tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71599468648906518792024-03-16T18:52:49.810+00:00Open a Bookshop, what could possibly go wrong?two blokes, one bookshop, no ideaSimon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.comBlogger623125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-59052079161215955452018-06-25T10:30:00.000+01:002018-06-25T10:30:11.742+01:00Flat available on a short term rent. <div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">
<st1:place style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;">Hello, we're looking to sell our flat in Wood Green this year, but in the meantime, we thought we'd offer it out for rent at a ridiculously affordable price while we get it ready for putting on the market. There aren't many flats available at £700 pcm in London, and so if your looking for a short term let (probs 3 months, but can be extended monthly should it be mutually agreeable) bargain, please get in touch.</st1:place></div>
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<st1:place style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;">The shop's number is 020 8881 6767 and the email is enquiries@biggreenbookshop.com. </st1:place></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salisbury Rd, Wood Green,</span> <st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">London</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial;"> N22</span></strong></div>
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Situated in the leafy and tranquil <st1:place><st1:placename>Noel</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> conservation area. Recently redecorated throughout; newly carpeted. To see a floorplan of this property click <a href="http://www.traynor.co.uk/fpsally.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="floorplan"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a></div>
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Internal staircase from front door to landing and hallway.</div>
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Living room (14'7 x 10'<st1:metricconverter productid="5 ft">5 ft</st1:metricconverter>) spacious living room, unfurnished, with laminate floor. Two large double glazed windows to front aspect. Built-in wooden shelving either side of chimney-piece.</div>
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Bedroom (10'10 x 9'<st1:metricconverter productid="1 ft">1 ft</st1:metricconverter>) double bedroom, laminate flooring, double-glazed window to rear aspect overlooking gardens.</div>
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Kitchen (12 x 9'<st1:metricconverter productid="5 ft">5 ft</st1:metricconverter> at widest): modern, recently fitted kitchen on two sides, with low level units, and oiled hardwood counter-top. Double aspect to side and rear of building, double-glazed. Ceramic tiled floor and splash-back. Stainless-steel gas hob. Full-height fridge/freezer. Washing machine.</div>
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Bathroom (6 x 5'<st1:metricconverter productid="8 ft">8 ft</st1:metricconverter>): recently fitted white bathroom suite, comprising bath with showerscreen, wall-mounted electric pump-assisted shower, pedestal basin, and close-coupled low-dflush w.c. Double-glazed. Ceramic tiled mosaic walls; ceramic tiled floor.</div>
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Roof terrace with external steps descending to charming (and low maintenance) decked patio-style back garden. This is overgrown right now, but i'm planning on getting it all sorted in the next week or two.</div>
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<st1:metricconverter productid="0.37 miles">0.37 miles</st1:metricconverter> to Wood Green Piccadilly line Underground Station; close to <st1:street>Wood Green High Road</st1:street>'s many shops, cinemas, and <st1:place><st1:placename>Shopping</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>City</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Available unfurnished £700 pcm (2 week deposit required) subject to contract.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To see a street map showing this property's exact location, click <a href="http://www.multimap.com/clients/browse.cgi?pc=N226NU&scale=10000&client=europe" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="streetmap"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a> The Map will open in a new window in your browser, so just close it to get back to this page.</div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com260tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-63127274738305558202018-04-16T10:55:00.002+01:002018-04-16T10:55:45.675+01:00Independent Bookshop Alliance - PLEASE READ THIS!<div style="text-align: center;">
Last week I went to the London Book Fair (LBF). As well as being the official bookshop (oh yeah), I was there to help co-ordinate the next stage of the Independent Bookshop Alliance plan. </div>
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At the fair, the Bookseller's Association had organised a day where publishers presented their Autumn highlight. These are the big books that will be published later in the year. </div>
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I was asked to say a few words about the Alliance to the gathered crowds, which hopefully went OK</div>
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Anyway, after the presentation, the BA kindly agreed to put all the titles mentioned onto a Surveymonkey and send it to me. Once I get it, I will then be able to email all the shops in the Alliance with this survey. The idea is that they will then be able to (anonymously) highlight the titles on the list that they think would make a great Indie Exclusive Edition. </div>
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Once i've got the survey's back I can see if there are any particular titles that are favoured by a lot of shops. This will give us the opportunity to then go to the publishers and say (for example), "Hello publishers, there are 90 bookshops who have expressed an interest in have book x as an Indie Exclusive Edition. Sort it please". </div>
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This is the exciting bit. SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are already signed up, please look out for this survey coming through on your email in the next day or two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are not yet signed up, but want to get this survey, please email indiebookshops@gmail.com, and I will send it to you. </span></div>
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I would love as many bookshops as possible to get involved in this. The more shops that fill in the survey, the more negotiation power we'll have. </div>
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The publishers really want to make this happen, but obviously, they need some kind of assurance that the indies want to get behind the books that they'll be doing for us. </div>
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PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOP. </div>
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<br />Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com171tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-46721397015945310902018-02-10T13:32:00.002+00:002018-02-10T13:34:03.954+00:00Independent Bookshops Alliance - an update.<span style="background-color: white;">Just thought i'd post an update on the <a href="http://woodgreenbookshop.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/independent-bookshops-working-together.html">Independent Bookshop Alliance</a>.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">So, there are now about 120 bookshops interested in joining forces to give us more negotiating powers.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">We are in the process of highlighting the major titles that we'd be may want to talk to publishers about with a view to get some form of exclusive indie only deal.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The ideas and feedback from the bookshops about how this thing will work has been priceless. There are so many issues facing independent bookshops that, when I first mooted the idea, I hadn't really thought about.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">We are very lucky being based in London, when it comes to author visits. Many of the shops that aren't in the capital have told me that they find it hard to persuade publishers to organise visits and this is something else we're looking at.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">There are also discussions going on about business rate relief for bookshops, on which some work has been done in the past, but it's certainly something we want revisit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">And here is some exciting news. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Lord Bird (founder of The Big Issue) has been in touch.</span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He's a passionate advocate of literacy in the House of Lords and has very kindly organised an event in Parliament for us to raise the profile of independent booksellers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, at the end of March, a room has been reserved for us at the House of Lords where we're inviting people from across the industry, and those who could play a part in helping us achieve our goals to come along to discuss our plans.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is phenomenal and I couldn't be more grateful to Lord Bird for giving us this platform. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Things are really beginning to happen and it's great that we've managed to maintain the momentum.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If there are any indie bookshops that are interested in joining the discussion, please email indiebookshops@gmail.com, just saying YES and we'll add you to the forum that's been set up. Your input is vital if this is going to work, so please do get in touch. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-10330402122662416992018-01-16T14:43:00.001+00:002018-01-16T14:43:32.134+00:00Independent Bookshops Working Together? I think it's possible.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year, there was a bit of a hooh hah among indie booksellers, after a special edition of Philip Pullman's "Book of Dust", was made available exclusively through Waterstone's. 5,000 of these signed special editions, we're sold online and in store for £35 each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's £175,000 worth of book sales. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was certainly not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and in a <a href="http://secretbookseller.com/2017/10/24/philip-pullman-update/">blogpost</a>, The Secret Bookseller expressed their frustration, saying that Independent Bookshops are never given the opportunity to profit from these kinds of deals. This post resonated with many people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My personal view is that I don't blame Waterstone's, Philip Pullman or David Fickling (the book's publisher) for doing this. It makes perfect sense if you have a large number of bookshops all being able to offer the same deal. That is one of the advantages of being a large bookchain and having the facility to centrally buy titles, such as this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, imagine, if you will, a group of say, 150+ Independent Bookshops getting together in a semi official capacity, in order to approach publishers to say "Hey look, there are 150 of us bookshops who will promote/advertise/own the new book by (insert universally bestselling author here), if you give US an exclusive limited edition of their book."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If this happened, I suspect that there'd be quite a few publishers and authors who'd take notice, and want to support this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I hasten to add that this is a hugely simplified version of things, but I hope you get the idea)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea of an Independent Bookshops Alliance has been tried before, but I really think that, despite us all being fiercely independent (quite right too), there are times when it could be a huge advantage for us to work together to negotiate better discounts, exclusive indie offers and maybe more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the seed of an idea, so I don't want to get into logistical discussions about how it can/can't work. I'm busy trying to run a bookshop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But if you are IN ANY WAY interested in pursuing this idea, please email indiebookshops@gmail.com , saying YES.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the response is good, then we can look at how the heck we're going to make it work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for taking the time to read this. Please share it, so the message gets out to as many indies as possible. </span></div>
Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-80235315269604090792017-05-26T14:18:00.000+01:002017-05-28T21:09:30.624+01:00Competition Time! Get your Tweet in a book!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I was delighted to be able to announce earlier this week that <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/big-green-bookshops-simon-key-lands-parenting-book-deal-556626">I have a deal with Head of Zeus </a>to publish a book called <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">We’re Asleep Dad</em>, billed as a “collection of parenting tweets from the frontline”, in autumn, with illustrations by the amazing Moose Allain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">You can pre-order it<a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copies/we-39-re-asleep-dad-by-simon-key-illustrated-by-moose-allain/prod_875.html"> HERE </a>if you like...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's loosely based on some tweets I've been doing about getting my kids to sleep. Here's the kind of nonsense you can expect to find in the book. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #222426; color: #e1e8ed; font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>My kids are asleep. I know this because a paper airplane has just smashed against my head & on the wing someone has written "we are asleep".</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #222426; color: #e1e8ed; font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>My kids are asleep. I know this because when I saw them in the kitchen just now, they told me they were sleepwalking.</i></span></div>
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You get the idea....</div>
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Thankfully, as I said, the publishers have enlisted the considerable talents of <a href="https://www.worldofmoose.com/">Moose Allain</a> to illustrate these tweets and I honestly could not be happier with the early sketches he's shown me.<br />
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OOh, I've just been granted permission to show you an early version of the likely cover.</div>
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Are you ready...</div>
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Now then, we thought it would be a fun idea to offer YOU the chance to have one of your "my kids are..." Tweets into the book. </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">So we're running a competition!</span></div>
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One of the chapters will include a few example of how my kids "help out".<br />
All you need to do is send me a tweet in a similar format to the two above, @biggreenbooks, with the hashtag #mykidsarehelping and then think of something that they could be doing (or not doing) in 140 characters or less. </div>
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The competition ends on Monday 29th May at midnight.</div>
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The winner, chosen by myself, Moose and the lovely people at Head of Zeus, will not only get their tweet in the book, it will also be illustrated by Moose (and of course you'll get name checked).</div>
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GOOD LUCK!</div>
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Also, if you don't already, please do follow Moose on Twitter @MooseAllain (he's one of the best).</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-42797799669691194572016-12-28T00:55:00.001+00:002016-12-28T01:02:48.540+00:002016. It's Not All Bad<div class="MsoNormal">
Yep, 2016 is a bit of a fucking monster.</div>
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But I reckon we should spend at least 3 minutes celebrating all the good stuff. </div>
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I've cobbled together this.</div>
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Hillary Clinton did what no other woman in the history of
the <st1:country-region>United States</st1:country-region>
has ever done: She got the presidential nomination of a major party. </div>
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She also managed to get over 2 million votes more nationally
than the person who actually won. FUCK!</div>
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The Chibok girls <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuS5huqOND4">were released by Boko Haram</a>.</div>
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Tim Peake went into space and was absolutely awesome (thumbs)</div>
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We all <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2016/jan/06/drummondpuddlewatch-the-periscope-sensation-thats-making-a-splash-video">watched a puddle on Periscope.</a></div>
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Sadiq Khan.</div>
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<st1:place><st1:placename>Leicester</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>City</st1:placetype></st1:place>
won the Premier League. Yeah, sport, whatever… but Twitter exploded with joy
about this, so shut the fuck up. </div>
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Sarah Olney beat <a href="http://news.sky.com/story/lib-dem-sarah-olney-wins-richmond-park-by-election-10679630">that absolute twat</a> in the <st1:place><st1:placename>Richmond</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> bi election.</div>
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The Sellout by Paul Beatty won the Man Booker Prize for
fiction. Magnificent! How did that happen??</div>
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Subversive, satirical and absolute genius.</div>
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Pokemon Go. </div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-29418666113302972872016-10-10T11:44:00.001+01:002016-10-10T11:44:07.610+01:00Cake & Bake Manchester <div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I need someone to help me. I will pay money. </span></b></div>
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We're selling books at the Cake & Bake Show in Manchester, which runs from Thursday November 10th to Sunday November 13th. </div>
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It's 4 days of Cake related madness and is probably going to be very busy. </div>
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Lots of Bake Off stars will be there, including Nadiya!</div>
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<a href="http://www.thecakeandbakeshow.co.uk/manchester">Here's a link to the website. </a></div>
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I'm looking for a sensible, friendly person to help me over the 4 days. </div>
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it's from 10am-until about 4.30pm and essentially you'll be selling books and being nice to people. </div>
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I'll be there too, and will train you on our ridiculously easy till. </div>
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I'll pay you £50 a day. </div>
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If you're based in Manchester and can help out please get in touch. </div>
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Tel. 020 8881 6767</div>
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or email enquiries@biggreenbookshop.com</div>
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Thank you. </div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-10411008292736615042016-09-23T22:03:00.000+01:002016-09-23T22:09:13.984+01:00A 3 Hour Half Price Sale. Come on! <div style="text-align: center;">
I am writing this post at 9.40pm on Friday. </div>
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The bookshop has had a super crazy day. It was The Big Green Marathon. #BGBMarathon on the Twitter.</div>
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A day that Tim announced he wouldn't go home until we'd taken £1,000 . It was a huge ask, as we hadn't got close to this figure on a Friday since last Christmas. </div>
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But you lot played a blinder and we've just reached £1030. </div>
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Tim's still at the shop selling even more books, because there's a book launch happening. </div>
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So firstly. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Tomorrow, between 11am and 2pm, all books/toys in the shop are HALF PRICE.*</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.76px;">Tim will not close the shop today until we take £1000.</span></div>
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</span></span>Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-69247089205668463892016-09-21T11:45:00.001+01:002016-09-21T13:00:21.029+01:00Five Days <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the next five days, we invite you to come along to the shop and pick up the perfect gift for the festive season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, yes, we know it's September, but to be totally honest, we need to pay our rent next week and due to having £10,000 owed to us in outstanding invoices, it's gonna be a exciting tale of bookselling derring-do over the next few days in order to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, apart from all the delights we have here already (including a whole new batch of books and toys from <a href="http://woodgreenbookshop.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/were-closing-our-shop_6.html">Tuffet's</a>), we have three exciting events for you over the next three days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>With Hattie Grunewald from Blake Friedmann Agency.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>£6. <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/ticket-for-how-to-pitch-to-an-agent-on-wednesday-september-21st/prod_850.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">BUY TICKETS HERE</a>.</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">An amazing opportunity for budding authors to learn some vital lessons on how to approach an agent when you’re pitching your book to them.</span></strong></div>
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<strong style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s with enormous pleasure that we welcome back Booker shortlisted novelist Alison Moore to the shop to mark the publication of her phenomenal new novel Death and the Seaside.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.76px;"><b>AND WE ARE OFFERING EVERYONE WHO TURNS UP AT ANY OF THESE EVENTS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This can be over the counter, on the phone,or online sales and he will be taking his sleeping bag in on Friday morning. The last time we took £1000 on a Friday was December last year, so I think maybe the egg nog has gone to Tim's head.</span></div>
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I discovered earlier this week that we've been nominated for the annual <a href="http://www.timeout.com/london/lovelondonawards#/nominate/wood_green/shops">Time Out Love London Awards</a>. </div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-77721992870819978352016-09-06T12:20:00.002+01:002016-09-06T12:20:27.899+01:00YouTube Channel Blag. <div style="text-align: center;">
Last month, <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/big-green-bookshop-launch-youtube-channel-379096">we announced</a> that we were going to start a YouTube Channel. </div>
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It's going to be a right old mix of stuff, including book reviews, opinions & rank stupidity, but hopefully it'll be something you'll enjoy. </div>
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One of the things i'd like to do is have a monthly post where I open parcels of books that publishers send me to read. I won't know what they are, so it might be interesting to see what I get sent. I'll be getting my kids (6 & 8 years old) to review books for younger readers too.</div>
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If I get enough, i'll pick 6 or so to read and review the following month from the packs that I open. </div>
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Well, yes, but also, if you send me a book, I guarantee it'll get onto our YouTube Channel, so it might interest people who watch it (if anyone does, of course). </div>
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I will be focusing on fiction mainly, and I do love indie publishers, but if you fancy sending me something and to ensure I don't open it straight away, please address it to. </div>
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Some of you may remember about 4 years ago, we opened a second shop in Brookmans Park (that's in Hertfordshire).</div>
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Brookmans Park is a great village and we'd hoped to emulate the kind of thing we do here in Wood Green, but the amount of energy we needed to put into it, meant that we weren't able to put as much energy into The Big Green Bookshop. That, in turn meant that sales in The Big Green Bookshop started to get seriously affected. </div>
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We've moved all the stock, and fixtures and fittings into one of those self storage buildings (thanks to @markymarket for helping us do this) and we plan to spend the next 2 weeks going through it all and keeping all the best stuff. </div>
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<strong>Readers are asked to nominate a book fitting these criteria and a very long longlist is then announced. This longlist is then whittled down to six books, by people writing reviews for the books they want to win...the full rules can be found <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/18/terms-and-conditions-for-the-not-the-booker-prize-2016">here</a></strong><strong> , but we now have the Not the Booker Shortlist. Here it is.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>And we are delighted that once again, the Not the Booker Prize is going live! Wembley Arena? Nah. The South Bank? pfft. Only the Big Green Bookshop could host such an event.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Jayne received the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Award for her new novel, given to a work of fiction or non-fiction which helps to interpret modern Japan to the English-speaking world.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>This is Jayne’s third novel. Her first, “Soothing Music for Stray Cats” explores the lives of disaffected city dwellers, and was heralded as ‘the debut of a distinctive voice in contemporary British Fiction’ by social historian Joe Moran; with the Times Literary Supplement projecting that it ‘may emerge as one of the great, eccentric London novels’.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong> Her second novel, “Perfect Architect”, draws on Joso’s interest in architectural and psychological space. Accompanied by illustrations by Japanese artist, Hiroki Godengi, Perfect Architect was given full-page discussion in the international magazine: ICON</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-61542600574399394082016-08-23T13:14:00.004+01:002016-08-23T13:14:23.227+01:00EVENT. An Evening with Alison Moore<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<strong>And so it’s with enormous pleasure that we welcome back Alison Moore to the bookshop to mark the publication of her phenomenal new novel Death and the Seaside.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>It really is a stunning book, and as with Alison’s previous books, the pace and control of the story is something very special. I can’t recommend it highly enough.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday September 21<sup>st</sup> – 7.00pm sharp!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">With Hattie Grunewald from Blake Friedmann Agency.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>We’re delighted that Hattie Grunewald, from one of London’s biggest (and best) agencies will be here to offer essential advice if you’re looking to give yourself a better chance of doing a successful pitch.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Hattie graduated from University of East Anglia in 2013 with a BA in English and Creative Writing, and started work as an intern at <a href="http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: larger;">Blake Friedmann</span></a> the very next week. She assists Carole Blake, handles short fiction and permissions on behalf of Blake Friedmann clients, and is now building her own impressive list.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>We wanted to set up this event after <a href="https://intheinbox.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/how-to-get-yourself-blacklisted/"><span style="font-size: larger;">this</span></a> recent blogpost appeared online from a “disgruntled” author. DO NOT DO THIS.</strong></div>
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<strong>Hattie will be in conversation with Chris Brosnahan, who looks after our thriving Writers Group.</strong></div>
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<strong>There’ll be opportunities to ask Hattie your own questions and after the event, there’ll be drinks and a chance to chat some more.</strong></div>
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<strong>Tickets are just £6 (a bargain!), which can be purchased <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/ticket-for-how-to-pitch-to-an-agent-on-wednesday-september-21st/prod_850.html">HERE</a>.</strong></div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-86107682651742773722016-05-19T11:02:00.001+01:002016-05-19T11:02:16.138+01:00Tona de Brett<div class="MsoNormal">
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that Tim’s Mum is Tona de Brett, legendary singing teacher to the stars <a href="http://www.tonadebrett.co.uk/pupils.html">(check this out if you don’t believe me)</a> In fact I would be surprised if there was anyone in Wood Green,
Hornsey or Muswell Hill who didn’t know. It is said that in order to gain
access to Crouch End you must know that Tona briefly taught Annie Lennox.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, Tona – with the help of author &
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We're looking for anyone who was taught by
Tona, and we have set up an email address solely to collect their
memories/stories of Tona. It is <b>tonadebrettbook@hotmail.com</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tona has lived and worked in Muswell Hill
for over 50 years and, in that time, has taught hundreds (possibly thousands)
of people. We want to hear from as many as possible. From the people she taught
piano to as children to the megastars who came to top up their singing skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-83932679836368395702016-04-24T16:25:00.001+01:002016-04-24T16:25:06.766+01:00National Anthems. An evening with Alex Marshall & Rhodri Marsden<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<strong><img align="left" alt="" border="1" height="291" hspace="4" src="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/images/uploads/republic.jpg" style="border: none;" vspace="4" width="190" />There are a couple of hundred songs that are sung by millions across the world each day, that school children know by heart and sports fans belt out perfectly even after eight beers. And they aren’t pop songs – they are national anthems.</strong></div>
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<strong>In his brilliant new book <span style="font-size: larger;"><i>Republic or Death</i></span>, <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Alex Marshall</span></span> brings the incredible stories of the world’s national anthems to life. Taking in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas North and South, he embarks on an adventure that includes cycling the route along which French revolutionaries marched as they first sang La Marseillaise; entering a competition for the best singer of the Star-Spangled Banner; and attempting to bribe his way to an audience with the king of Nepal in order to uncover the story behind the only national anthem written on a Casio keyboard.</strong></div>
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<strong>The book will be available at the shop for £8.99 and Alex will doubtlessly be happy to sign copies for you.</strong></div>
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<strong>Alex will be joined by the multitalented and charming <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Rhodri Marsden</span></span>.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Rhodri is currently in no less than three bands. <a href="http://www.scritti.net/"><span style="font-size: larger;">Scritti Politti</span></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Prescott-280644805358909/"><span style="font-size: larger;">Prescott</span></a> and everybody’s favourite TV theme tribute band <a href="http://dreamthemes.tv/"><span style="font-size: larger;">Dream Themes</span></a>. In 2014 he talked (and played) at The Boring Conference, highlighting the similarities between 198 of the World’s national anthems. It went down a storm. And for one night only Rhodri will be recreating this momentous event right here at the Big Green Bookshop.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>This is a FREE event, but please let us know if you plan on coming along, as I have a feeling it will be VERY popular.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-62245344351368723302016-04-24T16:23:00.002+01:002016-04-24T16:23:59.207+01:00Judy Dyble - Book Launch. Friday May 13th. <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Friday May 13<sup>th</sup> – 7.00pm</strong></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Launch Party for ‘An Accidental Musician’, Judy Dyble’s Autobiography.</strong></span></span><strong></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Please join us for Judy’s glorious return to the Bookshop (Judy will be performing too!)</strong></div>
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<strong><img align="left" alt="" border="1" height="285" hspace="4" src="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/images/uploads/judy.jpg" style="border: none;" vspace="4" width="190" />The original female singer for Fairport Convention, Judy left the band after their first album, aged 19 (replaced by Sandy Denny).</strong></div>
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<strong>Judy's boyfriend at the time, Ian McDonald answered an ad in Melody Maker and joined Giles, Giles and Fripp, the forerunner of King Crimson. Judy joined this band, but left when her relationship with McDonald ended.</strong></div>
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<strong><br />She then teamed up with ex-Them singer Jackie McAuley to form Trader Horne, but in 1973, Judy left the music business when she married DJ Simon Stable (Count Simon De La Bedoyere). Simon died in 1994, and apart from the odd appearance at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival, Judy didn’t perform again for many years.</strong></div>
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<strong> In 2003, she restarted her musical career and produced several albums to great critical acclaim. 2015's 3-CD anthology sold out immediately and was well reviewed in Prog magazine, amongst others.</strong></div>
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<strong>Judy’s autobiography, written with journalist and author Dave Thompson captures Judy’s extraordinary story perfectly.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Please come along to help celebrate with Judy. As an added bonus she’ll be joined by Alistair Murphy, Jeremy Salmon to (as she put it) “sing a bit” too!</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>The book will be available on the night and Judy will be very happy to sign copies for you.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>This is a FREE event, but judging by her last appearance at the bookshop, it will be VERY busy, so please make sure you get here early.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></strong></div>
Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-51215371935816983452016-04-20T22:28:00.003+01:002016-04-20T22:28:32.450+01:00Taking Crowdfunding to Another Level<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As many of you already know, about two weeks ago we were robbed. About £600 was stolen from behind the counter by a sneaky opportunist thief, as Tim was helping someone choose some books.<br />
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It was a bit of a sickener. It was a <b>huge </b>sickener. </div>
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Having heard news of the robbery, Sam Jordison, co-director of the brilliant Galley Beggar Press, decided to start a <b><a href="https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/BigGreenBookshop?utm_id=2">Crowdfunder</a></b> to see if it would help us get some of the money we'd lost back.<br />
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Then something amazing happened. People all over the world started donating money. The original target that Sam set was reached and passed in a matter of hours. And it kept on coming.<br />
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As I type this, over £5500 has been raised. And not only that, the messages of support and the wonderful things that so many people have said about the Bookshop have blown us away.<br />
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I wrote about my feelings in The Guardian <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/apr/08/big-green-bookshop-london-just-giving"><b>HERE</b></a>, and Tim and I are still in total shock at the response.<br />
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Thank you isn't a big enough word on this occasion. Imagine it typed in a font size of around 48250. It still isn't big enough.<br />
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We've been discussing how we can best make use of the money raised, so I thought I'd share some of them with you.<br />
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<li>We've recently introduced something called <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/school-reward-scheme/info_20.html">The School Reward Scheme</a>. </span></b>Essentially, every book you buy from us, 10% of that money will go to the school or nursery of your choice to spend on books for their library. So, we're going to give 10% of the money that's raised and split it between 5 local schools/nurseries that we feel could really do with it. </li>
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<li>We've been researching funding options to help finance <a href="http://www.biggreeneducation.co.uk/about-us/"><b>Big Green Education</b></a>, our not-for-profit company, which aims to promote the love of reading in schools. This boost will allow us to work more closely with the local schools, hopefully leading to more <a href="http://www.biggreeneducation.co.uk/patron-of-reading-haringey-chapter/"><b>Patrons of Reading</b></a> being put in place. </li>
<li>Some of the bookcases in the shop are getting a little battered, so we're can hopefully replace these for shiny new ones from Ikea. </li>
<li>We are commissioning a statue of Sam to have in the window of the shop*</li>
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There's so much more we can do too. Essentially, this extra money will give us a bit of breathing space, something many small businesses like us very rarely get. You lot have given us this breathing space and it means the world.<br />
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We will, of course, be throwing a big "Thank You" party, of which you are all invited.<br />
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Meanwhile, if you have a minute or more free might I suggest you go over to <a href="http://galleybeggar.co.uk/"><b>Galley Beggar Press</b></a> website and have a look at all the amazing stuff they've got over there.<br />
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*this isn't true. Sorry Sam. Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-38585408024383220072016-02-19T14:16:00.002+00:002016-02-19T14:16:46.177+00:00Wine in Literature. A Tasting Experience with Oddbins<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<em><strong>“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.”</strong></em><strong> – John Keats</strong></div>
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<strong>Well, we can’t guarantee the serenading of music or the fine weather for that matter but we think John Keats was on to something with the books and wine.</strong></div>
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<strong>Which is why we’ve teamed up with the lovely people from Oddbins to offer you a series of five very special wine tasting events throughout 2016. Each of these tastings has a relationship with the world of wine. Whether it takes centre stage, sets the scene or aids the course of the story, these books would not be the same without it.</strong></div>
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<strong>Each of the tastings explores a different theme and you will have the chance to sample some of the most delicious wines from Oddbins’ vast selection.</strong></div>
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<strong>Run by Angela Cosgrove, from Oddbins, they will be held every two months at the bookshop, on the last Thursday of the month, starting on Thursday February 25<sup>th</sup>. They’ll kick off at </strong><st1:time hour="19" minute="0" w:st="on"><strong>7.00pm</strong></st1:time><strong> and each will finish around </strong><st1:time hour="20" minute="30" w:st="on"><strong>8.30pm</strong></st1:time><strong>. There’ll be a chance to purchase extra bottles of the featured wines at discounted prices on the night too!</strong></div>
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<strong>Tickets for these events are just £12 per person (<a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/wine-tasting-on-thursday-february-25th/prod_829.html">HERE</a>), per event, but if you‘d like to come along to all five, we can offer you a discounted price of just £50 (<a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/block-ticket-for-all-five-wine-tastings-at-the-big-green-bookshop-in-2016/prod_830.html">HERE</a>).</strong></div>
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<strong>FEBRUARY’s event is entitled;</strong></div>
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<strong>The settings of these books are characters in themselves and the imagery told conjures the beauty of the wine producing land within which goes hand in hand with the quaffing of the local wines.</strong></div>
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<strong>This will be followed by;</strong></div>
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<strong>We know their names but did we get the significance the role of wine (and a little beer...) plays in these novels and short stories.</strong></div>
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<strong>Food and Drinks has been part of culture since time began but now it is often found playing a role that shapes who we are and our characteristics. The protagonists in these books have shown how consuming the world of wine can be in their life choices and relationships.</strong></div>
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<strong>These books all reflect the romance and struggle of cultivating vineyards and the labour of love in producing wine, from ‘flying’ winemakers to beginner’s luck the wines and how they make them are told and reflected in those tasted.</strong></div>
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<strong> These books all tell the tale of murder, corruption and foul play in the world of wine. From detective winemakers to spilt Claret in the vineyard it seems wine and crime go hand in hand.</strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<strong>Tickets for February’s event are available at just £12 <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/wine-tasting-on-thursday-february-25th/prod_829.html">HERE</a>.</strong></div>
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<strong>If you want to book ALL FIVE tastings you can purchase a ticket for just £50 <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/block-ticket-for-all-five-wine-tastings-at-the-big-green-bookshop-in-2016/prod_830.html">HERE</a>. </strong></div>
Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-25735570528889347972016-02-19T14:15:00.001+00:002016-02-19T14:15:49.384+00:00Music Quiz with Chris Salewicz<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Join Chris Salewicz for a Very Special “Dead Gods” evening. </span></b></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: larger;">£5 a team - <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/tickets-for-dead-gods-music-quiz-with-chris-salewicz-on-february-26th/prod_831.html">BUY TICKETS HERE</a></span></strong></div>
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<strong><img align="left" alt="" height="288" hspace="3" src="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/images/uploads/dead%20gods.jpg" style="border: none;" vspace="3" width="190" />Please join us for a brilliant evening with author, music journalist and all round legend Chris Salewicz as we host a MUSIC QUIZ to coincide with Chris’ new book “Dead Gods”.</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: larger;"><em><strong>Robert Johnson. Brian Jones. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Kurt Cobain. Amy Winehouse.</strong></em></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><strong> They were inspirational, controversial, talismanic and innovative. They lead lives full of myth, scandal, sex, drugs and some of the most glorious music that has ever heard.<br />Though each of their lives were cut tragically short at the age of 27, they would all leave the world having changed it irrevocably. Chris Salewicz tells, in intimate detail, the stories behind these compelling figures. From Robert Johnson and his legendary deal with the devil, to Jimi Hendrix appearing like a psychedelic comet on the London scene, through to Amy Winehouse's blazing talent and her savage appetite for self-destruction.</strong></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>The quiz will focus on each of the artists in the book and throughout the night Chris will be reading and discussing the book. </strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>Teams cost £5 (payment in advance <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-might-like-/tickets-for-dead-gods-music-quiz-with-chris-salewicz-on-february-26th/prod_831.html">HERE</a> please).</strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>The book will be available to purchase on the night and Chris will be happy to sign copies and answer any of your questions about these incredible artists.</strong></div>
Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-19072882065509394732015-12-19T10:42:00.000+00:002015-12-19T10:42:02.104+00:00QUIZ TONIGHT - TWO PLACES LEFT<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ecxtemplateContainer" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.3px; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="line-height: 21.3px;">
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Hello, <br style="line-height: 22.72px;" /> A final reminder about or quiz tonight, with Redemption Brewery beer and Wildes Cheese. <br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />We've had two teams pull out, so if you want to come along, you still can. <br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />It's £15 for a team of four (this price includes 4 bottles of beer and a cheese platter courtesy of Wilde's Cheese). <br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />If you don't think you'll be able to get together a full team, don't worry. You can either join another team, or you can be in a team of 1, 2 or 3. We will charge you £3.75 per team member. <br style="line-height: 22.72px;" /><br />THE WINNING TEAM WILL GET £50 TO SPEND ON BOOKS!<br /><br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />It starts at 7.30pm and your quiz master is illusive Twitter legend Greg Stekelman (@TheManWhoFell). <br style="line-height: 22.72px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />There's also a special 3 for 2 on all books for everyone who turns up tonight!!<br style="line-height: 22.72px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />All the information about the quiz can be found <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/"><strong style="line-height: 22.72px;"><span style="color: #2baadf;"><span style="cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.72px;">HERE</span></span></strong>.</a><br style="line-height: 22.72px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.72px;" />Please call us (020 8881 6767) or email (enquiries@biggreenbookshop.com), if you want to come along.</div>
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Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159946864890651879.post-79456958672884814632015-11-25T09:51:00.000+00:002015-11-25T09:51:09.267+00:00Civilised SaturdayThis year, a number of Bookshops are holding what is being described as "<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/black-friday/12013231/uk-bookshops-tackle-black-friday-with-civilised-saturday.html">Civilised Saturday</a>", which is being sold as "an antithesis to Black Friday.<br />
Now, I'm all for a bit of civilised behaviour, but as a business, i'd be absolutely delighted if the shop was completely mobbed out with customers all day on Friday, picking up lots and lots of brilliant books.<br />
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I kind of understand the idea of "Civilised Saturday", which is why we're holding <a href="http://www.biggreenbookshop.com/">Sausage Saturday</a> (a chance for people to spend lots of money here and also enjoy some lovely food supplied by local businesses), but I think that any opportunity should be taken advantage of.<br />
Sorry if this seems a bit greedy, but as well as being a lovely bookshop that tries to support and celebrate its local area, we are also a shop who wants to be profitable and BUSY.<br />
So maybe, just maybe, we'll be offering a few tasty little bargains on Friday too.<br />
Shoot me (don't shoot me).Simon Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026040394346670345noreply@blogger.com0