Aged 15 I got a Christmas job at my local bookshop in Battersea so I could save to go interrailing. My parents’ bookshelves were brimming with mostly Black writers: Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Chester Himes, Terry McMillan, and I was surrounded by ‘consciousness’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-30 21:25:59 UTC ]
A committee made up of booksellers and non-managerial staff at Bookshop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif., has sent a letter to store owner Casey Coonerty Protti asking her to voluntarily recognize their joining with the Communication Workers of America Local 9423. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nigel Jones, formerly of Ottakar's and the Totnes Bookshop, and his wife Claire Jones, a former W H Smith children's buyer, are to open their own independent bookshop in Totnes, two weeks before Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-30 12:29:44 UTC ]
Publishers Nosy Crow and Pan Macmillan have been named winners of the FutureBooks Awards: Best of Lockdown, after the week-long virtual conference which culminated in the awards ceremony. The pair won alongside Bath-based bookshop Mr B’s Emporium, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, and academic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-20 02:37:06 UTC ]
Achins Book Shop and Coffee Shop, thought to be the UK's most remote book retailer, has been sold to new owners six years after appearing on the market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-18 05:13:31 UTC ]
New retail website Bookshop.org has been hailed as a “game-changer” by Booksellers Association m.d. Meryl Halls while its founder has said more features are on the way. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 09:40:54 UTC ]
Graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is launching a social media campaign calling for artists to support bookshops with a drawing of their favourite store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 06:10:11 UTC ]
Bath bookshop Toppings & Company is to move to a listed Georgian building, and will begin expansion building works next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 18:39:07 UTC ]
As I wrote back in March, the enforced closing of bookshop doors is a terrible story for the editor of The Bookseller to report: it’s a gut-punch, and if you were on social media last Saturday at around 6.30 p.m.—when the Prime Minister announced the decision to shut non-essential retail in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 23:57:12 UTC ]
A new annual initiative celebrating the best of bookselling in the UK and Ireland sees 29 Bookshop Heroes hailed for their efforts in reaching readers with books—and beyond. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 23:21:06 UTC ]
Some of our inaugural Bookshop Heroes — the best individual booksellers in the UK and Ireland — share the skills that are key to running a bookshop. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 16:20:56 UTC ]
Author Holly Bourne has launched a campaign to support bookshops during lockdown, involving more than 300 writers so far. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 06:38:02 UTC ]
Fairlight Books is ordering a second print run of its c.e.o. Louise Boland's travelogue, Bookshop Tours of Britain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 02:57:21 UTC ]
New online retailer Bookshop.org secured sales of around £65,000 in its first day, making £16,000 for indies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 12:21:42 UTC ]
Indie bookshop owners and managers are gearing up for a second lockdown with optimism, though some are divided over the viability of click and collect services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 12:15:49 UTC ]
One of my most vivid childhood memories took place in an English bookshop in Causeway Bay, a short minibus ride from my family home in Hong Kong. I was a voracious reader growing up, eyes constantly trained on any printed text available, even during dinnertime and when brushing my teeth. Intent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-10-22 11:00:06 UTC ]
North London indie stalwart Muswell Hill Bookshop is to close, following the retirement of its owner, Ivan Beal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 23:21:36 UTC ]
London bookshop Heywood Hill has launched a competition to provide one book-lover with a free book every month for life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 13:58:51 UTC ]
Totnes Bookshop in south Devon is being closed in its current form by the trust that owns its lease and will reopen as a box office for local events. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 11:36:36 UTC ]
Bookshop.org, a retail site billed as a way for indies to counter Amazon’s online dominance, has today revealed the members of its UK board. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-13 09:56:56 UTC ]