I know there is a lot of sombre news right now so here is very happy news. I have just been awarded an @ace_national grant to start an imprint publishing dual language mother tongue books for children displaced by conflict.
It will be called Pineapple Lane.
Can't believe it.
Little Toller πΊπ¦π΅πΈ
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Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture. Based in West Dorset.
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Joined October 2011
- DARA HAS WON THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE I'LL REPEAT THAT DARA HAS WON THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE! WOW! @NaturalistDara @wainwrightprize #naturewriting #DiaryofaYoungNaturalist
- Hereβs a little video. Feeling pretty chuffed about this wild and crazy idea of opening a bookshop. #ChooseBookshops
00:00 - MASSIVE NEWS! We started Little Toller in a global recession so we thought we'd open a shop in the middle of a pandemic! It will be a modest beginning, but in time we will support the very best in nature writing, the best small indie presses and we shall sell our own books.
- I had a very moving experience in the shop yesterday. A lady came in who had ordered a book, she didnβt remember the title, the author or her name. I looked through our order book and figured it out, I told her she was called Madeleine and she said that was a nice name.
- Iβm so busy with work I feel bad about my children I think they barely recognise me anymore, so when my daughter Lily came into the kitchen at supper time this made my heart sing. A barn owl made of flowers, petals and bark.
- I always said that if I get just one card back then it would all be worth it. #PackedwithHope
- Bookshop progress. Weβve been flat out all day starting to fill up the shelves. SO much still to do. Need to sort the indie press table out thatβs tomorrowβs job and waiting on heaps more books to arrive. But feeling really happy tonight.
- OMG!! I can't believe it! We've worked so hard for this. πSMALL PRESS REGIONAL WINNER!π This is quite something for us. Crikey I guess it's time to head to the #Nibbies for the very first time. #BritishBookAwards @thebooksellerReplying to @thebooksellerThe #BritishBookAwards Small Press of the Year Regional Winner for South-West England is @LittleToller, whose list promotes βinventive ways to reconnect us with the natural world and to celebrate the places we live inβ! @CPIbooksUK #Nibbies
- No words right now. Weβll open on Monday after Iβm done with the school run about 8.30am and weβll close on Wednesday evening!! No point having opening hours! Hopefully see some of you in our lovely shop. Iβm really proud of it!
- Itβs hard work being a bookseller in a small market town in January just glad itβs almost February although I suspect thatβs going to be a tough month too. Still incredibly happy to have our little shop, Adrian told me the other day that we made a modest profit in year one! π
- Sorry ( though not that sorry ) we're not participating in Black Friday, never have & never will. It goes against everything we believe in, we won't be adding to that noise today, instead a BIG shout out to all indie publishers, authors & bookshops who bring joy to our lives.
- My window of trees!! Never thought having a little bookshop would make me so happy! Books are essential too!! ππ #ChooseBookshops
- In my fathers library and probably his most treasured books are every New Naturalist ever published except for number 71. Such an amazing and iconic collection of books. #BookTwitter




















