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Apr

17

2020

Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Shaun Bythell’s follow-up to Diary of a Bookseller is out this week. Confessions of a Bookseller picks up where Diary left off. Yes, Wigtown is still out in the ruralest of rural places in Scotland. Yes, people still don’t understand how used book stores work. Yes, Shaun still wrestles with his staff understanding where books …

Dec

21

2018

1000 Books to Read Before You Die

Overheard at the Bookstore…

Some humor from A Good Book in Sumner, WA: Overheard at The Store NADIA: Hello, welcome to the bookstore. Can I help you—oh, you’re that street artist fellow. I didn’t recognize you without all the gold paint. MIME: . . . NADIA: You’re looking for a book? . . . A big book? . . …

Nov

21

2018

Bibliophile

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount

Those of you who know Jane Mount only from her colorful illustrations of shelved and stacked book spines might be surprised—as I was—that her new book of literary “miscellany” is as miscellaneous as it is, full not only of her trademark spines but of profiles of bookstores and libraries, lists of recommended reading, and general …

Dec

18

2017

Last Bookaneer

The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl

Matthew Pearl clearly loves reading and literary history. Some of his prior historical thrillers involved Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Dante. The Last Bookaneer takes place in England and Samoa, where a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labors over his last novel while two infamous “Bookaneers” plot to steal it before the new international copyright …

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