Postcard Bookshop Offers a Literary World Tour

In the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Ore., Patrick Leonard has opened Postcard Bookshop, a store featuring global literature and culture, children’s titles, and sidelines including journals and games for people on the move. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Scribd’s Andrew Weinstein on Bookshops, Territorial Rights and…Scribd

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Campaigners offered space in Kensal Rise library building

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Out of the Church and into the World

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