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Hiumandy will be revisiting us once again to make some incredible personalised bookmarks for some lucky customers! Come along throughout the morning for your face sketched out for a brilliant portrait- for free!

Get your Tickets to join our Feminist book club in May! 📚 We will be reading The Last Sane Woman by Hannah Regel, A beguiling debut novel about friendship and failure. ✨ As always, a big thank you to Kate Feld for facilitating, and we hope you all can join us in May!

With the weather heating up and the bank holiday almost upon us, we have put together a stack of books that we think fit the vibe! For more info about these titles or more hot bank holiday reads check out this list we've put together for your perusal! eu1.hubs.ly/H0jMmcK0

It is Dying Matters Awareness Week 5th – 11th May. GMBS will be holding a coffee morning at House of Books & Friends to raise awareness of this on the Friday 9th of May, 10am-12pm. Available for anyone to join, and it is free to register on the link: eu1.hubs.ly/H0jMFpD0

On May 1st every year, we celebrate International Worker’s Day – so in honour of workers everywhere, we’ve put together a list of some of the best books by working class writers available at the House of Books and Friends! 🥖🌹 Check it out via the link in our bio.

Thank you to everyone who attended Little Bookworms on Sunday! For June's pick, we will be reading Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods by the wonderful Jennifer Killick. Tickets can be purchased in store or online: bit.ly/44YEO5B

MAY BOOK CLUB📖 Tickets for our May book club are now live on our website! As always, there are three sessions with complimentary tickets available if needed. ✨ This May, we will be reading To The Dogs by Louise Welsh! Find out more: bit.ly/4lA1Qpl

Who's hungry?! 🍴 Our insatiable appetites book recommendations explore what it means to be hungry, be it for food, power, fame or blood. Follow the link below to find more extremely digestible reads bit.ly/4iJgvvI

🌱📚 Mental Health Awareness Week: 12-18 May 📚🌱 Did you know that reading can actually be great for your mental health? Whether it’s diving into a good book to escape, gaining new insights, or just finding a bit of comfort in someone else’s story 📖✨

We're taking part in Feminist Book Fortnight — a delightfully radical tradition started in the 1980s by indie booksellers across the U.K. and Ireland. Because nothing says *timeless rebellion* like well-organized shelving and recommended reading lists. ♀️📚

Happy Eurovision!🎤🕺✨ Our booksellers have put together a performance featuring books from the Eurovision countries to get you in the party spirit. See all the books and more via the link in our bio.

After much anticipation we're pleased to announce the dates for our Afternoon Tea in July, August and September! ☕📚Slots are available of a first come first serve basis. To ensure your chance of getting a seat, call us as soon as possible! See slides for more details➡️

Little Green Sock Project help families in Trafford with essential items, making sure no child goes without. They urgently need donations of new baby books (up to 2 years). Buy one, buy two, or twenty two, it's up to you! Link in bio to donate 💛🧦

Our Afternoon Tea has SOLD OUT! Thank you so much to everyone who has booked in, and to everyone for being so patient on the phone this morning! We will aim to release more dates in August for you to book for October, November and December!

It’s International Tea Day! Celebrate in store with a range of brewed flavours, or any of our iced teas: Charitea Green or Black iced teas, or one of our own Raspberry or Peach iced teas! 🫖🧋

You and I, we're going to... the launch of John Robb's new book, LIVE FOREVER on the 4th June!🎸✍️ Come along to see one of Manchester's most prolific music journalists speak to renowned Manchester poet Tony Walsh on his new book! Link in the bio 🎟️

aaaaand we are back with another game of guess the book title from the spredges! 🎨 Do you recognise any of these books from their gorgeous edges? Leave your guesses in the comments below!

Little Green Sock Project help families in Trafford with essential items, making sure no child goes without. House of Books & Friends will be selecting books for Little Green Sock Project funded by your generous donations. Link here to donate: bit.ly/4mvrFXU 💛🧦

This July we are pleased to welcome Marcia Hutchinson to discuss her new book The Mercy Step! "dark, humorous, and passionately captures the unique realities of the northern Black experience.'' Tickets available here: bit.ly/4mvzYmO 1 d

📚 NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS! 📚 We have partnered with The Children's Book Project to hold a children's book drive! Across May and June you can donate your pre-loved children's books in store to help reduce book waste and help change lives