects of colonialism on displaced people and disability all wrapped in the hottest vampires I've ever seen!

Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest Of Tea & A Steeping Of Blood

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the cover of A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal - Paperback An illustration in blue and red gradient of a young femme person holding a tea cup of what appears to be blood Description: Join the high-stakes heist into a dark vampire underworld . . . The No. 1 bestselling YA fantasy romance by Hafsah Faizal, author of TikTok sensation We Hunt the Flame. Perfect for fans of The Crimson Moth and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows. Arthie Casimir is a collector of secrets. At night her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse, feeding the vampires who stalk the streets. But when her livelihood is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike a deal with an unlikely – and frustratingly handsome – ally. Desperate, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it. For in the vampire-laden streets of White Roaring, things are never as they seem. Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever. Don't miss the epic conclusion to the Blood and Tea series in A Steeping of Blood. 'If you like vampires, romance, and kick-ass characters with magic weapons, look no further and you’ll be delighted! - Ali Hazelwood, author of Bride'Slinky and witty and clever' – Holly Black, bestselling author of The Folk of the Air series 'A riveting page-turner, A Tempest of Tea is brewed to perfection' – Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals The cover of A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal - Hardback An illustration in purple and orange gradient of a young femme person holding a bleeding flower with the lower half of their dress turning into a sillouette framing an image of the window front of a ball room view from the interiour Description: Arthie Casimir has had her tea. Now she's out for blood. Don't miss the epic conclusion to the No.1 bestselling A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal; the gritty vampire romantic fantasy. White Roaring is sharpening its fangs after the deadly night that left the city in shambles. The press are dead, the public calls for justice, vampires are in danger, and amid the turmoil, the Ram announces a celebration. Still reeling from the bloodshed, Arthie has no time to mourn the death of anyone, let alone her own. She has no time for love, either, even though it had saved her life. As Arthie navigates new emotions and new allies, she must reassemble her scrambled crew and scrape what little they have left to fight one last time – and she will need to face the ghosts of her past to do it. Arthie and her crew still have plenty of hearts to break and crimson-red secrets to uncover in A Steeping of Blood . Perfect for fans of The Crimson Moth and Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows. 'Brewed to perfection' – Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals, on A Tempest of Tea.
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Jinx's staff pick this week is A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal, the long anticipated sequel to No 1 bestselling A Tempest of Tea.

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A bookshelf with three books facing the viewer between the normally shelved volumes: A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal (HC), Looking for Group by Alexis Hall and You Weren't Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White. Description of A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal: New Release! Arthie Casimir has had her tea. Now she's out for blood. Don't miss the epic conclusion to the No.1 bestselling A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal; the gritty vampire romantic fantasy. White Roaring is sharpening its fangs after the deadly night that left the city in shambles. The press are dead, the public calls for justice, vampires are in danger, and amid the turmoil, the Ram announces a celebration. Still reeling from the bloodshed, Arthie has no time to mourn the death of anyone, let alone her own. She has no time for love, either, even though it had saved her life. As Arthie navigates new emotions and new allies, she must reassemble her scrambled crew and scrape what little they have left to fight one last time – and she will need to face the ghosts of her past to do it. Arthie and her crew still have plenty of hearts to break and crimson-red secrets to uncover in A Steeping of Blood . Perfect for fans of The Crimson Moth and Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows. 'Brewed to perfection' – Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals, on A Tempest of Tea. The cover of A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal - Hardback An illustration in purple and orange gradient of a young femme person holding a bleeding flower with the lower half of their dress turning into a sillouette framing an image of the window front of a ball room view from the interiour
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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With the third book in the series releasing next month, now's the perfect time to get into Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes series.

Get them from our shop and pick one of our bookmarks for free!

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The cover of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description: A cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts. Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. High fantasy, low stakes – with a double-shot of coffee. After decades of adventuring, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream – for she plans to open the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. Even though no one there knows what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the past behind her, she can’t go it alone. And help might arrive from unexpected quarters. Yet old rivals and new stand in the way of success. And Thune’s shady underbelly could make it all too easy for Viv to take up the blade once more. But the true reward of the uncharted path is the travellers you meet along the way. Whether bound by ancient magic, delicious pastries or a freshly brewed cup, they may become something deeper than Viv ever could have imagined . . . ‘The most fun I've ever had in a coffee shop’ – Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London 'This sapphic triumph is an absolute must' - Rebecca Thorne, bestselling author of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Return to the world of Legends & Lattes with Bookshops & Bonedust, the hilarious and heartwarming prequel. The cover of Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description: Set in the world of BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way. First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures. Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk – so far from the action that she worries she’ll never be able to return to it. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?Spending her hours at a struggling bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted. Even though it may be exactly what she needs. Still, adventure isn’t far away. A suspicious traveller in grey, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isn’t what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together . . . Readers love Bookshops & Bonedust!‘Reading this book feels like being wrapped up in a soft blanket’‘This was really just what I needed’‘It feeds the soul and warms the heart’‘I think I actually might love this more than Legends & Lattes’‘This was all I had hoped for, and more’Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. From the Hugo Award-winning author, Travis Baldree. ‘Glorious’ – Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Rivers of London series
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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I'm very exited that we've been able to add Andrew Joseph White's new novel You Weren't Meant to Be Human and his bestselling Hell Followed With Us to our shop!

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The cover of You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White - Hardback. A simple scatched black background with the title in large white letters and earth worms snaking around them description: Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It's an offer that none refuse. Crane is grateful. Among his hive's followers, Crane has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won't destroy him. He even met Levi: a handsome ex-Marine and brutal killer who treats him like a real man, mostly. But when Levi gets Crane pregnant-and the hive demands the child's birth, no matter the cost-Crane's desperation to make it stop will drive the community that saved him into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood Cover of Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - Paperback. A young, androgynous, white person with three pairs of angel wings in a pose like a saint in christian iconography, one hand at their heart, one slightly raised and both bleeding from stigmata wounds through the palms. They are hovering above the ruins of a city. description: Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all. Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own.
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Yes! The prequel's cover is in the same style as well.
the cover of A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal - Paperback An illustration in blue and red gradient of a young femme person holding a tea cup of what appears to be blood Description: Join the high-stakes heist into a dark vampire underworld . . . The No. 1 bestselling YA fantasy romance by Hafsah Faizal, author of TikTok sensation We Hunt the Flame. Perfect for fans of The Crimson Moth and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows. Arthie Casimir is a collector of secrets. At night her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse, feeding the vampires who stalk the streets. But when her livelihood is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike a deal with an unlikely – and frustratingly handsome – ally. Desperate, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it. For in the vampire-laden streets of White Roaring, things are never as they seem. Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever. Don't miss the epic conclusion to the Blood and Tea series in A Steeping of Blood. 'If you like vampires, romance, and kick-ass characters with magic weapons, look no further and you’ll be delighted! - Ali Hazelwood, author of Bride'Slinky and witty and clever' – Holly Black, bestselling author of The Folk of the Air series 'A riveting page-turner, A Tempest of Tea is brewed to perfection' – Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Another new release in the shop is A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal in a gorgeous hardback!

The sequel to the No 1 bestselling A Tempest of Tea (also in stock) released only a couple weeks ago.

find the description in alt text

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The cover of A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal - Hardback An illustration in purple and orange gradient of a young femme person holding a bleeding flower with the lower half of their dress turning into a sillouette framing an image of the window front of a ball room view from the interiour Description: Arthie Casimir has had her tea. Now she's out for blood. Don't miss the epic conclusion to the No.1 bestselling A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal; the gritty vampire romantic fantasy. White Roaring is sharpening its fangs after the deadly night that left the city in shambles. The press are dead, the public calls for justice, vampires are in danger, and amid the turmoil, the Ram announces a celebration. Still reeling from the bloodshed, Arthie has no time to mourn the death of anyone, let alone her own. She has no time for love, either, even though it had saved her life. As Arthie navigates new emotions and new allies, she must reassemble her scrambled crew and scrape what little they have left to fight one last time – and she will need to face the ghosts of her past to do it. Arthie and her crew still have plenty of hearts to break and crimson-red secrets to uncover in A Steeping of Blood . Perfect for fans of The Crimson Moth and Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows. 'Brewed to perfection' – Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals, on A Tempest of Tea.
October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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One thing to get with your bookmark: The new release by Alexis Hall!

Looking for Group is a lovely MM romance blending the online and irl lives of the protagonists who meet in an MMORPG, but lead very different lives offline.

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The cover of Looking for Group by Alexis Hall. An illustration of two lightskinned masculine people superimposed above two femme fantasy characters on foot on a country road. Description: An MM Gaming Romance from the Author of Boyfriend Material and Husband Material From the USA Today bestselling author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a charming New Adult LGBTQIA+ romance perfect for fans of Heartstopper. Drew's always prided himself on being the "right" kind of nerd. He plays sports, has a solid group of friends, and never had any problem talking to girls. Sure, he spends time playing Heroes of Legend, the biggest MMORPG on the planet, but it's just a fun hobby, not his identity. Falling for someone in a video game? Not his style. Until it is. Enter Kit: witty, kind, razor-sharp, and a healer who's saved Drew's virtual skin more times than he can count. She's also, turns out, a boy in real life. The realization knocks Drew off-balance, but it doesn't take long for him to figure out the simple truth—he likes Kit, no matter Kit's gender. The real challenge? Kit's reality is leagues apart from Drew's. Being online is his life, and while he's willing to come out of his shell an inch at a time, there's such a wide gulf between them that Drew's left wondering: can love truly bridge the distance…or are they fated to remain in separate worlds forever?
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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One book of the latest group we added to the shop that I'm very excited about is The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar.

Saffic romance and cake? What more do you want?!

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The cover of The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar - Paperback. An illustration of two asian femme people looking at each other and almost touching hands as thouggh in passing, on a purple background. Book description: A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and a potential new crush - perfect for fans of The Great British Bake Off and She Drives Me Crazy! "Welcome to the first ever Junior Irish Baking Show!" Shireen Malik is still reeling from the breakup with her ex-girlfriend, Chris, when she receives news that she's been accepted as a contestant on a new televised baking competition show. This is Shireen's dream come true! Because winning will not only mean prize money, but it will also bring some much-needed attention to You Drive Me Glazy, her parents' beloved donut shop. Things get complicated, though, because Chris is also a contestant on the show. Then there's the very outgoing Niamh, a fellow contestant who is becoming fast friends with Shireen. Things are heating up between them, and not just in the kitchen. As the competition intensifies, Shireen will have to ignore all these factors and more - including potential sabotage - if she wants a sweet victory!
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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To celebrate our new variety of books, we've decided to give youy a free bookmark with every book purchase!

When you buy a book, just add any one bookmark you like to your basket and the shop won't charge you for it.

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two shelves of books, with three new releases turned facing the camera: A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal, Looking for Group by Alexis Hall and You Weren't Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White A cute bookmark with a print of cute angry unicorns and pan pride rainbows A cut ebookmark with an illustration of a cute purple snail with a pansexual pride coloured shel that had a layer cake on top of it, which in turn has a little guillotine decoration A collection of four bookmarks with cute cartoon critter illustrations on them. The first is a trans flag coloured opossum holding a rainbow glazed donut, the second is a strawberry shark slurping on a school lunch sized strawberry milk with straw that they are holding with their fins, the third is a chubby baby mothman surrounded by gently twinkling lightbulbs, the fourth is a very round, red frog floating on a strawberry
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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To celebrate our new variety of books, we've decided to give youy a free bookmark with every book purchase!

Let us know in the note section at checkout if you have a favourite.

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A collection of four bookmarks with cute cartoon critter illustrations on them. The first is a trans flag coloured opossum holding a rainbow glazed donut, the second is a strawberry shark slurping on a school lunch sized strawberry milk with straw that they are holding with their fins, the third is a chubby baby mothman surrounded by gently twinkling lightbulbs, the fourth is a very round, red frog floating on a strawberry two shelves of books, with three new releases turned facing the camera: A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal, Looking for Group by Alexis Hall and You Weren't Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I'm very pleased that we have the first two books in the Legends & Lattes series by Travis Baldree in stock now and we have preordered Brigands & Breadknives which releases on Nov 13th!

I really like the series, it's so wholesome.✨💜✨

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The cover of Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description 'Funny, unexpected and touching' - Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern. Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her! If only things were so simple . . . It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint. A drunken and desperate night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior surviving on inertia, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover. As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when nothing seems inevitable. The cover of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description: A cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts. Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. High fantasy, low stakes – with a double-shot of coffee. After decades of adventuring, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now she sets her sights on a new dream – for she plans to open the first coffee shop in the city of Thune. Even though no one there knows what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the past behind her, she can’t go it alone. And help might arrive from unexpected quarters. Yet old rivals and new stand in the way of success. And Thune’s shady underbelly could make it all too easy for Viv to take up the blade once more. But the true reward of the uncharted path is the travellers you meet along the way. Whether bound by ancient magic, delicious pastries or a freshly brewed cup, they may become something deeper than Viv ever could have imagined . . . ‘The most fun I've ever had in a coffee shop’ – Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London 'This sapphic triumph is an absolute must' - Rebecca Thorne, bestselling author of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Return to the world of Legends & Lattes with Bookshops & Bonedust, the hilarious and heartwarming prequel. The cover of Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (UK edition) Description: Set in the world of BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust is a cosy fantasy about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way. First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures. Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk – so far from the action that she worries she’ll never be able to return to it. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?Spending her hours at a struggling bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted. Even though it may be exactly what she needs. Still, adventure isn’t far away. A suspicious traveller in grey, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isn’t what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together . . . Readers love Bookshops & Bonedust!‘Reading this book feels like being wrapped up in a soft blanket’‘This was really just what I needed’‘It feeds the soul and warms the heart’‘I think I actually might love this more than Legends & Lattes’‘This was all I had hoped for, and more’Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. From the Hugo Award-winning author, Travis Baldree. ‘Glorious’ – Ben Aaronovitch, author of the Rivers of London series
October 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Okay, so our new distributer wastes zero time.

Our new books are already here and I've added them to the shop immediately!

Check the alt text for a list of all books newly available.

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A number of books arranged inside of the box they were delivered in. From top left to bottom right: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (new release) The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar You Weren't Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (new release) A Steeping Of Blood by Hafsah Faizal (new release) A Tempest Of Tea by Hafsah Faizal Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Yooooo, so we've been approved for a new account with a bigger book supplier which means we will have access to a vastly larger variety of books for the shop!

(and we may have already placed our first order so watch out for new stuff on the shop very soon)

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October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Our shop's book collection is focused on diverse voices from the queer and disabled communities and we love these three poetry collections from Arsenal Pulp Press.

You can check them out on our site and see the descriptions in the images' alt text.

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The cover of A Body More Tolerable by Jaye Simpson An illustration of two wolves biting each other in front of a red background. The title of the book is presented in diagonal font which has a very hand script character Description: a body more tolerable is a collection of powerful and haunting poems combining faerie tales, mythology, and a self-divinized female rage. Divided into three parts, the book examines Indigenous grief, trans identity, and frustrated desires in ways that reject perception. Gone is the soft, kind, gentle girl that author jaye simpson once thought she would become. Instead, she unravels the sticky threads of colonialism with poems that exact lyrical acts of self-surgery. In these visceral poems, teeth gleam, graze skin, and sink into flesh, becoming bloodied and exposing the animalistic hunger that lies within. Pulsating with yearning and possibility, a body more tolerable is a book that resists typical notions of physicality and sex to dream of a world more divine. It is a call-out into the canon for a new age, one filled with retribution and recompense. ISBN-13: 9781551529677 Author(s): jaye simpson Subjects: DC Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Publisher Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press Publication Date: 22-05-2025 Format: Paperback / softback the cover of A Fate Worse Than Death by Nisha Patel The core shadow of two open, upwards raised hands, as though dunked in ink and stamped onto the otherwise completely white cover. above, the name of the author in italisized font and below the title, both in red. Description: A Fate Worse than Death is a stunning poetic investigation of the worthiness of disabled life as told through the author's evaluation of her own medical records over the course of a decade. Living with treatment-resistant diabetes, bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and complex chronic pain, Nisha Patel reveals how her multiple disabilities intertwine with her day-to-day life, even when care or treatments on offer are not available. As she works through her bouts of illness, neglect, and care, Patel reveals how poetry provides a way for her to resist the sway of medical hegemony, and instead offer complex accounts of pain, sickness, anger, but also love. Navigating the menial and capitalist systems of health care and paperwork, documentation, and forms, Patel uses clinical texts in visual poems that show how words like patient and client underscore more medical access and denial of coverage than words like person and care. As she asks us to consider if her life is worth living - and saving - the future of Patel's disabled body and her desire for it is a building meditation as the collection progresses, ending with less of a finite ending of cured illness and disease and instead a look at how we can embody hope and joy in a disabled body, as it is the body, like time, that goes on. The cover of I Cut my Tongue On A Broken Country by Kyo Lee The cover illustration seems to be a painting. you can see the texture of the brush strokes. Almost everything is in shades of green. The portrait of a young femme person nestled in large leaves lake those of lotus, with pink flowers sprouting across and maybe out of them. Description: Lotus flowers, youthful hunger, and other temporary beauties intertwine to tell this coming-of-age story, a set of pulsating poems that move toward a distant memory or a flaming future. Kyo Lee's intimate debut poetry collection is simultaneously a vulnerable confession and a micro study of macro topics including lineage, family, war, and hope. i cut my tongue on a broken country explores the Asian American diaspora, queerness, girlhood, and the relationships between and within them, pushing and pulling on the boundaries of identity and language like a story trying to tell itself. i cut my tongue on a broken country documents a search for love. It's a eulogy for the things we gave up to get here. It's an ode to tenderness. It blossoms and bleeds in your hands. ISBN-13: 9781551529776 Author(s): Kyo Lee Subjects: DC Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Publisher Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press Publication Date: 24-07-2025 Format: Paperback / softback
October 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Autumn is prime reading season!

What's next on your TBR pile?

My next up is A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton, a story about long lost friends, games and fantasy (description in alt text).

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Four cute bookmarks with illustrations by @jinxperegrine.bsky.social. A photo of the cover of A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton and a ceramic mug shaped like the head of a unicorn and a little green dragon plush who is reading a plush book. Book description: It is 1998; Lilith, Sash, and Abraxa are teenagers, and they are making Saga of the Sorceress, a game that will change everything, if only for the three of them. 18 years later, Saga of the Sorceress still exists only on the scattered drives of its creators. Lilith might be the first trans woman to ever work as an Assistant Loan Underwriter at Dollarwise Investments in Brooklyn. Sash is in Brooklyn as well, working as a research assistant and part-time webcam dominatrix. Neither knows that the other is there, or that Abraxa, the third member of Invocation LLC, is just across the Hudson River, sleeping on the floor of a friend's grandparents' Jersey City home. They have never met in person, and have been out of touch for years, but none have forgotten the sorceress, or her quest, still far from finished.
October 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Our book sale is over, but all of our Halloween Collection is still 25% off all through October!

Halloween has always been rough for us bc a lot of people buy their stuff with huge corporations.
If you'd rather support a small business, we'd be so grateful!

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October 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Hey henlo!

I hope everybody is having a chill weekend so far.
It's getting more autumn-y here in Scotland and I'm gonna huddle up with some pumpkin spice tea and read The Flying Ship Volume 1 by Jem Milton.

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The comic book The Flying Ship Volume 1 by Jem Milton arranged with a red-apple-shaped, lidded mug full of some lovely tea and decorative flowers. Description: After being stranded in a forgotten military outpost, grumpy Dobrinia sets out on a quest to marry a princess. But in the vast Tzardom of Glas, where magic has been outlawed, troubled histories can catch up with even a flying ship. The Flying Ship by Jem Milton makes its first foray into print comics! Their fan-favorite story, originally released digitally, is part of the new collaboration between Dark Horse and Tapas.
September 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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We got 10% off all Books rn, so lemme tell you about the awesome titles we have in stock:

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall, a multiverse, magic and queer take on buddy mystery a la Sherlock Holmes

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The Book The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall next to a monster shaped tea mug and surrounded by flowers. Description: Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Miss Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial temperament and dark reputation. When Miss Haas is enlisted to solve a case of blackmail against one of her former lovers, Captain Wyndham finds himself drawn into a mystery.
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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We got 10% off all our Books Collection rn, so lemme tell you about the awesome titles we have in stock:

Starting with the amazing Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Anioke, a short story collection set largely in Nigeria.

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The cover of Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Anioke with a high contrast black and white pencil or charcoal illustrion of the portrait of a young black masculine person with short twists of locks, who has their eyes closed and their white, wired in-ear headphones in In this stunning debut story collection set largely in Nigeria, questions abound: What happens when we fall short of society's - and our own - expectations? When our personal desires conflict with the duties we are bound with? The characters in Perfect Little Angels confront these dilemmas and more in these brilliantly imagined tales. In a boarding school, tensions brew between students and vengeful staff. An addict seeks a fresh start in pottery class. A man returns home from university abroad with confessions that unravel his mother's world. Amid winter storms, a ghost delights a grief-stricken partner. And atop a hill surrounded by rot and garbage, two lovers dare to embark on a secret, dangerous romance. Human desires - for connection, salvation, and understanding - imbue these deeply Nigerian stories with universal resonance. In Vincent Anioke's tenderly written stories, characters seek love in different permutations from teachers, parents, dead partners, and even God. Perfect Little Angels is a nuanced exploration of masculinity, religion, marginalization, suppressed queerness, and self-expression through the lens of (un)conditional love.
September 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM