From a Canadian bookshop opened by Alice Munro in the 1960s to one in the island of Santorini started by drunk Oxford students, some of the worlds most exotic booksellers feature in The Bookshop Book, published as part of a UK-wide Books are My Bag campaign to support the bookselling industry in the run-up to Christmas. Its author Jen Campbell introduces some of the finest.Do you know of other great bookshops worth visiting? Share your knowledge and photos here and we will publish the best Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The full text of a speech given by Baroness Gail Rebuck, chair of Penguin Random House UK, during a debate at the House of Lords on libraries and bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The United Nations (UN) is to name comic book character Wonder Woman as its new honorary ambassador for the empowerment of Woman and Girls. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops have reported higher footfall and sales for the UK’s first Bookshop Day on Saturday, which involved events with high profile authors, illustrators in residence and customers reading in bookshop windows. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction and picture books are likely to take the lion’s share of sales over the Christmas period, although this year’s YA and teen offering is not as strong, according to a number of children’s booksellers. Florentyna Martin, children’s buyer at Waterstones, said younger fiction is particularly... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perceived cultural resistance and inadequate marketing to international audiences can mean that children's picture books lag in translation on the world stage. The post Translation Issues: Why Don’t Children’s Picture Books Travel? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small presses, libraries and independents are all under threat. No one wants to hear their child ask: ‘What’s a bookshop?’On Saturday it is Bookshop Day. My heart always sinks a little when I hear that a day has been set aside to celebrate something I love: it too often feels like being put on a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sabina Radeva, a molecular biologist-turned-illustrator, has raised more than £25,000 on Kickstarter to create a picture book adaptation of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species, despite only aiming for £1,900. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On a brisk early autumn evening, the Eric Carle Honors celebrated its 11th year of recognizing instrumental figures in children's literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK-based New Media Writing Competition opens its seventh year of international entries while Auckland-based Booktrack and Hachette make music together. The post International Industry Notes: A Worldwide Competition and New Zealand’s Booktrack appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 10 years of ownership, bookseller Isla Dawes has sold Barnes Bookshop to former director of Heywood Hill Bookshop Venetia Vyvyan for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London-based independent bookshop Heywood Hill is to award one reader its Library of a Lifetime prize which will see the winner "never have to buy a book again". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 2,000 bookshops are preparing to celebrate the UK’s inaugural Bookshop Day on Saturday 8th October with events and book clubs, according to The Booksellers Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A family-run independent bookshop in Stockton is celebrating its first birthday by expanding into new premises quadruple its original size. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The owner of the oldest bookshop chain in Greece has told of her devastation at closing her last store after the financial crisis in the country hit the business “like an avalanche”. The 118-year-old Athens bookstore of Eleftheroudakis, run by Sofika Eleftheroudaki, will close on 30th September... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Chadwick, a former director of programmes at BookTrust, has opened a children’s bookshop in Shrewsbury. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jaffe & Neale is set to open a second bookshop in Stow-on-the Wold next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Torbay Bookshop is being put back up for sale by owners Matthew and Sarah Clarke, who have run it for a total of 23 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beauty entrepreneur Jo Malone has urged bookshops to “take risks” in order to prosper in these “strange” times. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading charity BookTrust is giving out 700,000 free copies of Kitchen Disco, a picture book by Clare Foges and illustrated by Al Murphy (Faber Children’s), to every reception age child in England this month. The giveaway will take place up to the end of October as part of BookTrust’s Time to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has defended the importance of bookshops on university campuses in the wake of the University of Leicester Bookshop being threatened with closure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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