Got Books? Conversations with Booksellers
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -This podcast is for those who love getting lost in and among books. On most episodes, I talk to Booksellers all around the world, in a tour of some of the world's most charming Bookshops. Sometimes I get a bit sidetracked and chat to Bookmakers - book cover designers, editors & others those who make books possible. Or I just talk about bookshops myself!
Full disclaimer: this podcast's hosts plans to one day open her own bookshop.
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S3 Ep10 Alex Holder, Salted Books (Lisbon, Portugal)
March 13, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Alex, co-founder of the first and only bookshop selling new english books in Lisbon, Portugal, Salted Books. This conversation was yet another proof, in case you needed one, that women can indeed do it all, if they set their mind to it. Alex has started Salted Books with her partner Mark, and she has done so without giving up her work and while raising two children. She’s created a mag...
S3 Ep10 Alex Holder, Salted Books (Lisbon, Riga)
February 23, 2024 15:42 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Alex, co-founder of the first and only bookshop selling new english books in Lisbon, Portugal, Salted Books. This conversation was yet another proof, in case you needed one, that women can indeed do it all, if they set their mind to it. Alex has started Salted Books with her partner Mark, and she has done so without giving up her work and while raising two children. She’s created a mag...
S3 Mini Episode: Opening a Bookshop!
February 04, 2024 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBMany of you may know that the main reason Got Books started, years ago, was that I wanted to have my own bookshop and so I figured it would be good to chat to lots of booksellers before I start what seemed like ..a bit of a wild adventure. Then..years passed, many conversations with booksellers were had, but I kept putting this dream of opening a bookshop on hold, for all sorts of reasons. I’m sure you can relate..there’s never a perfect time. A couple of weeks ago though, a small, cozy, kin...
S3 Ep9 Edgars Lielausis, Robert's Books (Riga, Latvia)
January 31, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Edgars, owner of Robert’s Books, in Riga, Latvia. Robert’s Books was Riga’s first English bookshop and it has become, over the years, much more than that - a community space, a place to meet, work, relax, think, discuss, have fun, read and just be. It has also been a space for social experiments, one of its more recent ones involving a bit of a.. grey area: a sex shop inside the booksh...
S3 Mini Episode: Future Booksellers Club and Fun Christmas Gifts
December 04, 2023 15:10 - 3 minutes - 3.45 MBLinks: Our website - gotbookspodcast.com Future Booksellers Club 1st Meetup Gifts for Future Booksellers Show notes: Hi everyone! How are you doing? If you celebrate Christmas, are you getting into the holiday mood already? Here is Spain where I am it’s still quite warm, but I’m about to go to Romania, where I’m from, and really hoping for some snow, also so that my daughter can see snow for the first time in her life. I wanted to quickly record this short episode to tell you about a pr...
S3 Ep8 Danny Caine, The Raven Book Store (Lawrence, Kansas, United States)
October 24, 2023 09:11 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Danny Caine, bookseller and co-owner of The Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas. The Raven was founded in 1987 as a mystery-specialty store, and today you can walk in to find books of fiction, current events, environmental writing, children's books, science fiction, romance, and poetry. The poetry section in particular might have something to do with today’s guest, who is himself a ...
S3 Ep8 Danny Caine, The Raven Book Store (Lawrence, Kasans, United States)
October 24, 2023 02:40 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Danny Caine, bookseller and co-owner of The Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas. The Raven was founded in 1987 as a mystery-specialty store, and today you can walk in to find books of fiction, current events, environmental writing, children's books, science fiction, romance, and poetry. The poetry section in particular might have something to do with today’s guest, who is himself a ...
S3 Ep7 Hailey Brock, The Nature of Reading (Madison, New Jersey, United States)
October 06, 2023 12:58 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. Today we are going to the United States, in Madison, New Jersey, to a bookshop with the most fitting of names - The Nature of Reading. The concept of this bookshop feels quite unique to me: pulling together the joy and wonder of the natural world with the knowledge and passion to fight for its survival. It is an environmental bookstore sand it specializes in seasonal reading, nature writing, and clima...
S3 Mini Episode: All About Bookshops - Niche Bookshops Everywhere
September 15, 2023 13:11 - 14 minutes - 13 MBOn this mini episode, I talk about niche and quirky bookshops from different parts of the world. Pillow-Cat Books is all about animals in books. Wonderland Bookshop! are all in on the Alice-in-Wonderland theme. Robert Humm & Co. is "Britain's largest railway bookshop". Libreria il Mare in Italy is a store that's all about H2O. Libreria Griot is an Italian bookstore that's all about African literature. Heading to Berlin, we've got the Bibliotheca-Culinaria Kochbuchantiquariat, a food...
S3 Ep6 Neil Paul & Brid Conroy, Tertulia (Westport, Ireland)
July 14, 2023 15:12 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. And on today’s episode I am so very glad to be going to Ireland, probably my favourite place in the world. It was my home for a bit over 5 years and more importantly it’s the home of some pretty amazing bookshops. I had a few favourites during my time in Dublin, but today we’ll be going to Ireland’s west coast, to a little town called Westport and a bookshop like no other, Tertulia. Tertulia describes...
S3 Ep5 Federico Lang, Libreria Luces (Malaga, Spain)
May 29, 2023 14:09 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBToday we are traveling to the south of Spain, to get some sun and more importantly talk to Federico, a bookseller in Malaga's Libreria Luces. This is a bookshop that describes itself as an experience, a literary and cultural experience. Just last week it turned 20, which, if you've been listening to this podcast for a while now, you know is a major achievement for an independent bookstore. If Libreria Luces could talk, it would have quite a few stories to tell: not only did it survive a pand...
S3 Ep4 Clayton Comber, Bouquiniste (Kiama, Australia)
May 01, 2023 08:39 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBToday we are going back to Australia, to a small town called Kiama. Here we'll step into Bouquiniste https://shop.bouquiniste.com.au/, founded in 2017 by Clay and Hannah, two Kiama locals with a background in writing, publishing, retail, hospitality.. and one of them a former DJ. That's Clay, my guest today. When you enter the store, you'll see a disco ball, and that gives you an idea of the space you've just stepped into. This is not a quiet bookstore, but rather a welcoming, a little loud,...
S3 Ep3 Rakesh Singh, Harmony (Varanasi, India)
March 18, 2023 16:13 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBHarmony Bookshop opened its doors on Varanasi’s Assi Ghat in December 1996 and ever since it has grown into a cultural hub, bringing together scholars, artists, researchers, and all other book loving travelers, from India and abroad. This is a bookshop like no other. To enter, you must first remove your shoes. After all, books are sacred..and in this small bookshop many of them are resting on the floor and its owner and bookseller, Rakesh, would not like to see them damaged. He's built an in...
S3 Ep2 Gesine Tosin, About (Berlin, Germany)
December 23, 2022 08:38 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBIf you walk down Linienstraße in the heart of Berlin's gentrified neighborhood, Mitte, you will come across beautiful little shops, a Japanese cafe, cozy restaurants, and more recently.. an intriguing space called simply.. About. This is a bookshop with a unique concept: its owner, former art curator, picks a theme and then runs with it, selecting books that fit into this theme..for a while. Every 3 months or so, the theme changes. The concept of the bookshop (focusing on temporary topics) e...
S3 Ep1: Jorge F. Hernandez & Pablo Cerezo, Pergamo (Madrid, Spain)
September 18, 2022 15:30 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBWelcome back to Got Books?, Season 3! On this episode, I spoke to the new booksellers of Pergamo, the oldest bookshop still in existence in Madrid, Spain. Jorge F. Hernandez and Pablo Cerezo come from two different generations and share a love of books, writing and of course, bookshops. They have just recently taken over Pergamo and are in the process of re-inventing it and opening its doors once again. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gotbooks/message
S2 Ep 9: Christmas Special w. Pil Cappelen Smith, Cappelens Forslag (Oslo, Norway)
December 16, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBToday we will be going back to Cappelens Forslag, a bookshop that I'm sure you remember from our first season. And if you missed that episode, do go back and give it a listen, it's a conversation I loved where we even discuss a famous book heist. My guest today is Pil Cappelen Smith, booksellers, owner of Cappelens Forslag and now also a publisher. Christmas may not be his favourite season, but he did join me for a conversation about Christmas book shopping, the joys of the holidays (despite...
S2 Ep 8: Christmas Special w. Pil Cappelen Smith, Cappelens Forslag (Oslo, Norway)
December 16, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBToday we will be going back to Cappelens Forslag, a bookshop that I'm sure you remember from our first season. And if you missed that episode, do go back and give it a listen, it's a conversation I loved where we even discuss a famous book heist. My guest today is Pil Cappelen Smith, booksellers, owner of Cappelens Forslag and now also a publisher. Christmas may not be his favourite season, but he did join me for a conversation about Christmas book shopping, the joys of the holidays (despite...
S2 Ep 8: Christmas Special w. Julia König & David Bloomfield, Golden Hare (Edinburgh, Scotland)
December 12, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers from all around the world. And welcome to this short Christmas series, meant as a mini-Advent Calendar to get you in the holiday spirit. From Dec 3rd to Dec 17th, we'll be publishing an episode every Monday and Friday - that's 5 Christmas episodes for you, in which we're bringing back some of the booksellers that we know and love from past episodes, so they can tell us how they're preparing their bookshops for Christmas, wha...
S2 Ep 7: Christmas Special w. Shaun Bythell, The Bookshop (Wigtown, Scotland)
December 09, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers from all around the world. And welcome to this short Christmas series, meant as a mini-Advent Calendar to get you in the holiday spirit. From Dec 3rd to Dec 17th, we'll be publishing an episode every Monday and Friday - that's 5 Christmas episodes for you, in which we're bringing back some of the booksellers that we know and love from past episodes, so they can tell us how they're preparing their bookshops for Christmas, wha...
S2 Ep 6: Christmas Special w. Stephen Fowler, Monkey's Paw (Toronto, Canada)
December 05, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers from all around the world. And welcome to this short Christmas series, meant as a mini-Advent Calendar to get you in the holiday spirit. From Dec 3rd to Dec 17th, we'll be publishing an episode every Monday and Friday - that's 5 Christmas episodes for you, in which we're bringing back some of the booksellers that we know and love from past episodes, so they can tell us how they're preparing their bookshops for Christmas, wha...
S2 Ep 5: Christmas Special w. Charlotte Delattre, Desperate Literature (Madrid, Spain)
December 03, 2021 11:15 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers from all around the world. And welcome to this short Christmas series, meant as a mini-Advent Calendar to get you in the holiday spirit. From Dec 3rd to Dec 17th, we'll be publishing an episode every Monday and Friday - that's 5 Christmas episodes for you, in which we're bringing back some of the booksellers that we know and love from past episodes, so they can tell us how they're preparing their bookshops for Christmas, wha...
Mini-Episode 5: News in Books & Book Review w. Emily Feetham (Girl in the Walls by A. J. Gnuse)
November 26, 2021 08:58 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome back to Got Books, the podcast about books, booksellers and bookmakers. Today I'll share with you 5 articles I read this week from the world of books, and then we'll chat to my guest Emily Feetham about one of her favourite books this year. Let's get to it. The Marginalian gives us a wonderful list of best books https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/01/30/writers-top-ten-favorite-books/ 11 New Books to be grateful for this week: https://lithub.com/11-new-books-to-be-grateful-for-this...
S2 Ep 4: Carmen Oliart, Sabina Editorial (Madrid, Spain)
November 18, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MBPublishing houses. Big and small, they are the book makers, the ones who work with the authors we love to make their books and dreams come to life. They support writers throughout the exciting and perhaps sometimes terrifying journey of turning their work from a manuscript into a book, to be found on the shelves of our bookshops. Today we will enter the world of a small, artisan publishing house in Spain - Sabina Editorial, a publishing house passionate about books well made that talk about...
Mini-Episode 4: News in Books & Book Review w. Daniela Barani (A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles)
November 12, 2021 07:52 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWelcome back to Got Books. Today, I want to share books related news that caught my eye this week that I hope you'll find interesting, and we'll then move on to review one of my favourite books of the past years. Let's get started. First, an article I read in the BBC talks about Somali women breaking tradition to write novels. For centuries, Somalia has been known as the "nation of poets" but this tradition has largely been the preserve of men. It is unusual for Somali women to be the prim...
S2 Ep 3: Nadia Wassef, Diwan (Cairo, Egypt)
November 04, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 38.9 MBDiwan is a story, not just a store. And today's we will hear the story of this Egyptian bookshop from its founder, Nadia Wassef. Opened in 2002 as the only independent bookstore of its kind in Egypt, Diwan enchants its patrons with its mix of east and west, old and new, serious and playful. They say ... "Our approach is to enrich our clients’ lives by transforming the act of “buying a book” into a cultural, artistic, and culinary experience, and offering them a visually appealing and relax...
Mini-Episode 3: News in Books & Book Review w. Veronica Wood (Assembly, Natasha Brown)
October 28, 2021 22:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBTo get in touch (and maybe do a book review on a future episode), drop me a voice message at Anchor.fm/GotBooks or on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook - search for GotBooksPodcast Welcome back to Got Books! On today's episode we'll first look at news from the book world and then go to our book review, with a new guest. We'll talk about famous bookshops from around the world, the impact the Taliban's takeover has on the Future of Kabul Booksellers, the Booker Prize and a couple of much awaited...
Mini-Episode 3: News in Books & Book Review w. Victoria Wood (Assembly by Natasha Brown)
October 28, 2021 22:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBTo get in touch (and maybe do a book review on a future episode), drop me a voice message at Anchor.fm/GotBooks or on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook - search for GotBooksPodcast Welcome back to Got Books! On today's episode we'll first look at news from the book world and then go to our book review, with a new guest. We'll talk about famous bookshops from around the world, the impact the Taliban's takeover has on the Future of Kabul Booksellers, the Booker Prize and a couple of much awaited...
S2 Ep 2: Book Cover Design w. Terry Miura & Darya Solomenko
October 21, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBDo you judge a book by its cover? Well.. let's face it, most of us do. And that's probably alright. Today we will go behind the scenes of Book Cover Design. How does one capture the essence of a book in just one beautiful image? Where do you even start? And how does the entire process unfold? These are some of the questions I'll be asking my two guests. As with most jobs in the book industry, there's a certain romance associated with book cover design. For many, this sounds like a designer'...
Mini-Episode 2: News in Books & Book Review w. Molly Hills (Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney)
October 14, 2021 22:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBNews in Books 1. The French parliament is protecting booksellers: https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/french-mps-vote-against-free-book-deliveries-targeting-amazon/ 2. Rare Birds Books, Scotland’s first female-centric bookshop, opens in the heart of Edinburgh: https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/books/scotlands-first-female-centric-bookshop-is-a-hit/ 3. 9 Very Niche Bookstores: https://lithub.com/9-very-niche-bookstores-for-your-very-specific-interests/ Book Review: Beautif...
S2 Ep 1: Golden Hare (Edinburgh, Scotland)
October 07, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBToday we step in to Golden Hare, a design-led bookshop taking its cues from design museums. The difference here is that you can touch the art, pick it up and discover what’s inside. Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh is one of the city’s most charming and thoughtfully curated independent bookshops. It boasts a wall of beautifully displayed face-out books, an inviting fireplace (with real fire) for those chilly Scottish winters and one of the prettiest, bluest shopfronts ever. The self-confessed...
Mini-Episode 1: News in Books & Book Review w. Phoebe (Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller)
September 30, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBNews in Books 1. Book Sales are up in the US https://www.wbjournal.com/article/revival-the-independent-bookstore-industry-is-growing-with-a-loyal-customer-base-wanting-to and in the UK https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/covid-19-book-sales-reading/ 2. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is coming out soon! 3. Literati: a bookclub you may want to join 4. Speaking of curating books.. 5. The New Futures, an initiative by Bookshop.org & The Booksellers Association Book Revie...
Mini-Episode 1: News in Books & 5 minute Book Review w. Phoebe from Pause Books
September 30, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBNews in Books 1. Book Sales are up in the US https://www.wbjournal.com/article/revival-the-independent-bookstore-industry-is-growing-with-a-loyal-customer-base-wanting-to and in the UK https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/covid-19-book-sales-reading/ 2. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is coming out soon! 3. Literati: a bookclub you may want to join 4. Speaking of curating books.. 5. The New Futures, an initiative by Bookshop.org & The Booksellers Association Book Revie...
S2 Ep. 1: News in Books & a 5 minute Book Review w. Phoebe (Pause Books)
September 30, 2021 22:00 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBNews in Books 1. Book Sales are up in the US https://www.wbjournal.com/article/revival-the-independent-bookstore-industry-is-growing-with-a-loyal-customer-base-wanting-to and in the UK https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/covid-19-book-sales-reading/ 2. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is coming out soon! 3. Literati: a bookclub you may want to join 4. Speaking of curating books.. 5. The New Futures, an initiative by Bookshop.org & The Booksellers Association Book Revie...
Season 2: Trailer
September 27, 2021 12:55 - 1 minute - 998 KBThis is the 2nd season of Got Books, the (now weekly) podcast where we celebrate our love for books and those who make and sell them. On our first season, we spoke to booksellers from the UK, Canada, Australia, all the way to Senegal, Singapore, Palestine.. On this next season, coming Oct 1 2021, I decided to dive a bit further into the world of books. We'll continue having conversations with booksellers, while inviting other people from the book industry to join us, like book cover designe...
S1 Ep. 17: Future Booksellers & Ana Sipciu, Asteroidul B612 (Bucharest, Romania)
September 10, 2021 06:27 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBThis is the final episode of our 1st season, so we thought we'd make it a bit different. On this episode we chat to..future booksellers. We usually chat to booksellers from quirky bookshops all around the world (and we hope you've enjoyed these conversations so far). But for today's we prepared something special: you'll be listening to our conversation with a group of children who recently completed a Bookseller's Internship. The children we've interviewed for this episode, Barbu, Timea, V...
Ep. 17: Future Booksellers & Ana Sipciu, Asteroidul B612 (Bucharest, Romania)
September 10, 2021 06:27 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBThis is the final episode of our 1st season, so we thought we'd make it a bit different. On this episode we chat to..future booksellers. We usually chat to booksellers from quirky bookshops all around the world (and we hope you've enjoyed these conversations so far). But for today's we prepared something special: you'll be listening to our conversation with a group of children who recently completed a Bookseller's Internship. The children we've interviewed for this episode, Barbu, Timea, V...
Ep. 16: Madeline Gressel, McNally Jackson (New York, US
August 25, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBWandering around New York, it’s very likely that you will stumble upon or make it your mission to get into one of the fantastic four McNally Jackson bookstores located in Soho, Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn or Seaport. Each a well-lit, cleanly-designed literary oasis away from the maddening crowds but with their own flair and ambiance. McNally Jackson became a bookshop in 2004 and it offers a beautiful collection of curated books, highlighting small presses and zines and arranged by the re...
S1 Ep. 16: Madeline Gressel, McNally Jackson (New York, US)
August 25, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBWandering around New York, it’s very likely that you will stumble upon or make it your mission to get into one of the fantastic four McNally Jackson bookstores located in Soho, Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn or Seaport. Each a well-lit, cleanly-designed literary oasis away from the maddening crowds but with their own flair and ambiance. McNally Jackson became a bookshop in 2004 and it offers a beautiful collection of curated books, highlighting small presses and zines and arranged by the re...
S1 Ep. 16: Madeline Gressel, McNally Jackson (New York, US
August 25, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBWandering around New York, it’s very likely that you will stumble upon or make it your mission to get into one of the fantastic four McNally Jackson bookstores located in Soho, Williamsburg, Downtown Brooklyn or Seaport. Each a well-lit, cleanly-designed literary oasis away from the maddening crowds but with their own flair and ambiance. McNally Jackson became a bookshop in 2004 and it offers a beautiful collection of curated books, highlighting small presses and zines and arranged by the re...
S1 Ep. 15: Jane Turner, Gertrude & Alice (Sydney, Australia)
August 11, 2021 22:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBA Sydney institution, the Gertrude and Alice Bookstore & Coffeehouse has become part of the fabric of the surf-themed Bondi suburb where it is located. Named after Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas who were notoriously part of the Parisian artistic elite in the roaring 20s, the bookstore was also designed to be a salon itself where literary conversations flourish over good food, coffee and chai. Gertrude and Alice houses tens of thousands of new and used books and was rated as one of the top...
Ep. 15: Jane Turner, Gertrude & Alice (Sydney, Australia)
August 11, 2021 22:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBA Sydney institution, the Gertrude and Alice Bookstore & Coffeehouse has become part of the fabric of the surf-themed Bondi suburb where it is located. Named after Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas who were notoriously part of the Parisian artistic elite in the roaring 20s, the bookstore was also designed to be a salon itself where literary conversations flourish over good food, coffee and chai. Gertrude and Alice houses tens of thousands of new and used books and was rated as one of the top...
Ep. 14: Jane Turner, Gertrude & Alice (Sydney, Australia)
August 11, 2021 22:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBA Sydney institution, the Gertrude and Alice Bookstore & Coffeehouse has become part of the fabric of the surf-themed Bondi suburb where it is located. Named after Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas who were notoriously part of the Parisian artistic elite in the roaring 20s, the bookstore was also designed to be a salon itself where literary conversations flourish over good food, coffee and chai. Gertrude and Alice houses tens of thousands of new and used books and was rated as one of the top...
S1 Ep. 14: VaLinda Miller, Turning Page (Goose Creek, South Carolina, US)
July 28, 2021 22:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBLocated in Goose Creek, Turning Page is the only black-owned brick-and-mortar bookstore in the state of South Carolina. Painted in bright yellow, the Turning Pages bookshop opened in 2019 and in the words of its owner, it's "a space to hold poetry readings, where students may display their art work publicly, where book clubs can meet, where authors may hold readings and signing events. A place where black lives matter. A place to introduce and celebrate newer African-American authors. A plac...
Ep. 14: VaLinda Miller, Turning Page (Goose Creek, South Carolina, US)
July 28, 2021 22:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBLocated in Goose Creek, Turning Page is the only black-owned brick-and-mortar bookstore in the state of South Carolina. Painted in bright yellow, the Turning Pages bookshop opened in 2019 and in the words of its owner, it's "a space to hold poetry readings, where students may display their art work publicly, where book clubs can meet, where authors may hold readings and signing events. A place where black lives matter. A place to introduce and celebrate newer African-American authors. A plac...
S1 Ep. 13: Samir Mansour, Samir Mansour Bookshop (Gaza, Palestine)
July 14, 2021 21:04 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBThis episode is a bit a different than our usual conversations with booksellers. This is a recording of a phone call we had last week with Samir Mansour, the founder of Samir Mansour Bookshop in Gaza, Palestine. Founded 21 years ago, this two-story bookshop was a much-loved part of the local community and had tens of thousands of books covering everything from philosophy and art history to fiction and children’s books. Samir's bookshop also had the largest collection of English literature in...
Ep. 13: Samir Mansour, Samir Mansour Bookshop (Gaza, Palestine)
July 14, 2021 21:04 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBThis episode is a bit a different than our usual conversations with booksellers. This is a recording of a phone call we had last week with Samir Mansour, to founder of Samir Mansour Bookshop in Gaza, Palestine. Founded 21 years ago, this two-story bookshop was a much-loved part of the local community and had tens of thousands of books covering everything from philosophy and art history to fiction and children’s books. Samir's bookshop also had the largest collection of English literature in ...
Ep. 12: Kenny Leck, Books Actually (Singapore)
July 01, 2021 09:25 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBAn independent bookshop like Books Actually was easy to spot in Singapore's artsy neighbourhood Tiong Bahru. Away from the interconnecting malls, the entrance was marked with pots of wabi-sabi and painted with books growing on trees. Now operating exclusively online, Books Actually houses the largest collection of English literature in Singapore , with many local gems and rarities. The bookstore has its own printing press and its own line of handmade writing papers and utensils. The owner o...
S1 Ep. 12: Kenny Leck, Books Actually (Singapore)
July 01, 2021 09:25 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBAn independent bookshop like Books Actually was easy to spot in Singapore's artsy neighbourhood Tiong Bahru. Away from the interconnecting malls, the entrance was marked with pots of wabi-sabi and painted with books growing on trees. Now operating exclusively online, Books Actually houses the largest collection of English literature in Singapore , with many local gems and rarities. The bookstore has its own printing press and its own line of handmade writing papers and utensils. The owner o...
Ep. 11: Mark Thornton, Bookshop.Org & Founder of Mostly Books (Oxford, UK)
June 16, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBToday's episode may seem like a bit of a detour from our usual bookseller interview, but you can rest assured, it's guided by the same love for independent bookshops. In November 2020, a new chapter began for UK indie booksellers with the opening of Bookshop.org. The platform prides itself with ethical and transparent book e-commerce that celebrates independent bookshops and with reading lists curated by writers, booksellers and voracious readers. Shops can customize their virtual window and...
S1 Ep. 11: Mark Thornton, Bookshop.Org & Founder of Mostly Books (Oxford, UK)
June 16, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBToday's episode may seem like a bit of a detour from our usual bookseller interview, but you can rest assured, it's guided by the same love for independent bookshops. In November 2020, a new chapter began for UK indie booksellers with the opening of Bookshop.org. The platform prides itself with ethical and transparent book e-commerce that celebrates independent bookshops and with reading lists curated by writers, booksellers and voracious readers. Shops can customize their virtual window and...