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Waterstones Swansea

2 months

Check out our events! And yes, that's the actual DAN BIGGAR, who'll be signing his brand new autobiography, #TheBiggarPicture , on 30th September at noon! You'll find loads more events, and tickets, here 👇

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Waterstones Swansea

@swanseastones

6 years

Doors closed 15 minutes ago. As we do every evening, we've turned all the books upside down so the words don't fall out overnight. It may seem like a silly waste of time, but ask yourself this; when did you last see piles of words on a Waterstones carpet? That's right - NEVER.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors open in an hour. Today is going to be HOT. Fortunately, we sell hand fans. They come in the form of sheets of paper glued or sewn together and bound in covers. We have many thousands of them in stock, and as an added bonus they have stories printed on them.

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@swanseastones

6 years

Doors closed 2.5 hours ago. We are, as ever, staying late. There have been reports of a thesaurus leak, and we are worried, bothered, concerned, apprehensive, fraught, fretful and nervous about it. You never know when it may strike. Or transpire. Be vigilant. And wary.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Sooo... Doors open in 1.1 hours. BUT: Please DON'T use them. Please DON'T come in. We DON'T want to see you (until this is all behind us, when we'd love to see you all). Please, please use or phone us instead - we can post books out to you. Thank you.

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@swanseastones

3 years

WE'VE SOLD OUT OF ALL THE BOOKS. Only joking, we've got loads left. OR HAVE WE? Only one way to find out. OR IS THERE? etc

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@swanseastones

3 years

Our shop is FULL of teenagers buying books. It's a wonderful thing.

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@swanseastones

3 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* We have a BAG FULL OF BOOKS to give away! You want a BAG FULL OF BOOKS, right? Yeah, you do. - FOLLOW us (or already be following us) - RETWEET this tweet Winner chosen at random. Ends Wednesday 7th July at 8pm. Will post within the UK. Good luck!

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@swanseastones

4 years

Our first customer today was the most excited we've seen. Waiting outside, staring into the shop, a 3 year old (and family, obv) repeating the word 'books'. We opened the doors, stepped back and he charged to the children's section with a chirpy 'good morning' over his shoulder

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@swanseastones

4 years

*RT COMPETITION* This extra large Waterstones bag is FULL of books. They could ALL be yours (but not the bag. We're re-using that). To win: FOLLOW US & RETWEET this tweet. One winner will be picked at random. Closes Sunday 20th at 6pm. Will post within the UK. GOOD LUCK!

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@swanseastones

1 year

Doors closed blah blah etc. I may have forgotten how to make proper sentences with my mouth when I realised that the person in the shop who looked a bit like @michaelsheen actually looked exactly like @michaelsheen because he is @michaelsheen . Michael Sheen! In @swanseastones !

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@swanseastones

2 years

Quote of the day, from a child hurtling into the bookshop, being told to slow down by his mum; 'But I can't, I'm just too excited!'

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@swanseastones

3 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* To celebrate the shop reopening on Monday 12th April, we're GIVING BOOKS AWAY (usually we make you pay for them). - FOLLOW us - RETWEET this One of you, chosen at random, will win a BAG FULL OF BOOKS. We'll post in the UK. Ends Saturday 8pm. Good luck!

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@swanseastones

4 years

We're trying a new thing! Where possible we're turning books around so that you can read the blurb without touching them if you don't want to. Upside down is the new right way up. #UpsideDownBooks

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors closed 20 minutes ago. Yesterday, when we did our shop-closing checks on the upper floors - which are closed to the public - this table was the right way up and yes we're terrified thanks.

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@swanseastones

6 years

You know when booksellers duck behind the till, ostensibly to get more bags, or swap a till roll, or change the paper in the printer? Well, they're not. They're eating maltesers, every time.

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@swanseastones

5 years

1am is the best time to start a competition, we think. The prize; a mystery bundle of 3 books. Could be anything! But we guarantee that they will be books. Good ones, too. RT, LIKE and FOLLOW (or already be following). Good luck! (We'll post within the UK)

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@swanseastones

4 years

Not that we're bored or anything, but here's what the shop would look like if it were in France.

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@swanseastones

2 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* Fancy a TOTE BAG FULL OF BOOKS? Thought as much. Welcome to our #BankHolidayBookBonanza ! - FOLLOW us (includes existing followers) - RETWEET this Ends Tuesday 30.9, 8pm. Winner chosen at random. UK only. GOOD LUCK! (Thanks to @JohnConnoly for the bag)

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@swanseastones

6 years

Doors open in 10 minutes. We've turned all the books the right way up again, and are pleased to report that there's no evidence of wordslip, pagebleed, covertravel, vowelescape or consonantslide. We just had the one catastropostrophe but we've cleaned it up.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Hello? Anyone there? Is this thing even switched on?

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@swanseastones

6 years

We noticed that #waterstones is trending! Our first, big-headed, thought was 'crikey, that thesaurus tweet was popular'. Turns out it wasn't that after all. Foyled again.

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@swanseastones

2 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* That's right - it's back! You could win this *TOTE BAG FULL OF BOOKS* To be in with a chance; - FOLLOW us - RETWEET this Ends Wednesday (8.3.23) at 8pm. Winner chosen at random. Open to new and existing followers. We'll post within the UK. Good luck!

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@swanseastones

6 years

Doors open in an hour. Beyond them, we have approximately 2,400,000,000 words for sale. Fortunately, some very talented and helpful authors have rearranged them for us, stuck them to bits of paper and glued them together. We're calling them 'organised word collections'.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Who fancies a tote bag full of books (and some NotBooks™)? No? Ignore this tweet, then. If you do, though, it could be yours. RETWEET and FOLLOW US, and one of you (chosen at random) will win it! We can post within the UK. Closes midday Sunday. Good luck!

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@swanseastones

3 years

Customer quote of the day: 'This is a happy place' - Rowan, aged 3.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors closed 15 minutes ago. We sold more books than we can count, today (mainly to customers staggering under great armfuls of books), and we can count very very high indeed. We're often complimented on our counting skills, which should give you an idea of how many we sold.

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@swanseastones

6 years

It's nearly 1am on Sunday, which can only mean one thing - it's the #1amSundayCompetition ! One of you will receive a MYSTERY BOOK BUNDLE. We'll post within the UK. RT, FOLLOW and LIKE to be in with a chance. The more people take part, the bigger the book bundle. GO! Yes, now.

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@swanseastones

6 years

So this is Christmas And what have you read? Another year over And a new one just ahead And so this is Christmas We hope you read loads The new and the backlist The young and the old A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope for some good books Purchased from here

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@swanseastones

3 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* To celebrate the imminent publication of @JoBrowningWroe 's incredible #ATerribleKindness , we are giving away A BAG FULL OF BOOKS, featuring our exclusive edition of the novel. - FOLLOW us - RETWEET this Ends 7pm 17.1, will post within the UK. Good luck!

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@swanseastones

5 years

It is time, we think, for a competition. Who wants a TOTE BAG FULL OF BOOKS? Yeah, you do and you know it. RETWEET & FOLLOW to enter. Winner will be chosen at random. Ends Thursday at midnight. Good luck.

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@swanseastones

7 months

*RETWEET COMPETITION* We are celebrating #WorldBookDay with one of our legendary retweet competitions! To be in with a chance of winning a TOTE BAG FULL OF BOOKS; - FOLLOW us - RETWEET this Ends today at midnight. Will post within the UK. Good. Luck.

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@swanseastones

2 years

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! With sincere apologies, we are now closed. For reasons. A lovely moment amongst the carnage - loads of customers rushing over to help us save the books (which we had to refuse for safety reasons, but thank you!) Normal service will (hopefully) be resumed soon.

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@swanseastones

6 years

We've created a display of some of the best female writers of science fiction and fantasy. And here it is.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors closed 50 minutes ago. Go away. Read a book. We're experimenting with being rude on Twitter because we want to fit in more. Starting softly. We'll be at peak rudeness by the end of the week. Thank you. By the end of the week we may not even thank you.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Need help choosing your next book? We can help. Our cutting edge recommendation algorithms are second to none. They're capable of learning and adapting based on the information you feed into them. Even better - they are voice-activated. We call them 'booksellers'.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Too many books? 1. Read quicker 2. Invest in shelves 3. Give some to charity or as gifts 4. Buy more from us anyway 5. Too many books isn't actually a thing

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@swanseastones

6 years

Doors closed 3 hours ago. Selling books is easy. Because they are books. People like books. Reading books is easy. You just look at them and wiggle your eyes. Writing books and getting them published is really, really hard. So, thank you, authors, editors, agents and publishers.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Customer, bringing this stack of ten books to the till: 'I only came in for one book.' We salute you, sir.

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@swanseastones

5 years

We've had twenty (or thereabouts, haven't been counting. Let's go with 'many') customers so far who have told us that they're buying books instead of Easter eggs this year. We approve. How do we go about making this an official thing? Is there someone we can write to?

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@swanseastones

4 years

Happy birthday, Jane Austen! Been ages since she wrote a new one. (A few years back we were asked for 'the latest Jane Austen' - the customer was genuinely upset when we gave them the bad news).

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@swanseastones

5 years

Indoors rain. Caution - upsetting scenes.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors closed 20 minutes ago. A conversation, yesterday: Bookseller Ian: hi, how can I help? Customer: hello, do you have Wind in the Willows? Bookseller Ian: no, it's just the way I'm standing. Bookseller Ian was terribly proud of himself and is still giggling about it today.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors open in 2 hours. Type 'My autobiography will be called -----' and let autocorrect decide for you. Ours; My autobiography will be called 'Physics and the Cushion'. We salute you, autocucumber.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors open tomorrow at 9am. The books are ready and waiting for you!

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors open in 1.7 hours. But should you use them? Neither the doors nor us will be the slightest bit offended if you don't, for the time being. There are more important things than books.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Twitter Guy (which is me) has just had a text from the alarm company. Apparently there's a door open somewhere in the shop. Looks like I'll be spending Halloween alone in the shop. Again. I'll live tweet the alarm callout! What could possibly go wrong?

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors closed 30 minutes ago. Query of the day: 'Do you have Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Vinny?'

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@swanseastones

3 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* To celebrate the publication of #JamesNorbury 's #BigPandaAndTinyDragon , you could win: - a TOTE BAG FULL OF BOOKS - two PERSONALLY DEDICATED copies of James' book To be in with a chance, FOLLOW US and RETWEET 1 winner chosen at random; ends 6pm Mon 27th

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors open in 1.5 hours. Every once in a while (yesterday, for example) a customer will ask for a book that, unbeknownst to them, Twitter Guy happens to be carrying. And, every time, he can't resist slowly handing it to them whilst saying 'ah, yes. We've been expecting you'.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors open in 1.4 hours. Everyone, this is Hades. Yes, really. Hades, this is everyone. Hades' passions in life are running through fields of daisies and, y'know, running the underworld. His proudest achievement is that he is a Very Good Boy. #DogsInBookshops

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors open in 1.4 hours. It's cold. Don't worry, though, the books are ok; they have jackets.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors closed 20 minutes ago. Today, they close in honour of the memory of Mrs Twitter Guy's father, my father-in-law, who passed away yesterday. He was a published author and a gentleman. We will all miss him greatly.

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@swanseastones

5 years

We recommend books all day, every day. Which we love, obviously. It's kind of our job. It's a bit one-sided though. Not your fault, but you can help to redress the balance. Please recommend a book to us. Tag the author if possible. Our favourite genre is all of them.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors open in 1.3 hours. Pinch, punch, 1st of the month no returns. Legal note: we don't actually pinch customers, let alone punch them. And you CAN return books in line with our returns policy and your statutory rights. So, [redacted], [redacted], 1st of the month [redacted].

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@swanseastones

4 years

Not that we're bored or anything, but here's what the shop would look like if it were owned by Norman Bates.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Customer's response just now to finding out that they had an unexpected £10 on their Waterstones Plus card: 'goodie gumdrops'. Haven't heard that in years and it's about time it made a comeback. #GoodieGumdrops - spread the word.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors open in 1.5 hours. That's it. That's the tweet. And we were today years old when we first said 'that's the tweet'. Just you wait - we'll be using emojis next 😉

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors closed 4 hours ago. Can't stay. Books to read. Catch you later.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors closed 51 minutes ago, and will remain closed for now. This year hasn't been a blast, but we'd like to thank ALL of our lovely customers and Twitter followers for brightening our days! Happy Christmas, all, and we'll see you on the other side.

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@swanseastones

5 years

We have had to take the difficult decision to close the shop due to the renewed indoor rain. This is the first time in many, many years that we have had to close early; sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

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@swanseastones

6 years

@veschwab @jk_rowling @neilhimself We hope our door was listening.

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@swanseastones

1 year

Doors open in 1.5 hours. *RETWEET COMPETITION* Fancy winning FOUR collections of classic folk horror and strange tales, kindly donated by @BL_Publishing ? Thought so! - FOLLOW us - RETWEET this Ends 8pm, 20.4. Winner chosen at random. We'll post within the UK. Good luck!

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors opened 40 minutes ago. If you're not able to visit us today, don't worry - we'll come to you, via Twitter. Is our shop really this big? Must be, we suppose. Also - we really wish we'd straightened that book on the third table BEFORE making this video. Grr.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors closed 2.6 hours ago. If you have a local indie bookshop, or a library, or a charity bookshop, cherish them. Use them if you can because we need them, now, more than ever. We're all part of the same literary ecosystem and our coexistence strengthens one another.

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@swanseastones

4 years

An enquiry from a lovely customer: 'Do you have 'Three Murders in a Field' by Richard Hammond?' '...could it perhaps by 'The Thursday Murder Club' by Richard Osman?' 'Yes, that's the one.' @richardosman - that's your next title sorted. And name change, too.

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@swanseastones

6 years

Doors opened 15 minutes ago. Ever wanted to know your true reading name? It's the surname of the author of the book you're reading followed by the first word of the book's title (ignore 'the', 'a' etc) We are Craven Puppet. Pleased to meet you. What's yours?

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors open in 2 days.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors open in 1.5 hours. How's this for an idea; 1) come to the shop 2) let us recommend a book to you 3) read a chapter in our cafe 4) if you like it, maybe buy it (or not, if you don't) 5) repeat as necessary We're going to call it 'bookselling'. We think it may catch on.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Doors open in 24.3 hours. Here are some of the things you can expect to find beyond them (spoiler alert: it's mainly books).

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@swanseastones

3 years

@goodreads Rectangular and papery.

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@swanseastones

3 years

*RETWEET COMPETITION* Twitter Dog is right - it's #GivingTuesday , and we are giving away a MYSTERIOUS BAG OF BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS! - RETWEET - FOLLOW US (or be an existing follower) Ends tomorrow at 8pm; winner chosen at random; will post within the UK. Good luck!

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3 years

It's #GivingTuesday ! A good day for a give away! Over to you, Twitter Guy @swanseastones .

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5 years

Look! We've just received this incredibly lovely and generous #IndoorRain care package from @QuercusBooks . We're genuinely touched. Feeling a little choked. Must not cry. The shop doesn't need any more water added to it.

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@swanseastones

5 years

WORST thing we saw online this week - 'why read books when you can read internet content?' The mind boggles. Literally boggles. You've never seen a boggle like our minds are currently boggling. BEST thing we overheard in the shop - 'stop sneezing on all the knowledge!'

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors closed an hour ago. Favourite customer today - a toddler who, when his mum took took the cuddly toy and book she was holding to pay, started crying. She didn't care about the toy, and only stopped crying she got the book back. It was from the academic sciences section.

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@swanseastones

6 years

Doors closed 28 minutes ago. They used to be automatic. They used to be systematic. They used to be hydromatic. Now they're a bit greasy and need tightening. #GreaseTightening

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors closed 1.5 hours ago. We've come to realise that customers can't tell when we're smiling at them because of our facemasks. So, when we smile at a customer we will also shout 'I AM SMILING AT YOU NOW', followed, at the appropriate moment, by 'I HAVE STOPPED SMILING'.

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@swanseastones

6 years

We're doing some very important research for the publishing industry and need an immediate response, please. Do you like books? Retweet if you DO like books. DON' T retweet if you DON'T like books. Thank you for your cooperation.

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2 years

Doors open in 2 hours. Everyone, this is Elsie. Elsie, this is everyone. This was Elsie's first time out of the house, and she insisted on coming to @swanseastones . She is a dog of impeccable taste. Her proudest achievement is that she is a Very Good Dog. #DogsInBookshops

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3 years

Doors closed 50 minutes ago. Winnie's a regular, with very strong views on modern translations of ancient literature. She struggles, for example, to reconcile the idea of epic poetry translated as prose. Her proudest achievement is that she is a Very Good Girl. #DogsInBookshops

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors closed 3 hours ago. Remember when we told you that Twitter Guy unintentionally bought the same book on 3 separate occasions? Make that 4. Saw it in a charity shop. Thought 'ooh, haven't read that'. It's true, he hasn't read it. Probably should, now that he has 4 of them.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors open in 15 minutes. Type 'My Life as a _____' and let autocorrect decide the title of your autobiography. Here's ours: 'My Life as a Waterstones Bookshop'. Oh. Well, that's fitting, if a little obvious.

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3 years

Our shop, at night.

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3 years

Everyone, this is Yogi. Yogi, this is everyone. Yogi's passions in life are medieval French poetry and being almost inconceivably fluffy. He's at least 90% fluff. His proudest achievement is that he is a Very Good Boy. #DogsInBookshops

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6 years

Doors open in an hour. The books have all been washed and prepared and we've warned them that you're on your way. They're a bit over-excited, so no sudden movements, please.

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3 years

Doors open in 2 hours. Everyone, this is Bella. Bella, this is everyone. Bella is, quite literally, a pocket-sized dog. Her passion in life is falling asleep. In pockets. Her proudest achievement is that she is a Very Good and Very Sleepy Girl. #DogsInBookshops .

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4 years

108 years - spot the differences.

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6 years

Doors closed 2.4 hours ago. But please don't be disheartened - as the old saying goes, when one door closes another one opens. We can confirm that this is literally true; they're badly misaligned and one half opens whilst we try and close the other. More door news tomorrow.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Look at all these lovely books in our big old empty shop... You can still reserve by phone on 01792 463567, or online, for collection before Christmas. Give a book a home for Christmas.

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@swanseastones

3 years

Tap the photo.

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors open in an hour. If you took every book in the world and stacked them, one on top of the other, you wouldn't get very far before it fell over. Really, what were you thinking, though? And why have you got all the books?

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4 years

Doors closed 15 hours ago. Um. So yeah. We're closed. We'll have to think of something else to tweet about. ...we've got nothing. Here's a photo of two sheep in a Mexican standoff.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors closed 3 hours ago. People often ask if 'Twitter Guy' is a person or job title. We can reveal there's been, so far, 27 Twitter Guys. It's so demanding that they don't last very long. The basement is strewn with their dried out husks. That went darker than we expected...

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@swanseastones

4 years

Doors closed 15 minutes ago. Whilst locking up just now, a deep, booming voice, seemingly from nowhere - 'HELLO'. '...hello?' we replied, terrified. Ghost, we thought. Obviously. To the person we nearly locked in, we apologise. We would've found you before leaving. Probably.

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@swanseastones

5 years

Doors opened 1.7 hours ago. Customer - 'do you have Grapes of Wrath?' Bookseller - 'no, it's just the way we're standing.' #NationalTellAJokeDay Tell us a book joke!

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Doors closed 30 minutes ago. Willow, meet everyone. Everyone, meet Willow. Willow's passions in life are ancient epic poets in transition (he favours Fagles' Iliad) and looking fluffy. His proudest achievement is that he is a Very Good Boy. #DogsInBookshops

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@swanseastones

3 years

Max, this is everyone. Everyone, this is Max. Max's passions in life are comparing verse translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and grinning at cameras. His proudest achievement is that he is a Very Good Boy. #DogsInBookshops

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@swanseastones

3 years

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for following our silly little bookshop account (or, if you don't, for reading this tweet) and for chatting with us about books, @StinkyPondDog , #RedCoat , pigeons, doors and so on - thank you & Merry Christmas!

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@swanseastones

5 years

"Do you have a dog or a cat?" we ask. "Yes!" you respond. "Do you want to teach them Welsh?" we whisper. "Of course I do! But there can't possibly be any books that'll help me do that!" you cry. "Ah," we purr, raising our eyebrows, "that's where you'd be wrong." "Observe!"

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@swanseastones

4 years

All the doors are temporarily closed at the moment. You could argue that they are currently windows, and not doors at all. Here's what we did before, when one of our doors broke.

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