"Bookshop" Blogs & Blog Posts

After Tom Rowley wrote an article about bookshops as a reporter for The Economist, he found it awoke a deep-seated desire to open one himself.

Whether you love or hate Amazon doesn’t matter. Right now, two facts are clear: It’s probably taking you a bit longer to receive non-essential items from the retail giant, depending on what you’re ordering and when you’re ordering it, and the...

Bookstores are more than just places to buy books. They're community spaces, where customers go to browse, talk, and eat. It's how they've survived Amazon's discounted prices and fast shipping. But now, with the coronavirus forcing people to stay in...

Highlight of the weekend...new books.

The experience of exploring a new city goes beyond the simple frenzy of snapping some pictures of its landmarks’ best angles and queuing for that specific museum that ‘you simply cannot miss out on’. Expert travelers know that to ma...

I used to write about some of the stranger, funnier, or more demanding bookshop customers I had. They were always very popular posts and I enjoyed sharing them. Then a couple of pals told me another bookseller/writer had begun blogging about her cust...

This Christmas seems particularly GRRsome to me. Not sure why, perhaps it always does. At work on Saturday my irritation felt like a nagging toothache. I don't think it showed though - at least, not to the customers. I work on the first floor an...