Tag Archives: Bookstore Tourism

When is a bookshop like a Tardis

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

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

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

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

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

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

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

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

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

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

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

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)

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

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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Bookstore Tourism Philadelphia

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

It’s always a happy occasion when a new indie bookstore café opens, but it’s even more exciting when one launches in an under served area.Last week, CNN political commentator and author Marc Lamont Hill opened Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books … Continue reading →

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