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Category Archives: Bookstore Tourism
Books Can Set Us Free
American Booksellers for Free Expression has launched a campaign for Banned Books Week 2024 centered on the theme Liberate Banned Books (#SetBooksFree). “Resisting book bans is about liberation,” ABFE noted. “It’s about liberation for schools and libraries from the rash of book challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, ebooks, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Banned Books Week, book bans, censorship
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Bookstore Tourism: Il mio tipo di posto
It’s been more than a decade since I’ve visited Florence, so you will have to forgive that I missed the grand opening to the amazing Libreria Giunti Odeon. This fabulous mash-up of a cinema, bookstore and cafe premiered in November … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film, History, movies, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Have a summer reading adventure
To celebrate 75 years of the National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation has launched the Summer Reading Adventure for adults 18 and older “to lean into the nostalgic, prize-filled fun of summer reading.” Reading activities include visiting a local bookstore … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, ebooks, Libraries, USA
Tagged Reading, summer reads
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Free Comic Book Day
Today is Free Comic Book Day, in which you can go to any participating comic book store and get certain designated comic books, absolutely free. Enter your zip code at this website and you can find the participating comics shop nearest … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged Comic Books, Comics, Doctor Who, Spider-Man, Star Wars
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Bookstore Tourism : Iceland
About seven ago while visiting Iceland’s underappreciated northern town Akureyri, I stumbled across a charming used bookshop called Fróði fornbókabúð. The owner at the time told me that the name meant something like “learned bookstore”. The shop was a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Akureyri, Arctic Circle, Bookselling, Iceland
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Bookstore Tourism: A bit of France in NYC
La Joie de Vivre, a bookstore and café selling titles in French and English, has opened in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. Forbes reported that the shop, located at 145 W. 27th St., “offers a quick getaway to France. 50% of books sold in the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, USA
Tagged Bookselling, Chelsea, France, Manhattan, NoMad
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Bookstore Tourism : Paris
The Anti Public Library is a blend of record shop and book store combined with a bar set in Paris’ always hip Le Marais district. Created by artist Henri Levy, founder and creative director of the avant-garde brand Enfants Riches … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Photography, Tourism
Tagged indie bookstores, Le Marais, Paris, vinyl
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Reader in Residence
Perelandra Bookshop, Fort Collins, Colo., is offering a reader-in-residence program that, unlike more traditional artist-in-residence or writer-in-residence programs, does not require anything “except show up to the bookstore a couple of times per week and read,” the Coloradoan reported. “I think the residence paralleled … Continue reading
Paris: the joy of reading
The famous Parisian department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche is hosting two gigantic figures that celebrate the joy of reading and books. The celebrated editor Sarah Andelman, of Just an Idea Books, and artist Jean Jullien teamed up to create the … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 