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#shotoniphone #iphone14pro #northumberland #alnwick #barterbooks #monochrome
May 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Accidentally bought three more Target novels. #DoctorWho #BarterBooks #Books
Target Doctor Who novels for The Enemy of the World, The Invasion of Time and The Creature from the Pit. All with the red Tom Baker logo.
April 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
drkathrynmannix.bsky.social
That tiny moon and Venus were clear again today.

Northumberland
3rd January 2025
4.15pm

After lots of coffee and writing in the cosy tearoom at #BarterBooks Alnwick.
January 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
cjfrenton.bsky.social
3N - dusty, mould, Barterbooks (Alnwick), dettol, damp air, oiled wood,
#BlindDrams
May 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
iainjclarkart.com
Pit stop in #BarterBooks.
#books
White bloke, red lighting, against a marge wall mural and a wood, steel and glass Victorian train station celling, bookshelves.
December 8, 2024 at 4:56 PM
staffswayman.bsky.social
Hanging out in the bookshop:
(I don't think I said anything weird) 🧐
#BarterBooks 📷
#Northumberland
Photo of shelves in a bookshop. One book prominently placed... Titled "Weird things customers say in bookshops"
April 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
philipgreenland.bsky.social
Can somebody just stop me from going into secondhand bookshops 📚 #BarterBooks
February 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM
listermj.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekAForAlliteration
An Assortment of Autobiographies in Alnwick.
The section of Cricket & Football autobiographies at Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Have you read any of them?
#books #sport #barterbooks #alnwick #eastcoastkin
A black and white picture of bookshelves filled with Cricket and Football autobiography books. This is at Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe.
July 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
fotovue.bsky.social
My personally philosophy #fotovue #barterbooks
December 7, 2024 at 1:06 PM
peck7235.bsky.social
Currently in #BarterBooks in Northumberland, one of the best second hand bookshops you'll find.

Now to settle into a comfy corner with a cup of tea, a piece of cake and my new book on photographer Eve Arnold 😊

#books #reading #photography

📚💙
October 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
messy-by-name.bsky.social
The best book store ever!!

#BarterBooks
#Alnwick
#Northumberland
#NorthNorthumberland
August 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
karlonsea.bsky.social
Today’s find at #BarterBooks in Alnwick. I did a degree in electronics, but could never afford this book at the time. So happy to own it now, 35 years later!
February 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
archaeoethicist.bsky.social
I’m sat in a cafe drinking good coffee, dogs asleep under the table, The Cure playing, having been to #BarterBooks, where I bought a beautiful copy of the Rubaiyat with illustrations by Dulac. In a bit, I’m going to the beach. This year I am reclaiming my joy from academia. Happy New Year!
January 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Made it! Next stop #BarterBooks 📚📚📚😍 ##BookSky
Anthony Gormley's Angel of The North. Red coloured steel angel with outstretched wings on a green hillside
February 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
listermj.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBforBooks
#ColorADay #BWFri
The marvellous Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland.
It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe.
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#BlueBrewBooks #classicmono #barterbooks #alnwick #northumberland #literature #photography #eastcoastkin
A black and white image of a walkway with many wooden bookshelves either side of it. The genre of each bookshelf is written in capital letters on the outside of the bookshelf. This is at Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe. The bookshop is housed in the town's old Victorian railway station, which was decommissioned in 1968. Lines from poems and quotes, such as those from the Song of Solomon seen in the image, are displayed throughout the shop. The text displayed prominently on a banner above the walkway for each row in the image is a quote from the Song of Solomon: "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle...". The shop operates on a barter system, allowing customers to trade their own books for store credit. It is known for its cozy atmosphere, featuring comfortable seating areas, open fireplaces, and a model railway that runs above the bookshelves
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
mistercorzi.bsky.social
“Rows of books around me stand,
Fence me round on either hand;
Through that forest of dead words
I would hunt the living birds”
Louis MacNeice (1936)
#photography #books #shelves #bookshop #PotD #poetry #MacNeice #BarterBooks #Alnwick #literature
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 AM
jestermouse.bsky.social
A second-hand bookshop in a former train station with a model train? Thank you very much!!! 📚 🚂

#BarterBooks #Alnwick
Lots of books with a mural on the upper wall below a glass ceiling. A model train runs above head height. Shelves of books with a white door in the middle of an old stone wall, with “waiting room” painted on it. Rows and rows of bookshelves in a high-vaulted room. A line of poetry spans two shelves, reading “I have desired to go / where springs not fail” Shelves full of old annuals and comics
March 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
kierdalemodels.bsky.social
The essential trip to BarterBooks! I got one more for my Sharpe collection (just about 6 left to go). I enjoyed the first Flashman & found the second so got it. A great contrast in main characters!😂
And…
August 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
sarahcgray1.bsky.social
In Barter Books in Alnwick. Eating an enormous bowl of porridge (salt, natch). Starting 2025 RIGHT. #barterbooks #northumberland
January 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
edith-luna.bsky.social
Quite possibly the most magical of bookshops….even if you don’t get free coffee anymore 🤔

#book #books #secondhandbooks #barterbooks #bookshop #alnwick
November 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
listermj.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekKforKn
"Knowledge is power" (commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon 1597)
Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland.
It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe.
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#classicmono #barterbooks #alnwick #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin
A black and white image of a walkway with many wooden bookshelves either side of it. The genre of each bookshelf is written in capital letters on the outside of the bookshelf. This is at Barter Books in Alnwick,. Northumberland, England. It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe. The bookshop is housed in the town's old Victorian railway station, which was decommissioned in 1968. Lines from poems and quotes, such as those from the Song of Solomon seen in the image, are displayed throughout the shop. The text displayed prominently on a banner above the walkway for each row in the image is a quote from the Song of Solomon: "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle...". The shop operates on a barter system, allowing customers to trade their own books for store credit. It is known for its cozy atmosphere, featuring comfortable seating areas, open fireplaces, and a model railway that runs above the bookshelves
September 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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Kathryn Burnett on Instagram: "Barter Books 📚 You could spend all day here ☺️ #barterbooks #read #northumberland #books #alnwick"
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August 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Summer Showcase: Barter Books, Alnwick

#DavidSmithMP #NorthNorthumberland #Labour #DavidsSummerShowcase #BarterBooks
August 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
listermj.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekCforCommunication
Who hasn't seen this ubiquitous motivational statement?
This is the original poster from World War 2 rediscovered in 2000 at Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland

And the rest is history 😀
#barterbooks #alnwick #command #keepcalm #photography #eastcoastkin
A red poster with white capital letters of: Keep Calm and Carry On This was a motivational poster produced by the Government of the United Kingdom in 1939 in preparation for World War II. The poster was intended to raise the morale of the British public, This original one was found in 2000 at Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is one of the largest second hand bookshops in Europe.
July 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
allantadams.bsky.social
Books galore and now in colour. I added colour to a copy of my drawing of Barter Books, Alnwick. A bit of colour can make a big difference.

#BarterBooks #Alnwick
#PenArt #Drawing #sketchbook
#ArtYear
Pen and watercolour of a window in a stone wall at the end of a row of bookshelves in a book shop. A travelling watercolour set is used to add colour to a copy of a pen drawing of a bookshop window. Pen drawing of shelves of books arranged in a row to reveal a tall window in a stone wall. Pencil drawing of a water fountain with a basin attached to a recess in a stone wall. There are two drinking cups attached to the recess wall with chains. There is a tap between the chains. The words FILTERED WATER are inscribed on the wall above the tap.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM