Bookselling in Maine

Behind the Bookshelves

English - December 10, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★ - 27 ratings
Books Arts Design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Moraine Books in Finland

Next Episode: Gwendolyn Brooks at the Morgan

We speak to Steve Powell, who runs the Bar Harbor Book Shop on Mount Desert Island in Maine. He sells as the Mystery Cove Book Shop on AbeBooks. Steve's been selling books for 40 years and is an expert in collectible mystery and crime books. Learn about his most expensive sale, a couple of bookshop dogs called Simon Templar and Lord Peter Wimsey, and life in this corner of the United States.