Welcome to Terrible at Titles (bad title)

Hello, I’m Katie, a writer and independent bookshop owner based in the North West (UK).

Free subscribers can expect the Receipt from the Bookshop - a ‘live’ bulletin documenting the conversations and transactions that occurred that day in my bookshop - every Friday. (Unless I change which day I am working, or decide to just not show up…)

Paid subscribers get an additional post each week; a book recommendation or review, a tedious essay on whatever I feel like writing about, or some bonus bits from the bookshop, along with access to my monthly book club discussion thread.

A monthly subscription to Terrible at Titles costs less than a latte. If you enjoy reading my work please consider a paid subscription to access everything. You can interview me for that promotion here and celebrate my one year on Substack here.

Book purchase links in all my letters go to the bookshop.org account for my business, Storytellers, Inc., so if you buy a book I’ve recommended you’re supporting my bricks-and-mortar independent bookshop, and I really appreciate it. Thank you.

me outside my independent bookshop launching my teen novel, Three Girls, photographed here with a local independent bin bag


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My weekly post - Receipt from the Bookshop - is written in real time from my award-winning independent bookshop in St. Annes-on-Sea, UK. Paid subscribers also get an additional weekly essay/book review and access to my book club.

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