BookcaseWraith

Just keeping my 'happy stuff' here for when I need it.

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

I’m looking for inspiration to read more, so share your favorite pics of Mark reading. While you’re at it tell me in the hashtags what you are currently reading.

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Okey, just one, or two ..... or six favorites....

And all times classic, but he's just too cute here, so you will forgive...

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

I’m looking for inspiration to read more, so share your favorite pics of Mark reading. While you’re at it tell me in the hashtags what you are currently reading.

[elizadoolittlethings]

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

I’m looking for inspiration to read more, so share your favorite pics of Mark reading. While you’re at it tell me in the hashtags what you are currently reading.

[wonderholt]

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Mark opening the library at Heighington Primary School 🥰

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Bookish season 2 "dangers" teased by Mark Gatiss – as Gabriel and Tottie’s marital arrangement under threat

Actor Mark Gatiss tells Radio Times about the “dangers” in Bookish season 2 – as Gabriel and Tottie’s marital arrangement is under threat.

Mark Gatiss has always enjoyed sleuthing in the sun. Yes, the Sherlock co-creator agrees murder mysteries are most often associated with dark winter nights, but also notes that “a lot of the famous ones have big, exotic, foreign settings”.

“When I was in Poirot 100 years ago, I absolutely couldn’t believe I was doing Appointment with Death, because we went to Morocco,” the Bookish creator and star tells RT.

“I got to wear linen – that’s what it’s all about! So I think it actually goes both ways.”

Admittedly, the real reason Gatiss is returning with his own murder mystery during the summer months is more prosaic: “It’s when we’re on.” The U&Alibi crime drama Bookish returns for its second outing in August, and while the new series doesn’t visit sunny climes, it does move away from its bookshop setting in Archangel Lane.

“The whole thing has a slightly broader canvas,” Gatiss explains. “In episodes 5 and 6 we go to Germany. I also think it’s more intriguing emotionally. Some of the secrets are unlocked and some questions are answered.”

Of course, some of that comes from the nature of the genre. “A murder mystery is a puzzle, and we have for a long time liked a puzzle with a dead body,” Gatiss muses. “The key, though, is that it’s not just that. You can explore all kinds of things, as the show does. I’ve been very chuffed with the response to the lavender marriage, and the whole set-up of the show.”

In the first season, we discovered that Gatiss’s bookseller detective Gabriel Book is gay in 1946, when homosexuality was still illegal.

His marriage to his best friend Trottie (Polly Walker) is a mutually beneficial arrangement, but heading into season 2, it will also be a source of jeopardy.

“Their arrangement suits them both, but it’s not without its dangers,” Gatiss teases. “We’ll see a bit of that, and we do see a bit more of it fraying at the edges.”

As for the cases, viewers can expect to see a murder at a séance, a mystery in the world of off-Savile Row tailoring, and the aforementioned trip to Germany, which is set at Christmastime.

Yes, a chilly Christmas story in August. As we sweat our way through back-to-back heatwaves, that sounds like some serious counter-programming.

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Ooh! Christmas in August! 😉

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Suit up! It’s Gatiss Wednesday!

Mark looks so fine in a suit. Share your favorite suit pics. 💙

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Some new looks and some classics! 😍

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And I now have my regular struggle not to post that pic of Mark in his birthday suit, but I will resist 😏

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

Enjoy a couple of recent photos of Mark (and friends) from his Instagram stories. Please add any favorite photos of Mark from Instagram. 📸🤳

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Lovely smiles!

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Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard attend the "Jesus Christ Superstar" opening night at the London Palladium on July 07, 2026 in London, England.

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Ian Hallard and Mark Gatiss attend the Attitude Pride Awards Europe 2026 at The Chancery Rosewood on July 3, 2026 in London, England.

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Reetu gifted us with new pics for Bookish Appreciation Week. 😊

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday

Not really feeling it today, but I hope you are. 🩶

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Have a good rest🧡

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Lav, you poor sausage. Have some Mark hugs that show the back of his neck 😉

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From RK PR’s instagram

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QUEER FRIENDS - AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY @STUDIOGRABDOWN WILL BE EXHIBITING AT @DSUPERSTORE FROM 10TH MAY 2018 - LAUNCHING 7PM

makemeaoffer: Mark, back last year in Bethnal Green, 120MM

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I suddenly wondered where the portraits of Mark in an atelier were. I couldn’t find them on my Tumblr page, but eventually I found them on my Twitter. Feels good to have found them.

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

Last Pride themed thread! Let’s see pics of Mark supporting various LGBTQ + charities and groups.

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My favourite pic of Mark at Pride...

Mark celebrating with Australia...

And marching...

Q. Is this 👇 a Mark pic that I have never seen until today? (The pic is so pixelly I cant be 100% sure if that is him there on the left). What do we think?

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The drama series Bookish is scheduled to air its second season in August 2026.

The paperback edition of the novel Bookish will be released on June 18, 2026, and the hardcover and audiobook editions of Bookish Volume 2 will be released on August 27.

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Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

It’s time for the rainbow thread! 🌈Starting off with red, can we create a rainbow with pictures of Mark? He can either be wearing the color or have it dominate the background, see above. The next picture should feature orange and so on.

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Great Red shot, Lav 😍 Here is an orange...

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Yellow💛

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How about a classic green, the Christmas suit?

(Ha ha while looking for this I found a post I made three years ago about how this was the best outfit for him.)

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Oh, yay, time for blue!

(Although Google sucks, it kept trying to give me this instead:)

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Now lila to finish?

[lavenderandvanilla]

Happy Gatiss Wednesday!

It’s time for the rainbow thread! 🌈Starting off with red, can we create a rainbow with pictures of Mark? He can either be wearing the color or have it dominate the background, see above. The next picture should feature orange and so on.

[bookcasewraith]

Great Red shot, Lav 😍 Here is an orange...

[notfspurejam]

Yellow💛