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The Bookshop
@WigtownBookShop
Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. Author of Diary of a Bookseller, Confessions of a Bookseller and Seven Kinds of People you Find in Bookshops.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Oct 28, 2022
    Bed in the spare room. Even though I made it ten years ago, it hasn’t fallen apart.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Feb 21, 2024
    If anyone feels like working in the shop in exchange for accommodation, this is the old gardener’s cottage, recently renovated.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Aug 15, 2024
    Never ask volunteers to ‘do something with the crime section’.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Dec 6, 2020
    Replaced the horrible plastic COVID screen with a lovely Georgian window.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Oct 25, 2022
    Quite nice to think of Jane Austen chilling with her friends.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Jul 27, 2018
    The Irish Free State Official Handbook, published in 1932, nailed the psychedelic book cover design 40 years before it became fashionable.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Oct 31, 2022
    A huge thank you to Alison, who made this extraordinary thing and dropped it in on Saturday afternoon. And my apologies for getting a bit emotional.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Jul 20, 2018
    Scotland's First Minister demonstrates her impeccable taste in literature.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Jul 15, 2020
    First customer in 116 days.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Jan 11, 2023
    Is there a second-hand bookseller in the country who isn’t currently living in fear of what to do with the inevitable onslaught of unread copies of Spare?
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Oct 15, 2024
    Just bought this pretty good collection of Penguins.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Oct 29, 2022
    In an entirely ill-considered attempt to improve staff morale on a damp autumn day, I came up with the idea that we'd each write something nice about each other, and not show the person what we'd written until we'd taken a photograph of them holding it above their head.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Sep 21, 2018
    Nicola Sturgeon in The Bookshop. She was completely charming.
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    The Bookshop
    @WigtownBookShop
    Jan 12, 2023
    This is the cover photo for my next book. It’s going to be called Spar, and will be about a trip to a convenience store in Girvan.
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