all that being said, Sotherans continues (as always) in new form with some lovely people both old and nascent who continue the great work. I've been sad not to have had as much time as usual to take care of this account lately, and I will be very happy to see it taken up anew

Lovely things have recently arrived on our shelves. See them here! Or in the shop. Or both. Either is fine.

@elonmusk one for the X home library?

I just read an interview in @guardian with Tilda Swinton and thought 1. Isn't she splendid? 2. Wasn't she splendid in Orlando? 3. Isn't this Orlando just as splendid?

@adistractedbird Oh yes, and that.

Want to see how an actual writer edits his actual book? You can almost smell the midnight oil burning.

Here it is - our bumper summer catalogue! It is very smashing, I promise.

RT @fjastrzembski10: I splurged and bought myself a signed, first-edition copy of General Henry R. H. MacIver’s biography. Thanks, @Sothera…

A plague of different ailments has struck the staff so we will be closing at 4 today, 14th June. Really sorry for the inconvenience, but we couldn't leave Dave to crew the ship alone.

Anyway, here's a nice cosy corner to sit in. Perfect for gremlins to perch on while concocting ways to utterly derange our WiFi.

@Saerdana They either want a blood sacrifice or National Lottery scratchcards.

@Saerdana Absolutely not. Gremlins have been the source of all our woes since we got here.

@PodgeIreland I try not to as a matter of principle

also you may see a lot of this going around but in our defence some of those cases were heavy and besides the country is FULL of our old bookcases, historically speaking we shed some every 50 years or so