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Category Archives: Bookstore Tourism
Small Business Saturday: Bookshop Edition
Today marks the second annual Small Business Saturday. On one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year in North America, shoppers are encouraged to patronize their local stores to help suppport area businesses. You can do your part to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged American Express, Black Friday, Chicago, Doylestown, NYC, Princeton, Small Business Saturday, Strand Books
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Banned Books : the videos
This year to mark Banned Books Week more than 650 videos of people reading from notorious banned books were posted on YouTube. Between September 24 and October 1st, videos by authors, students, celebrities, bookstore staff and booklovers were recorded for the … Continue reading
Keep Calm and Carry On
During World War II, Britons were encouraged to “Keep Calm and Carry On”, but it seems that the original poster imprinted with the stiff upper lip slogan has ignited a minor war of its own. The WW II British Ministery … Continue reading
London Indies
London’s independent bookshops have joined forces to publish a map of the city’s bookshops.The London Bookshop Map features 87 indies from across the city including ones selling new, antiquarian, specialist and second-hand titles. The map is free and is available … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Maps, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Bloomsbury, David Batchelor, England, London, Neil Rollinson, Patrick McGuinness, Sarah Waters, The Guardian
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Support Indie Bookstores
Most indie bookstores in the US are struggling to keep their doors open. Subterranean Books in St. Louis, MO is no exception. To support this terrific bookshop, Noir@theBar , an exceptional venue for author readings and book events, has put together the … Continue reading
France Supports Its Bookshops
In an unprecedented effort to support booksellers in France, an ambitious advertising campaign has been launched this week. A consortium of labor groups that represent booksellers, publishers and bookstores is financing the effort to encourage French readers to visit bricks and … Continue reading
The Secret Bookshop
Watch this engaging video about Brazenhead Books, a secret bookstore that’s been tucked away in Michael Seidenberg’s apartment on the Upper East Side ever since the rent for his original retail space in Brooklyn was quadrupled. (Jonathan Lethem used to … Continue reading
Recycling Books: not the Same Old Story
More than 200 cafés and coffeshops around Israel have joined a brilliant project called “Same Old Story”, which recycles abandoned and donated books . Dolev Gotlib founded the project to pass books along in an ecologically friendly way, to keep … Continue reading
When Are Bookcovers Inappropriate ?
Not a soul buys a book because of its cover, but diehard booklovers still browse bookshops indulging in the great pleasure of perusing bookcovers. A cheeky, mysterious artist at Plausible-Seeming But Tonally Inappropriate Book Covers has reimagined some cover art … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Writing
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Buenos Aires Has the Tower of Babel
Best known for her amazing installations, Argentinian conceptual artist Marta Minujin has created the new “Tower of Babel” in Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires. Built to celebrate Buenos Aires being named World Book Capital 2011, the seven-story sculpture contains 30,000 … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 