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4 years

Bookshop as festive lighthouse.

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The bookshop's inner light.

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10 months

Bookshop as lighthouse in the snow.

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4 years

Some golden sunshine on the fells after another busy day at the bookshelves.

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"Light snow" in Grasmere

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Autumn creeping around the bookshelves and the fells.

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10 months

Due to adverse weather we'll be closed today. Keep safe and warm and hope you're tucked up with a book. Our online shop is open as ever...

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3 years

Bookshop light and the mists of autumn

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Snow on snow on snow on snow on bookshop

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Bookshop as lighthouse.

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3 years

Bookshop as lighthouse

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4 years

What news! Brilliant to be on the North of England regional shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year - Sam Read's 134th year bookselling in #Grasmere . #choosebookshops

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4 years

Summer has arrived in #Grasmere !

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11 months

Some news from the bookshop! Wishing Elaine a very happy retirement. Will and Polly are excited to start writing the shop's next chapter...

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6 years

#SaturdayMorning in #Grasmere . All the books have woken up, checked their spines and begun to brandish their high praise from well-known figures. Here until 5pm for all your bookish needs.

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2 years

Bookshop as lantern bearer

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5 years

#Bookshop as lighthouse.

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Bookshop as small beacon of cheer on a damp, grey day.

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8 months

Afternoon sunshine on the bookshop in winter

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4 years

Celestial reflections in the #bookshop window this afternoon

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4 years

Morning from #Grasmere . Six weeks ago we didn't use an online shop, and now all over the world people are discovering and rediscovering us based on a selection of 2,000 books #ChooseBookshops

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10 months

Snowy scenes in Grasmere

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2 years

"When the Dark comes rising... six shall drive it back" We're hugely excited about the upcoming @BBCWorldService adaptation of Susan Cooper's #TheDarkIsRising , by @RobGMacfarlane and @SimonMcBurney . Airing on 20th December!

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5 years

Always great to stumble across a beautiful new cover for a classic... Susan Cooper's epic series is republished in November, and with added Robert Macfarlane! #TheDarkIsRising #thedarkisreading

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4 years

Thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2020. Every book bought made such a difference. Wishing you all the very best for 2021!

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3 years

Morning from #Grasmere where the fells are shining and the books are ready to catch your eye.

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2 years

Immensely proud to be on the North of England regional shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year at the #BritishBookAwards 2023 alongside some brilliant bookshops! #Grasmere #Nibbies #ChooseBookshops #IndieBookshops @thebookseller

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3 years

Proud to be on the North of England regional shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year at #TheBritishBookAwards alongside some amazing bookshops! A brilliant way to celebrate Sam Read's 135th year bookselling in #Grasmere #Nibbies #Indies

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11 months

Oh yes, November is always like this in Grasmere...

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4 years

What the bookshop looked like in the winter of 1962-63...

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4 years

Back in stock on our virtual bookshelves... @DavidOlusoga 's #BlackAndBritish .

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2 years

Bookshop as lighthouse

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5 years

A bookshop afternoon under the rainbow

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1 year

Glances out the bookshop window...

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3 years

#Bookshoplight

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3 years

Autumn at the bookshop

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4 years

Morning from #Grasmere where herdwicks are employed by the @lakedistrictnpa to demonstrate social distancing. Here for all your book orders:

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10 months

Another perfect bookshop winter day.

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5 years

The bookshop on #ChristmasEve

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3 years

Customers popping by for books following their jabs in the village hall. Uplifting feelings all round.

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4 years

Reading weather

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7 months

Sunday sunshine on the bookshop!

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4 years

Winter bookshop

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2 years

Grasmere in the Summer holidays

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9 months

It’s #ChristmasEve , the wind is howling round and through the shop, ruffling all the books’ pages, and not a flake of snow to be seen. We’re open as usual until 5pm, so come down to the open air carol service on Moss Parrock at 4pm, and pop in for your last minute bookgifts too!

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3 years

Autumn evening bookshop

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4 years

This week sees the publication of @herdyshepherd1 's #EnglishPastoral . To call it much-anticipated would be an understatement. Signed copies can be ordered here:

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4 years

Sunshine on fells and bookshop. Here for all your bookish needs:

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5 years

Thanks for all your messages of support, and all the book orders that are coming in. We're going to keep tweeting about new books, books we love, and posting them out from here in #Grasmere . #ChooseBookshops

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Bookshop as a light in the dark

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4 years

Morning from #Grasmere which is all robins, daffodils and fleeting sunshine. Here for your book orders over DM or email.

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10 months

A deepening autumn in Grasmere

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4 years

Snow above the bookshop, sizzling reading inside.

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4 years

Flash mobs of sheep! The lengths @PenguinUKBooks are going to publicising @herdyshepherd1 's #EnglishPastoral are incredible...

Helen Evans

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4 years

A surprise shepherding for us this morning 17 sheep sleeping in mums garden! Had to keep them penned there until the farmer came to pick them up and it turns out I still have the knack! I guess farming never leaves you. @SReadBooks @BookendsKeswick @TheNewBookshop @hedgehogbooks

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3 years

#Christmas wishes from all at Sam Read's!

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Halloween bookshop lit up like a pumpkin in the eery afternoon gloom.

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4 years

The bookshop under the rainbow

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5 years

So excited to be recognised alongside amazing bookshops on the Independent Bookshop of the Year regional shortlists! Take a look at all the wonderful #bookshopwindows and #bookshopdoorways via this link...

The Bookseller

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5 years

There a record number in the running for the #Nibbies ' Independent Bookshop of the Year! The regional shortlists are out, with 49 in the running for the award. Congratulations to the incredible indie shortlistees 🥳 Read more about the regional shortlist:

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8 months

A snowy day ahead in Grasmere

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11 months

Autumn sunshine on bookshop.

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4 years

Autumn morning bookshop.

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3 years

Oh yes, that's our bookshop rainbow...

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7 months

We're so excited to be a regional finalist for the #BritishBookAwards Independent Bookshop of the Year, alongside some truly outstanding bookshops. Thanks to all our brilliant customers near and far for keeping our village bookshelves busy! #Nibbies

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5 years

A window full of Cumbrian books... #bookshopwindow

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3 years

Happy Easter to all our followers!

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4 years

In a sparkling act of generosity, @runningscott59 has offered to buy 5 copies of #TheLivingMountain for people wanting to join in with @RobGMacfarlane 's #CoReadingVirus reading group. DM us if you'd like one of them.

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5 years

So proud to be on the North of England regional shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year. A great way to celebrate Sam Read's 133rd year bookselling in #Grasmere . #Nibbies #Indies

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11 months

Another beautiful autumn morning in Grasmere

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5 years

Sunshine on the bookshop in #Grasmere . We're so grateful for all the book orders being sent our way, and packages should be winging their way to eager readers as we tweet. Do DM us if you want anything bookish and we'll get right on it...

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4 years

Thanks for all of your orders, messages and kindnesses. It's a very different feeling to conversations with browsing customers in #Grasmere , but we're so happy to be able to get books out to people right now. #ChooseBookshops

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3 years

Festive bookshop

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5 years

Morning from #Grasmere , showing signs of Spring.

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9 months

Grasmere: Frosty with a chance of photographers.

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3 years

Blue sky and #bookshop doorway.

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4 years

Competition time! We've got a signed copy of @JackieMorrisArt and @RobGMacfarlane 's #TheLostSpells to give away. To enter, all you have to do is retweet *and* reply here with the name of a plant or animal you would conjure in your ideal spell-poem.

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4 years

Festive glow of the #bookshopwindow .

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4 years

A damp day at the bookshelves. Here for your bookish wants and needs. Virtual shelves (away from the weather) here:

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11 months

Autumn sunshine in Grasmere

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4 years

To celebrate the excellent work of @JackieMorrisArt , @RobGMacfarlane , @lwspellsongs & @FolkByTheOak , nurtured in Lakeland, we're giving away a copy of #SpellSongs donated by a generous customer. Follow & RT to enter. UK and Ireland only. Competition closes 7pm Mon 20th July.

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1 year

Look at the beautiful paw print spredges on the new indie edition of Jen Beagin's #BigSwiss ! @FaberBooks A comic tale of sex, bees, dogs, secrets and therapy. Soon to be an HBO series featuring Jodie Comer...

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9 months

A wet return to the bookshelves on the third day of Christmas.

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4 years

Anyone who's been to #Grasmere knows it's always this weather...

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3 years

"Mum, you know if you pull a book and a secret passageway comes out... I want to see if that happens" #OverheardInTheBookshop

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4 years

When you see a familiar #bookshopwindow ...

PETE RUMNEY ART

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4 years

This is Sam Read Book Shop in Grasmere Lake District. Really love visiting here with the kids when we go to the Lakes 😁 hope you like my painting ! Original painting available here : #grasmere #lakedistrict #samreadbookseller #art #painting

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5 years

Last of the day's light on the fell beyond the #bookshop

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5 years

Good morning from the snow-dusted fells of #Grasmere .

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5 years

Wishing everyone a #happynewyear from all at Sam Read's.

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3 years

Another busy day at the bookshelves...

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2 years

Last light of Greenwich Mean Time on the fells behind the bookshop

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A distinctly damp winter weekend in Grasmere

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5 years

Bakehouse and bookshop.

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8 months

Much appreciated sunshine on bookshop.

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7 months

Weekend sunshine on bookshop, mid-February edition.

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5 years

Christmas in Grasmere. The mist lifts a little and the bookshop opens. Coincidence?

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4 years

Some early morning sunshine-and a rainbow - heralded our re-opening today.

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4 years

Amber fells and long autumn light on the bookshop.

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3 years

We're re-opening to browsers on Monday 12th April! 🕓7 days a week: 10.00-13.00, 13.30-17.00 We'll be continuing covid-secure procedures, so that's: 📚One household/bubble at a time (up to 5 people) for 10 mins max. 😷Mask-wearing 🖐️Hand sanitising 💳Card payments only