The Bookshop Book
The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell, published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited on August 26, 2021, is a captivating exploration of unique bookshops around the globe. This edition, comprising 288 pages, delves into the stories behind various bookshops, from those located in unconventional spaces like barns and underground car parks to those on boats and buses. The narrative highlights the diverse environments where books are sold and the significance of these spaces in the literary world.
Readers will discover a rich tapestry of over three hundred distinctive bookshops across six continents, each with its own story to tell. The Bookshop Book examines the history of books and features insights from authors discussing their favorite literary havens. With themes encompassing the publishing industry, communication studies, and the humor found in the world of books, this work serves as a tribute to the vital role bookshops play in connecting communities and fostering a love for reading.
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Every bookshop has a story
We’re not talking about rooms that are just full of books.
We’re talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I’ve-ever-been-to-bookshops.
Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that’s invented the world’s first antiquarian book vending machine.
And that’s just the beginning.
From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we’ve yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole).
The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world.
‘A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference’ David Almond
(The Bookshop Book includes interviews and quotes from David Almond, Ian Rankin, Tracy Chevalier, Audrey Niffenegger, Jacqueline Wilson, Jeanette Winterson and many, many others.)
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