Est. by Sam Read in 1887. Award-winning small bookshop in the Lake District. Posts from @likewinterblue.bsky.social and @pollyrowena.bsky.social Insta: samreadbookseller Browse a selection from our virtual shelves: www.samreadbooks.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3muuvi2lymc23Spent some time today delving into the bookshop's archives ahead of this coming week's Bookselling Research Network conference at Bangor University. This postcard was sent to Sam Read by a Glasgow publisher in 1898, hoping to arrange a meeting to show off samples of their works.06 Sep 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuvi2lymc23https://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3muao63mbbk2pWonderful to get a visit today from Emily Woof whose beautiful new novel Ecstatic has just been published by @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. Signed copies on the shelves!29 Aug 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muao63mbbk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mt2go27t322d"You don't water the books?" Despite this parched summer, the bookshop has been looking beautiful swathed in sunshine.14 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2go27t322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mrnvvvw3ls26Another bustling day at the bookshelves met by the calm of evening, with clouds over the fells and owls calling from the Easedale Road.27 Jul 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnvvvw3ls26https://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3moht7gohrk2gThis evening in Grasmere! 7pm! #IndieBookshopWeek [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3moht7gohrk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mnmopdsaqk2bIt's June and #IndieBookshopWeek is fast approaching. Join us in Grasmere Village Hall on Wednesday June 17th to hear us talk with Katie Clapham about her bookselling life, and owning a small indie, through her shiny new book 'Receipts from the Bookshop'. Tickets here! https://www.samreadbooks.co.uk/product/receiptsevent/EXHDIW7MIWLKNXRDPIZOCU6Z06 Jun 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmopdsaqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mnkxlgkwok2xHappy publication week to these excellent books...05 Jun 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkxlgkwok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mlixhkmm4c2bBlue sky and fluffy white clouds chasing across the sky above the bookshop. Bicycles on the Fred Whitton chasing along the roads (not in picture).10 May 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlixhkmm4c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mjztm5ya422zA week today! Join us for the online launch of @beewyld.bsky.social's new book #TheApothecaryByTheSea - a year in an Orkney Garden - pictured here during a glorious #Grasmere #GoldenHour. Vik will be interviewed by our own co-captain @pollyrowena.bsky.social - April 28th, 7.30pm BST. 
Link in bio.21 Apr 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjztm5ya422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mjpq3sti5k2rBe like Katie Holten! Come along to the online launch for #TheApothecaryByTheSea, Tuesday April 28th, 7.30pm BST. Ticket info here: #BookSky #NatureWriting #Orkney #Gardening [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpq3sti5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3miluqdoy4s2tA spell of Good Friday without sideways rain, as a wealth of good reading heads out the bookshop door.03 Apr 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3miluqdoy4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mhjpmppl4k2aSpring equinox aurora in Grasmere20 Mar 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjpmppl4k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mghud3ql5k2pWeekend bookshop sunshine in Grasmere and new books flooding onto the bookshelves.07 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghud3ql5k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mfwnwmmp5k2aFresh bursts of blue sky and weekend sunshine across the bookshop window.28 Feb 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwnwmmp5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mfcibc42as2mFriday afternoon bookshop, sunshine!20 Feb 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcibc42as2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mere6equx22zHowever you feel about Valentine’s day we are aflame with books to fall in love with/by, and will always help you find "the one". As the sun lit the snow on the tops pink at shop closing this afternoon, we put together this little stack of #RecommendedReads on love and loving. #BookSky #Valentines13 Feb 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mere6equx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3meqxrbvqh22wA dusting of snow on the fells beyond the bookshop hustle and bustle.13 Feb 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqxrbvqh22whttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3meofe6lm5c2jCelebrating paperback publication day for @mwcraven.bsky.social's #TheFinalVow with a visit and signing. Catch your signed Final Vows and selected backlist on the shelves whilst you can! #ChooseBookshops #IndieBookshops #CumbriaCulture #CumbriaCrime #BookSky12 Feb 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3meofe6lm5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3melr2xasl226An eclectic longlist for the 2026 Women's Prize for non-fiction! @womensprize.bsky.social Take a look at the titles here... https://www.samreadbooks.co.uk/shop/women-s-prize-non-fiction-2026/IOPZPTSVNCPRXN5NIDCBWDG611 Feb 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3melr2xasl226https://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mebhyzd7js2aA top (withens) amount of Emily Brontë's #WutheringHeights selling from the bookshelves at present. Moody, passionate, and that's just the booksellers...07 Feb 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebhyzd7js2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3me6ure4p2c2iAlways great to see so many browsers out and about in Grasmere this time of the year.06 Feb 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6ure4p2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3md6hmhrnuk2iNew paperback fiction on the bookshop table right now...24 Jan 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6hmhrnuk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mbjim6c3os2xOn the Tenth Day of Christmas, Grasmere is bathed in sunshine from dry stone wall to jackdaw wing.03 Jan 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjim6c3os2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mbckegfjt22sA last glimpse of light in the Grasmere sky for 2025. Wishing you all a happy new year and we'll see you back in the bookshop on Friday 2nd January 2026 (doors open at 10am!)31 Dec 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbckegfjt22shttps://bsky.app/profile/samreadbookseller.bsky.social/post/3mb36752j3s2nOur 20 top selling books at Sam Read's for 2025 look like this! Top 5 were: 1. Rory Stewart, Middleland 2. Polly Atkin, The Company of Owls HB 3. Esther Rutter, All Before Me 4. David Nicholls, You Are Here 5. Stephen G Rae, Folklore of the Lake District28 Dec 2025 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:54vyebs727yake4drxcb3ujv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb36752j3s2n