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Storyville Books is located in Pontypridd, South Wales, and are the town's only independent bookshop selling new books.
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Discover the true beauty of Wales with 28 enchanting walks. Available in store or via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/wil...

New in! The Manga Classics adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island brings the classic adventure story to life in a colorful, manga inspired style. Available in store or via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/man...

Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening. An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply: “The same will happen here”.

I am coming to Pontypridd again - such a lovely bookshop

We are very excited to welcome @robinince.bsky.social back to Pontypridd to talk about his latest book! Join us this May 😊 www.ticketsource.co.uk/Storyville-B... @panmacmillan.bsky.social

Mining Men: Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface is an exploration of Britain's mining men and the lives they lived. Available in store or online via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/min...

Available now in store or via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/bwy... Bwyd y Stryd, Bwyd y Byd is a Welsh language children's book about a group of school children who work together to put on a food festival to raise money to save their school's garden.

Available in store or online via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/of-... John Steinbeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men. Perfect for school or for personal reading.

Kaden's Weekly Recommendations! Week Fourty Eight: Vampires: A Handbook of History & Lore of the Undead by Agnes Hollyhock (Originally published: August 29 2024) Available in store and online via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/vam... Perfect for fans of folklore.

Now back in stock - Welsh Giants, Ghosts & Goblins storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/wel...

Now in stock!

Diolch @storyvillebooks.bsky.social edrych ymlaen at dysgu mwy am natur cymru

what a fabulous array of @calonbooks.bsky.social on display @storyvillebooks.bsky.social today

From our manga shelves, available in store or online via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/tis... Tista, from the creator of Spy x Family, is a more gritty thriller following the titular Tista, an assassin with superhuman eye sight allowing her to make near impossible shots.

Childhood classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt now available in store and online! storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/wer...

The Art of Losing is a collection of poems in both English and Welsh that explore themes such as grief and loss and consolation in various forms. Available in store and via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/the...

World Book Day is nearly upon us! Check out our colourful selection of World Book Day titles. £1 each or FREE with a World Book Day book token!!!

Kaden's Weekly Recommendations! Week Fourty Seven: Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn (Original release: May 4th 2023) Available in store and via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/bit... Bitterthorn is a hauntingly gorgeous sapphic Gothic fairy tale suitable for an older YA audience.

New Storyville Books Gift Vouchers now available! Just pop in and let us know how much you would like on the voucher and it can be used on anything in store!

Check our some of the wonderful creators and speakers who will be joining us at our Pride Fair in June! Tables are still available, if you're interested in joining us on June 14th pop us an email via [email protected] www.facebook.com/events/38297...

Email us to reserve your copy. These won’t last long! £5 deposit required. [email protected]

If you are into audiobooks there is now an option that supports independent bookshops like us! Nice. libro.fm

Your friendly neighborhood librarian here...buy physical copies of your favorite books, especially challenged or banned books. Preferably from small local merchants. That's all; carry on. #Read #BookSky #Resist 📚

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Created in collaboration with K-Pop icons BTS, 7 Fates: Chakho is an action packed fantasy graphic novel perfect for fans of Bleach! Available in store and via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/7fa...

Available in store or via storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/sun... Sun of Blood and Ruin is a breathtaking romantasy novel that expertly weaves Mexican history and Mesoamerican mythology into a gripping tale.

Available in store and online via: storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/she... She Will Soar is a beautiful collection of poems from different points in time by women from all walks of life.

From our Middle Grade collection! Available in store and via our website. Time Travellers: Adventure Calling is the first book in the epic middle grade series that teaches about erased and hidden histories in a hands on way! storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/the...

Out now! ‘Welsh Women on This Day: 366 Amazing Daily Facts and Stories’ by Huw Rees & Sian Kilcoyne is published today 📚 Pick up your copy in your favourite local bookshop!

Kaden's Weekly Recommendations! Week Fourty Six: Given by Natsuki Kizu (Original English publication:19 Mar 2020) Vol 1 soon available in store. Can also be found here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/give...

Hey authors, there’s never been a better time to use bookshop.org as your link when selling your book

Hot off the press! The fully updated new paperback edition of one of my first books, THE LITTLE BOOK OF WELSH LANDMARKS, is out... now! #wales

For you nostalgia buffs, a lovely hardback version of Ivor the Engine. Available in store or online. storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/ivo...

After selling out AGAIN we are happy to say that The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts is back in stock, online or in store. storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/the... "Wales is a land with a vast wealth of ghost stories, including fantastical animals, flickering death omens and unseen..."

NEW: I just met @georgetakei.bsky.social and he has a very important message for everyone:

A man has appeared in court charged with killing a baby girl who died after being hit by a car in a multi-storey car park in Tenby

Join Neil Collins, author of 'International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the ‘90s Charts', and Rhys Mwyn to celebrate Welsh Language Music Day! 📍 Palas Print, Caernarfon 📅 7 February (Tomorrow!) 🕖 6:30pm 🎟️ FREE

The Mab is now out in paperback - available instore or online storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/the...

Celebrate a 100 Years of Edwards Coaches. Available in store or online. storyvillebooks.myshopify.com/products/edw...

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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7

"Resist the urge to think of your own past as a simpler time. The truth is, you were a child with a child’s understanding of the world... Do not make the choice to regress, no matter how much you wish things could be simple again."

Tried out Ponty parkrun for the first time, with pals from Cardiff. Great turnout on a chilly Saturday morning. Thanks to the volunteers who keep it running! 🏃🏾‍♂️ #Pontypridd #parkrun

The winner of our signed Dan Biggar rugby shirt prize draw has decided to raffle it off with a signed copy of Dan's autobiography, The Biggar Picture. All proceeds go towards Centre Point centrepoint.org.uk Raffle tickets are £1 each and can be bought in store or at Pontypridd Rugby Club.

Take a look at display shelf dedicated to the wonderful titles published by Calon! A beautiful variety of titles to satisfy a range of interests.

Check out our window display! It’s grown! Take a look at some of the books we have available in our main room. Some brilliant fiction and nom fiction titles in both English and Welsh.

Back in stock! Where the Folk by Russ Williams in now once again in store and can also be found online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wher...