Last bookshop in Southwold to close

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 08:50 The last bookshop in Southwold is closing down next week after its owner Booksource sold the lease. Selling both second-hand and new books, independent Bookthrift was the last bookshop standing in the Suffolk town after the closure of The Orwell Bookshop and Southwold Books, which both shut up shop in the last year. The manager at Bookthrift, Pamela O’Hara, who used to manage The Orwell Bookshop, said trade had been doing fairly well considering the economic climate and added that sales were only “slightly down” on last year. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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