We have a limited amount of exclusive editions of Leigh Bardugo’s new novel The Familiar - an absolutely stunning historical fantasy set in the Spanish Golden Age!

Booksellers Katie and Laura described it as “dark and utterly compelling” and Bardugo’s “best book yet!”

An enormous thank you to booksellers everywhere who write reviews and shelf-talkers and spread the word about books. Reading a personal recommendation of ORPHIA AND EURYDICIUS is one of those pinch-me moments, every single time.

Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors will become allies... Our Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month is of course Rebecca Yarros' thrilling dragon-filled fantasy epic, Fourth Wing: bit.ly/4anQrSY #WBOTM

Angie and Laura are enjoying themselves tonight at Winter Gardens selling John Cooper Clarke books before his show! If you’re going to see it pop over and say hi 👋🏼

We’re very excited about the Non-Fiction Book of the Month choice ‘Abroad in Japan’ by Chris Broad! Full of fascinating information and told with witty humour - bookseller Laura enjoyed this one immensely!

Huge news for 2025, Rebecca F. Kuang returns with a new novel, Katabasis, in which two academic rivals from Cambridge must travel to hell to rescue the soul of their advisor... Pre-order the SIGNED edition here: bit.ly/3PM0zgD

Looking for your next space opera fix? Look no no further than Floating Hotel and The Principle of Moments. One a locked room mystery in space, one a quest to save the world with a love story spanning the centuries, both an excellent example of found family. 🚀

We’re very excited as we now have in store the breathtaking retelling ‘Orphia and Eurydicius’ by Elyse John 🩵

Full of poetry and romance, Laura and Angie haven’t been able to stop talking about it since they read it!

The spellbinding sequel to Cari Thomas's Threadneedle finds Anna and Effie immerse themselves further into London's magical underworld as sinister forces seek to destroy their coven. Pre-order SHADOWSTITCH (Signed Exclusive Edition!) here: bit.ly/43vACHU

Calling all fan's of Skulduggery! Signed and exclusive now in stock!

It's Monday, and there has been some truly exceptional works of non fiction recently, so here is a pic of our new and bestselling non fiction paperbacks. 5 I have personally loved, 3 are on my TBR and 2 that probably should be!

The most incredible review for The Silence Factory from bookseller Laura at Waterstones Blackpool! We couldn't agree more!👏

Bridget Collins' new novel publishes May 9th: smarturl.it/SilenceFactory

We’re very excited here in Blackpool with all the excellent winners of the Children’s Book Prize!

Angie had a lot of fun recreating The Giant Arctic Jellyfish and letting our windows grow wild!

#WCBP24

Today at 12pm we have local author David Hogarth coming in to sign copies of his memoir of his childhood in Blackpool in the 1960’s!

Always lovely to have local authors coming in 💛

Angie finished her ARC of The Hidden Queen by Peter V. Brett last night and was bereft to have finished it. Luckily these beautiful finished copies arrived in the delivery this morning so she can push them into your hands today! That cheered her up! 😁

Happy World Book Day!

To celebrate our Double Stamps offer is on today in store and online! Also this Saturday we’ll be celebrating with some Viking themed activities in celebration of one of the WBD titles Loki!

We hope you read something you love today! 📚✨

Coming soon from Elizabeth Macneal! A spellbinding gothic thriller set in 19th century London, THE BURIAL PLOT revolves around two career criminals, a Thameside mansion in mourning and a host of dark secrets... Pre-order the SIGNED Edition here: bit.ly/4c6RPuS

We couldn’t be more pleased with The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi being one of our Books of the Month!

Angie loved reading it and described it as “a thrilling adventure, full of piracy, myth and the promise of legend.”

The stunning sequel to Empire of the Vampire is in store now! Return to the thrilling story of Gabriel de Leon in Empire of the Damned as he sets off on another epic quest!

A Tempest of Tea is out today!

A stunning new duology that bookseller Katie described as “a Peaky Blinders esque read with vampires.. an intoxicating read where the characters really show up on the page.” We have a limited number of exclusive editions now in store! ☕️