Northern Book Lovers Alliance
@northbooklove
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A northern community for book lovers, readers, bloggers & anyone else who has a passion for books & reading. Run by @thereadingpara & @janetemson 📚
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So behind the scenes,
@JanetEmson
&
@thereadingpara
have long been discussing how we support the many, many wonderful readers, bloggers, reviewers & general book lovers in the north.
Hence, the Northern Book Lovers Alliance is born! 🙌🏻
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Northern based author
@mattcoyney
has very kindly given us a proof of
#FrankAndRed
to giveaway (out in Feb).
To enter, follow both
@northbooklove
&
@mattcoyney
, RT this tweet & tag a friend.
We’ll randomly pick a winner on 1 Jan. Good luck!
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If you’re a reader, blogger, reviewer, or general lover of books, we hope to have an event coming in 2024, in the north, of course!
To give us an idea of numbers who would be interested, please reply to this tweet with a “yay”!
And please do give us a follow.
We’re excited!!
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Just to clarify, you don’t need to live in the north to “qualify” to be part of
@northbooklove
.
If you’re a book lover, reader, reviewer, whatever, then you’re in! The events will be open to anyone & everyone.
We just wanted to bring some focus to the north ❤️
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Gosh, we’ve made it to over 500 followers in less than a day!
We’ve received a number of emails already & will be working through those this week.
Thank you so, so much for your support. It’s incredible! 🫶🏻
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Northern Book Lovers Alliance planning meeting is in progress. Do not disturb!
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We’ve been overwhelmed by the support so far. In a week we are nearly at 1,000 followers. When we hit 1k we’ll have a giveaway to celebrate. Thanks for all the support and enthusiasm, it means a lot.
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Just 7 away from 1,000 followers. Not bad for under two weeks on here. Thanks to everyone who’s followed us and shown so much support and enthusiasm so far. As a thank you we’ll have a giveaway very soon.
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We are feeling the northern book love. Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
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If you’re a bookshop, publisher, agent, author, publicist or anyone else in the book industry based in the north & would like to be involved in our new venture, please email us at northbooklove
@outlook
.com.
We’d love to hear from you!
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After a little hiccup (Jules is not very IT aware!), our Instagram account is now up & running (same @).
Whilst we’re planning our first event, we’ll be using our social media accounts to showcase northern authors and publishers, and their books.
So do give us a follow! 🫶🏻
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Thank you to
@suereedwrites
for sending us a copy of
#TheRewildingOfMollyMcflynn
to giveaway.
To enter, follow both
@northbooklove
&
@suereedwrites
& RT this tweet 🧡
UK only. Entries close midnight 21 Jan. Good luck! 🙌🏻
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Giveaway time. Graeme Macrae Burnet is a Booker Prize long and shortlisted author from Scotland. For a chance to win Case Study, a matching notebook and a bookmark simply follow us and
@SarabandBooks
and retweet. UK only, no giveaway accounts. Closes 6pm, 17 December 2023.
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Thank you so much to the lovely folks at
@SarabandBooks
who have jumped straight on board with our new venture & sent us a surprise package of some of their books.
They’re an indie publisher based in Salford - please go check out their website: 🧡
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Loving the sound of
#TheWivesOfHalcyon
, set in Scotland and Newcastle, from Northumberland based author
@EirinieWrites
🧡
Happy Friday everyone! What better way to celebrate the start of the end of the week than with a gorgeous✨cover reveal✨?!
We are so pleased to share the stunning cover for THE WIVES OF HALCYON by the lovely
@EirinieWrites
🎉👏
OUT 15.05.2024
#thewivesofhalcyon
#covereveal
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The winner is
@CakePigeon3
!! Congratulations!
Please DM your address & we’ll get Matt to send on your copy 🙌🏻
Northern based author
@mattcoyney
has very kindly given us a proof of
#FrankAndRed
to giveaway (out in Feb).
To enter, follow both
@northbooklove
&
@mattcoyney
, RT this tweet & tag a friend.
We’ll randomly pick a winner on 1 Jan. Good luck!
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Some fabulous events coming up including in Liverpool, Nottingham and Edinburgh.
COMING UP: a fantastic selection of events with our wonderful authors! Check out what’s on below 📚📚
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If you’re a sports fan, particularly of athletics and/or the Olympics,
#RunningAndJumping
may appeal to you.
@stevenkedie
is based in Manchester 🙌🏻
Thank you
@stevenkedie
for sending me a copy of his book
#RunningAndJumping
- a tale of obsession, determination & the lust for Olympic gold🥇
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We’ve received some exciting book mail. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastlands by Yorkshire based author
@Sarah_L_Brooks
, out in June 2024. A group of disparate travellers find their secrets unravelling as they travel the wastelands on the Trans-Siberian Express.
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And over on our Instagram page, we’re giving away a proof of The List of Suspicious Things by
@jennieg_author
because we love it so much!
Click here:
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@DPunctum
Where does it say we hate London? We live in the north and are working on a project to bring books, authors and publishing to people who live in the north, some who can neither afford, nor have the ability, to travel to London. That’s a positive in our view.
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Northern book event! Whitley Bay and Edinburgh this time.
Some
#Newborn
event dates for your diaries...I'd love to see you all...there will be swearing and hugs and possibly my wee one stage-diving...❤️
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@curlytopsmac
@JanetEmson
@thereadingpara
We haven’t decided exactly where yet but if it takes off, the plan would be to move it around the north.
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Loving the sound of this romance novel from Leeds based author
@Charlotte_Stein
🩵
#WhenGrumpyMetSunshine
Thank you
@chlodavies97
for sending me a copy of
#WhenGrumpyMetSunshine
by
@Charlotte_Stein
. Still continuing to love a bit of romance!
It’s out on 15 February from
@panmacmillan
🩵
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@BexBookaholic
@JanetEmson
@thereadingpara
And if you can make it to any of our events, we’d love you to come!
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@bookcasebetty
@JanetEmson
@thereadingpara
We love Sheffield so we’ll definitely be doing an event there if we get the events off the ground!
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High Voltage by
@JenSugden
and
@chrssgdn
is out from
@gollancz
next March. Both Jen and Chris are originally from Yorkshire. Thanks to
@okyeahbut
for this copy. A London that now covers the south of England and the first detective agency looking into a kidnapping.
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Northern book event!
Please do join us at
@BookCornerHX
in Halifax for the launch of Ghost Mountain on 30 May. Delighted to return to the Book Corner, where I launched Leonard and Hungry Paul five writer years ago.
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Northern book event!
@mattcoyney
will be at at Waterstones Sheffield on 1 February, talking about his debut novel Frank & Red
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@TMThomasWriter
@JanetEmson
@drewgum
@thereadingpara
Thanks Trevor, we’ll take a look. We love
@saltpublishing
!
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@northfiction
@northodoxpress
@Northern_Soul_
@fly_press
@SarabandBooks
@commapress
@andothertweets
@DeadInkBooks
@deadinkbookshop
@DodoInk
Wish I (Jules) could’ve made it myself but I’m at another event tonight. Let us know about the next one please!
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@ThatKerryHudson
Fantastic! We (
@JanetEmson
and
@thereadingpara
) are championing book events (and bookshops, publishers and authors) outside of London so always happy to shout about events 😊
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The winner of this giveaway is
@hollymolly1962
- congratulations!
Please DM your address & we’ll get the book out to you 🙌🏻
Thank you to
@suereedwrites
for sending us a copy of
#TheRewildingOfMollyMcflynn
to giveaway.
To enter, follow both
@northbooklove
&
@suereedwrites
& RT this tweet 🧡
UK only. Entries close midnight 21 Jan. Good luck! 🙌🏻
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Calling all Northern book groups.
Calling all book clubs in Yorkshire and the North of England! We'd love to send you copies of
#TheListofSuspiciousThings
to review!
👉
⏰23 Feb
@jennieg_author
@HutchHeinemann
@PenguinUKBooks
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Still time to enter.
Giveaway time. Graeme Macrae Burnet is a Booker Prize long and shortlisted author from Scotland. For a chance to win Case Study, a matching notebook and a bookmark simply follow us and
@SarabandBooks
and retweet. UK only, no giveaway accounts. Closes 6pm, 17 December 2023.
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@robparkerauthor
@JanetEmson
@thereadingpara
We’re so excited! And so overwhelmed with the support already!
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@J0Lyons
@JanetEmson
@thereadingpara
@kim_adamsWriter
@SusanWillis69
@daisyjamesbooks
@CWIPprize
@NewWritingNorth
@HarperNorthUK
@ne_comedy
Thanks for sharing Jo!
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The winner is
@pamjplumb
. Please DM with your address and we’ll get the book in the post to you.
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@suereedwrites
@WedaleBookshop
We’ve received a copy of your book, Sue, thank you! (Just catching up!)
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Another book tour with stops in the north, this time Manchester and Liverpool.
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Northern book event.
EVENTS 🎫 EVENTS 🎫 EVENTS
Our 2024 Events programme kicks off next month and boy do we have some treats in store for you! Join us in February for events with Orla Owen, Édouard Louis, Martin MacInnes,
@AMcMillanPoet
, Andy Burnham, Steve Rotheram,
@fuscowriting
and
@Emma_J_Wells
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Northern book event!
Tomorrow - big Tesco - Stairfoot - 6pm. Bring your clubcards 😉
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Manchester book event.
Just two weeks to go until we welcome the wonderful Elisa Shua Dusapin to Manchester! She’ll be talking to
@jessf_white
about VLADIVOSTOK CIRCUS - her stunning new novel that explores collaboration, creativity and belonging against the backdrop of a circus in Russia.
🎫👇🏻
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And there are stops in the north for those who can get to Manchester, Bramhall, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Carlisle or Leeds
We are SO thrilled to announce the
#YouAreHere
tour!
Take a look at the packed schedule of events with
@DavidNWriter
, taking place in Spring 2024 ✨
Get your tickets here:
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Fabulous Northern event here!
Exciting news for romance readers💌
We are teaming up with
@simonschusterUK
and Manchester Central Library to bring you Love Stories Etc., a one-day literary festival on July 13th! Including panels, workshops, book signings & industry talks📚✨
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