https://backstory.london/blogs/my-bookshop-adventure-by-tom-rowley/a-timely-and-urgent-new-post 2023-07-19T11:21:21+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7193/3106/articles/image_101.png?v=1689762081 A timely and urgent new post https://backstory.london/blogs/my-bookshop-adventure-by-tom-rowley/unexpected-idiom-in-the-bagging-area 2023-07-19T12:30:48+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7193/3106/articles/IMG_3587.jpg?v=1689766248 Unexpected idiom in the bagging area https://backstory.london/blogs/my-bookshop-adventure-by-tom-rowley/we-could-rave-about-this-debut-novel 2023-07-24T17:04:35+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7193/3106/articles/image_102_1.png?v=1689767531 We could rave about this debut novel https://backstory.london/blogs/my-bookshop-adventure-by-tom-rowley/the-real-northern-powerhouse 2023-07-19T12:52:03+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0612/7193/3106/articles/backstory-86_1_1.png?v=1689767523 The real northern 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