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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Oo thanks for the mention Gabrielle! Some new recs for me here - thanks! Looking forward to reading some more brilliant words here! 📖✨

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

You’re welcome, thanks for the inspiration! Hope you enjoy exploring some new writers’ work 😊

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

I didn’t know until recently the wonderful Susannah Conway had a book or two in the world. I’ve joined Bookshop as we’ve quit Amazon so I’ve added to my wish list. 🪄📖✨🤓

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

Oh yes, she’s a seasoned published author! Bookshop is great as is Hive and world of books for secondhand.

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

I have a bookshop section on my website https://gabrielletreanor.com/bookshop/

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Ah I started setting one of these up a little while ago but never quite got there - I’ll do that! And if I need a physical book I’ll use your link. ✨

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

😘

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Oh that’s great! So we have the UK’s largest or is it second largest second hand book shop in our town and also an indie bookshop too. I’d like to find a way to read on an E reader (kindle) without giving my money to Amazon as that’s how I read most books when the little one sleeps.

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

That’s very cool! I’m not far from Hay-on-Wye - the self-proclaimed Town of Books 😊 You can buy ebooks through Apple but that’s another big corp you’re giving your money to.

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Oh lush! 📕 📚✨ hmm yes is Apple more ethical in its practises and investments? Probably!?

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Susannah Conway's avatar

My ears are burning, in the best way! 💗🥰🐾

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Aww Hi! 💜✨ 🦊 xx

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Claire Holden's avatar

Great shares, Gabrielle! I’m a big fan of Emma and Farrah (I mean who isn’t?! 😂) and Sasha’s writing is always beautiful. And new writers to investigate too, thank you. And yes, definitely resonate with the IG/Substack straddle.

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

It's not a comfortable straddle, is it?! 😂 I love getting recommendations, who are you enjoying reading?

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Claire Holden's avatar

An ever-growing list! My writing pal, Helen Redfern at The Red Fern. Luisa Skinner at Salted. Katy Hessel's The Great Women Artists, Katherine May always. So, so many good writers x

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

Oh thank you!

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Susannah Conway's avatar

Thanks for the sweet share, lovely! Wonderful company to be in 💗

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

You're very welcome! Thanks for the subscribers you may or may not know you've sent my way :) x

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Hunter Burgtorf's avatar

I love so many of these posts that you've shared! And I totally agree that Substack is such a cozy little space on the Internet, it definitely makes me want to just delete Instagram and put my all in over here.

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

So glad you like them, Hunter! What do you think of the new Notes feature Substack announced? I wonder if it will make other social media kind of redundant...!

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Hunter Burgtorf's avatar

I definitely feel hesitant towards it being on here, just because I don't want Substack to turn into another social media platform focused on vanity metrics vs real connection, but I also think it could be an exciting new way to get discovered and find new readership, and new authors! So we'll see. What do you think?

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

Hmm, I think I agree! I'm not really clear on what it will be like and how it will work, someone said it could be something like twitter? Guess we'll have to wait and see…

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Hunter Burgtorf's avatar

Yeah it seems like it's going to be closest to Twitter... I guess we'll see!!

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Gabrielle Treanor's avatar

🤞

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