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Out today: We Do Not Part, by Nobel-winning author Han Kang, translated by E Yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris, published by Hamish Hamilton/Penguin, Independent Bookshop Exclusive Edition!
Yes, it's only the start of February, but here is the first, early sign of spring: the annual guide for Scotland's Gardens Scheme has arrived, and Clive Penguin is delighted, because he's "blooming freezing (his words).
It's a bit of an annual tradition for us to shout out the first appearance of the annual Gardens guide, it really is like a sign that spring will come (even in Scotland!)
Pádraig O Tuama's Poetry Unbound anthology from Canongate is one of Joe's favourite collections, and now there's a brand new anthology, 44 Poems on Being With Each Other.
With introductions and thoughts on each piece of work, these are perfect for lovers of verse, or those new to #poetry and wanting to explore more.
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And there's a whole slew of new fiction releases in paperback too, just awaiting your browsing pleasure!
Lots of recent releases, just begging to be browsed! Here is just a selection of the new hardback fiction titles hitting the shelves, from spy fiction to an Edinburgh-based tale of the dreaded Ressurection Men!
There is a whole, new slate of paperback fiction releases hitting the shelves, from historical crime to romance and all points in-between. Just in time for some relaxed, weekend bookshop browsing!
It's a cold and frosty morning, but we have no time for mulberry bushes, because Jack has Storytime to do! (Jack's very first Storytime today!!)
Looking for gift ideas? Here are some of Joe's favourite reading of the last twelve months: from Elif Shafak's achingly beautiful There Are Rivers in the Sky to Tiffany Murray's groovy memoir My Family and Other Rock Stars (perfect for any music lovers) to John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest in (queer, monster, cross species fantasy love with plenty of dark humour).
From Jon Scalzi's spy cats and volcano lairs of Starter Villain (a smile inducing delight), to alien biology & poltiical gulags with Adrian Tchaikovsky's Clay, world-changing, historic circumnavigation of the globe with Spice by Roger Crowley, &, of course, a dash of #poetry with fanulous Scots poet Len Pennie
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Christmas shopping this week?
There's a book for everyone. 
Visit your local bookshop for personalised recommendations: https://booksaremybag.com/bookshopsearch
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(via the Books Are My Bag folks on the Birdsite)
Tomorrow is #ColourFriday
Here are 5 ways why it's important:
It's better for the planet
It's better for communities
It's better for building a fairer society
It's better for shoppers
It's better for showing Christmas spirit
: Rebecca Strickson
Such gorgeous alternative covers (by Jialun Deng & Takaya Katsuragawa) for The City and its Uncertain Walls, the new Haruki Murakami from Harvill Secker
How gorgeous is this special hardback edition of Rebecca (Babel, Yellowface) Kuang's The Poppy War, complete with flaming spredges & fabulous artwork by JungShang Chan?
As #Halloween beckons, it's not too late to pick up a scary book to read by candlelight, secure in your chambers, while the ghosts, ghouls and creatures of the night stalk outside your window...
The always fascinating Jeff VanderMeer
returns to the Southern Reach with Absolution, just out from Fourth Estate
(complete with very shiny cover!)
#WhatWereReading : one of our long-serving, back-of-house staff, Henry is recommending Dan JOnes's ones
's Henry V from Bloomsbury Books.
He denies he is in any way biased ...
Always nice to get a visit from the (ahem, *Booker nominated* scribe) Graeme Macrae Burnet !
A Case of Matricide is out now from lovely Saraband publishing, signed copies available!
#WhatWereReading : Joe is thoroughly enjoying The Last Dream, by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar.
The collection mixes fiction & biographical elements, much like his films; perfect for fans of his movies
It's here!!!!
Intermezzo, the new book from Sally Rooney, has just arrived from Faber Books
With the Kate Winslet film just hitting cinemas, it's a good time to remind readers of The Lives of Lee Miller by her son, Antony Penrose, which inspired the movie of this remarkable woman.
Out now from Thames & Hudson
