Tag Archives: Bookstore Tourism

Get on board

The inaugural Chicagoland Holiday Bookstore Trolley will make its debut next month. Organized by the Chicagoland Independent Booksellers Alliance, the holiday trolley will take a group of 25 book lovers plus one guide on a festive tour of independent bookstores in Chicago … Continue reading

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Word on the Street (Books)

“Word on the Street Books is more than a bookstore—it’s a book truck bringing joy to Livermore California, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Housed in a classic 1973 Steyr Puch Haflinger, our book truck is a unique sight … Continue reading

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Bookstore Tourism

I don’t usually promote expensive coffee table books, but I just found this beauty which is a new New York Times 2025 Holiday Gift Guide selection. Bookstores of the World : The Ultimate Around-the-World Tour for Bibliophiles and Bookshop Lovers would make … Continue reading

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When is a bookshop like a Tardis

The small German town of Bruchköbel, just outside Frankfurt, now features a bookshop not much larger than Doctor Who’s Tardis. Rathaus-Buchhandlung is the passion-project of bookseller Sandra Corell. Although the cozy store has just 25 square meters of selling space, … Continue reading

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Bookstore Tourism: Seoul

MoMA in New York City has opened a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea residents and visitors in the Korean city will find the new space in the Dosan Park area of Gangnam, the fast-growing and now-iconic neighborhood south of the … Continue reading

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More than a bookstore

In the heart of the Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood in Detroit, a failed bookstore is experiencing a welcome rebirth. Pages Bookshop, a valued independent bookstore, has found new life with the help of the Steen Foundation and a team of dedicated … Continue reading

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Bookmobiles are the best

Open Books, a nonprofit bookstore and literacy organization in Chicago, Ill., has launched a bookmobile to bring free books to under-served communities. The Open Books Mobile made its debut on June 8 during the nonprofit’s annual Slide into Summer event, which … Continue reading

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Bookstore Tourism : Kyiv

Launched this winter, “Sense Bookstore on Khreshchatyk is special since it is located in the very heart of the capital and combines books, coffee, and a permanent event space for creating new senses. Unlike our first Sense Bookstore on Arsenalna … Continue reading

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Book a bed at the BookBar

The next time that I visit Denver, I will definitely be staying at the BookBar’s BookBed. The AirBnB rental is a spacious 1896 one-bedroom apartment located above popular book store and wine bar, BookBar. This vacation rental is owned by … Continue reading

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Back of Beyond (update)

In May, I posted a story about this wonderful Utah bookstore, now just in time for the 50th anniversary of Edward Abbey’s environmental classic Desert Solitaire, Back of Beyond Books in Moab, has launched three different publishing projects to release work that both … Continue reading

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