Drop into your local indie bookseller: today is the start of Independent Bookshop Week in the UK and Ireland!​ ​As well as a great place to shop, indie bookshops play an important role in our communities, so show your support. Get involved by visiting, shopping, joining their events and sharing your book hauls with #IndieBookshopWeek.​ Follow @booksaremybag to discover the exclusive campaign poem by Matt Goodfellow on Tuesday 16th, and the winners of the Indie Book Awards on the 18th.

The British version of 'Maniac Cop' is 'PC Gone Mad' The Australian version of 'PC Gone Mad' is 'Mad Macs'. [the second one there is a double pun]

Still time to bid, folks. Genuine Fast Show props. Painted and signed by the brilliant Charlie Higson with help from Johnnie the Painter uk.givergy.com/beautybankshe…

Someone took their phone off airplane mode too early

I loan it out in June.

I thought no-one would buy my giant neon E sign - until I spotted a gap in the market.

Actor/writer/director @andoh_adjoa is the voice behind our recent Live and Let Die audiobook. The Bridgeton star was interviewed in @thebookseller about the changing audio landscape, and we loved this quote... ​ 'When you do an audiobook, you have to pour your heart into it. However many characters there are, you’re singing that many harmonies to a song. Then you have the narrator’s harmony, and whatever the narrative drive is – is it a thriller? Is it a romance? So, you have an orchestra in your head and you have to sing all the different parts.'​ Find the full interview here: thebookseller.com/author-int…

Just a fortnight to go until the start of @ChalkeFestival, and it promises to be another brilliant week. With so many fantastic speakers - @Roger_Moorhouse, @monstroso, @FXMC1957 (and me, @DebbieKilroy!) to name just a few - here are our top picks gethistory.co.uk/news/our-to…

On @TheIanFleming's birthday, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. in London announced three new publishing projects coming in 2026, no doubt a great year for @007 fans! Each take us further into the worlds of Felix Leiter, teenage James Bond and Fleming himself. jamesbond007.se/eng/nyheter/…

always a headfuck to realise the actual ages of the washed up old blokes in the Traveling Wilburys

Caught the bastards who vandalised my garden furniture

Bob Hoskins got £200k for not appearing in The Untouchables. You need to set your sights a bit higher! youtube.com/shorts/dEmkb67Z4…

So what did Vikings really look like? TV/movies tell us they looked like dollar-store biker gangs, wearing black leather, covered in dirt and allergic to colours... but in reality... they looked like 1970s pop singers. Seriously, thread time.🧵 Photo: Roberto Fortuna

June is National Crime Reading month in the UK. ​ It's a great reason to pick up a new crime book at your local bookstore. Why not try one of the 2026 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger shortlisted novels, or our own Q-centric crime story Quantum of Menace? ​ Check out crimereading.com to find special crime reader events through the month run by @The_CWA & @readingagency.​ #PickUpAPageTurner #NationalCrimeReadingMonth

The royalties just keep pouring in from Equity. Not complaining though, as, to the best of my knowledge I wasn’t actually in Grimsby.

What’s this? What’s this? The Guardian have only given the very excellent Mark Williams only half a page for his reader interview. Many lesser talents have had a full page. Is there more online?

Result! 10 Harry Bosch books for 22 quid. Summer reading sorted.

Spotify just recommended this to me. V. Funny. open.spotify.com/show/2mtUny…

I want one!!!!!