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2 days ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Book Club posts are for paid subscribers. A monthly subscription costs less than one bar of Tony’s Chocolonely. I can’t say which is tastier! Huge thanks to my newest subscribers, I can’t wait to write for you. If you enjoy reading my work please consider a paid subscription to access everything including these monthly book club discussion threads. Aliens, eh?
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1 week ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Good Morning from the bookshop in St. Annes on the Sea where we’re, momentarily, living our best lets-wear-linen lives. It’s been a gorgeous week, with the weather getting better every day. Yesterday was actually HOT (urgh!) and today it is LOVELY and tomorrow, when everyone’s finally off work and can look forward to sitting in their gardens with a book and a beer while the barbeque sizzles their sausages, it’s going to be OVERCAST AND MAYBE DAMP.
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1 week ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Hello to all my new subscribers, I’m so glad you’re here. I’ll be back in the bookshop on Friday, and I’ll tell you all about it in the free Receipt from the Bookshop then, but in the meantime today’s post is for my paid subscribers. The Book Club choice for June is here, the discussion thread will open toward the end of the month. If you enjoy reading my work please consider a paid subscription to access everything. You can interview me for that promotion here.
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2 weeks ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Good Morning! It’s that warm and windy weather that makes you want to put a wash on, but it’s also Friday the 13th, so maybe you’d find a red sock in your whites, or hang it all out only to see the clouds fade to black as you finish. I don’t believe in bad luck, because any day has the potential to be terrible, but I’m in good spirits today so let’s throw open the door and sell the good people of St. Annes some lovely books.
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2 weeks ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Hello to all my new subscribers, I’m so glad you’re here. Today’s piece is for my paid subscribersbut my free post - Receipt from the Bookshop - will be in your inboxes on Friday. The weekly Receipt is always sent out as a free post, but paid subs get an additional essay/review/discussion or, like today, my epic monthly round-up.
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3 weeks ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Hi friends. It’s Friday and I’m back in the bookshop even though I was here yesterday, and Tuesday and Monday. Like a real job! Intolerable!! Business Mum’s back from her short holiday in the Lake District later today, thank god, so the normal schedule resumes with her being here and furious all the time except Fridays, when I’m here, and only mildly perturbed about it.
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3 weeks ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Hello to all my new subscribers, I’m so glad you’re here. Today’s piece is for my paid subscribersbut my free post - Receipt from the Bookshop - will be in your inboxes on Friday. The weekly Receipt is always sent out as a free post, but paid subs get an additional essay/review/discussion or, like today, bonus bits from the bookshop when I’m working here some extra days. The Book Club selection for June is this - discussion thread opens at the end of the month.
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4 weeks ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Dearest Subscribers, It’s been brought to my attention that yesterday’s post went out with the comments restricted. This was absolutely an ERROR. I love hearing from you, and comments will always be open to ALL subscribers on the Receipt when it goes out. This is the first time I’ve messed this up on the settings but with the influx of new subscribers recently I just wanted to point out this wasn’t a sneaky sales tactic to get you to upgrade to a paid subscription.
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4 weeks ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Good Morning! It’s Friday and it’s Half Term (Schools are closed). Remember last week when I said it was due to rain and ruin everyone’s holidays - well, it did. It has rained every day this week; the plants were all quenched, but the children were all miffed. Today the rain has already happened, early enough for it to matter less. The sun is out now and perhaps the slides in the parks are already dry enough to slide down! Not that it matters much to me of course, being inside this bookshop all day.
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1 month ago | 
katieclapham.substack.com | Katie Clapham
Hello to all my new subscribers, I’m so glad you’re here. I’ll be back in the bookshop on Friday, and I’ll tell you all about it in the free Receipt from the Bookshop then, but in the meantime today’s post is for my paid subscribers. By the by, the Book Club discussion thread for May is here. If you enjoy reading my work please consider a paid subscription to access everything. You can interview me for that promotion here. All Shares, Restacks and Recommendations are really appreciated.