Category Archives: Bookstore Tourism

Embrace Vellichor

Posted on June 23, 2018 by

Revel in vellichor and forget your worries.

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Books are there for you

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

This encouraging message was recently spotted on the sidewalk chalkboard outside of Books A Plenty indie bookshop in Tauranga, New Zealand.  

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As Important As The Eiffel Tower ?

Posted on June 19, 2018 by

Les Bouquinistes, the booksellers whose iconic green stalls have lined the River Seine in the heart of Paris for more than two hundred years, are campaigning to be recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural treasure. Jerome Callais, the president of … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism: Rocky Mountain High

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

Sometimes when we find ourselves in a stunning new place, even the most ardent book lover may hesitate to visit the local bookstores. So, I was “lucky” to be in beautiful Telluride, Colorado on stormy, wet and chilly day recently. … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism: Back of Beyond

Posted on May 26, 2018 by

I recently returned from a pretty damn amazing road trip around the U.S. Southwest—more on that at a later date. If you are looking for spectacular scenery and some adventurous driving, you can’t beat Utah and Colorado. I was gobsmacked … Continue reading →

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Books and Music

Posted on May 12, 2018 by

Greenlight Bookstore in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, N.Y. was recently the setting for a new music video called “Good Kisser” from the group Lake Street Dive.

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Wild Books

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”                      … Continue reading →

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Red Light District

Posted on May 8, 2018 by
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Save America’s Oldest Bookstore

Posted on May 5, 2018 by

 

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Bookstore Tourism: Rome

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

I don’t remember if I found the Open Door Bookshop on my first or second visit to Rome, but I do recall meeting the store’s founder the writer and journalist Charles Nopar. Secluded on a lovely street in the picture-postcard … Continue reading →

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