Journo-turned-bookseller. Run @BackstoryLDN, edit Backstory magazine. [email protected] š³ļøāš
London, England
Joined August 2009
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Why I'm starting a bookshop - the first of my (free) weekly emails. Sign up if you like! tomrowley.substack.com/p/whyā¦
Three literary editors talking at a party, me making up the gaggle.
Me: āI canāt wait for the new Patrick Radden Keefeā
Lit Ed 1: āOh yes. Brilliant.ā
Lit Eds 2 and 3, shocked *and jealous*: āSo youāve read it?ā
Lit Ed 1: āOh no. But brilliant.ā
If you listen to audiobooks, do you get themā¦
33%Free on Spotify
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67%Audible subscription
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3 votes ā¢ Final resultsDo any of you order gifts for family/friends online with nice presentation eg gift wrapping/nice notes or cards etc? If so, which brands/e-commerce sites do this well?
Order a signed and personally inscribed copy of @JohnJCrace latest book, delivered anywhere in the UK backstory.london/products/thā¦
Great mag meets great bookshop. Get your copy now!
At long last, the greatest book of this young century is here.
The Fence is proud to present The Pub - a guide to, and almanac of, all things pub and pubbing.
14 August. Ā£16.99. Pre-order with our official bookshop partner, @BackstoryLdn.
backstory.london/products/thā¦
Buried in the details is this big deal for small businesses. āDe minimisā currently allows businesses (including ours!) to sell relatively inexpensive products direct to US consumers with no duty (and saves a whole bunch of faff on both sides)
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Friends, readers, please join us at brilliant @BackstoryLdn Balham 30/10 7.30pm, for talk about my memoir #HomeIsWhereWeStart @FigTreePenguin, my 70/80's commune upbringing, rebelling against rebels, memoir writing, home & more. Come & say 'hi'. Book here
backstory.london/products/30ā¦
"There's something of the Levy sensibility here. Serious and poetic, delicate & wise...a careful unfolding of the truth." @thetimes
30/10 7.30pm @BackstoryLdn. Iāll be talking about my commune childhood & āHome Is Where Is Where We Startā @FigTreePenguin
backstory.london/products/30ā¦
I am. Are you?
(Thisāll be great.)
Some news: I've quit my job at the Guardian to launch London Centric, a modern news outlet for the capital doing journalism in the old-fashioned way.
I saw the response on here to the Evening Standard's print closure and it felt like time to step up: londoncentric.media
Come and work in my lovely bookshop!
Weāre hiring a bookseller to work every Friday and Saturday at our lovely bookshop in south London. Come and join our friendly team! More info here - backstory.london/pages/jobs
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Weāre hiring a bookseller to work every Friday and Saturday at our lovely bookshop in south London. Come and join our friendly team! More info here - backstory.london/pages/jobs
Thanks to the publisher who sent me tea and chocolates from Fortnums. I couldnāt find a note. Whoever it is, I shall only buy books from you from now on.
On my proofs pile: the new Sally Rooney, the new Elizabeth Strout, @SimonParkin latestā¦ which to read first? Desperate to tear into all three. Solution: start with the new @The_Fence_Mag, which arrived today, too.
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NEW
@BackstoryLdn bookseller and formerĀ Economist journalist @tomjrowley offers book recommendations on British politics that share expert insight into the backdrop to the UK general election
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Oklahoma! Our @BackstoryLdn books magazine went on sale in @BNbuzz across USA this week. Wild to see copies have already sold in branches from Tulsa (OK) to San Antonio (TX) & of course New York (NY). Very exciting!
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Fabulous debut novel. I bought it after @tomjrowley & @BackstoryLdn raved about it. And as they had recommended my favourite novel of 2023 ā Alice Winnās āIn Memoriamā ā I thought Iād give it a go.
It turns out they have impeccable tasteā¦
