Archive - My Bookshop Backstory by Tom Rowley

Up the garden Path

The book everyone's talking about

Jul 12 •

How about a free beer?

Jul 5 •

June 2025

May 2025

77 books to pack this summer

You're going to need a bigger suitcase

May 31 •

Take a screen break

Switch off, read on

May 24 •

It's the sun wot won it

You can't beat it, in more ways than one

May 17 •

Play chess with Sally Rooney*

And drink with Oisín McKenna

May 10 •

My favourite novel of the year (so far)

And my fave non-fiction

May 3 •

April 2025

Which writers tell the truth?

You don't always find them under 'non-fiction'

Apr 26 •

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