Got Books? Conversations with Booksellers
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 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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S1 Ep. 10: Martin Latham, Waterstones (Canterbury, UK) & Author of The Bookseller's Tale
June 02, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBOn our 10th episode of Got Books?, we sit down with Martin Latham, bookseller extraordinaire and author of The Bookseller's Tale. Martin has been the longest standing manager for British book retailer Waterstones, having been at the Canterbury bookshop since 1990. He even ordered the excavation of the Roman Bath-House floor at his bookshop, paying for it with the biggest petty cash slip in Waterstones history. Martin knows books like no other and this transpires abundantly in The Bookseller...
Ep. 10: Martin Latham, Waterstones (Canterbury, UK) & Author of The Bookseller's Tale
June 02, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBOn our 10th episode of Got Books?, we sit down with Martin Latham, bookseller extraordinaire and author of The Bookseller's Tale. Martin has been the longest standing manager for British book retailer Waterstones, having been at the Canterbury bookshop since 1990. He even ordered the excavation of the Roman Bath-House floor at his bookshop, paying for it with the biggest petty cash slip in Waterstones history. Martin knows books like no other and this transpires abundantly in The Bookseller...
S1 Ep. 9: Samuel Medina, Libros AC (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
May 20, 2021 07:15 - 59 minutes - 55 MBLocated in the Art District of Santurce, Puerto Rico, Libros AC was an independent bookstore and remains a publishing house with a simple goal: to document the current and the now for future generations' viewing pleasure. It first opened its doors in 2012 as a publishing house, bookstore, café, bistro, bar, piano practice and live music venue. With a selection of Spanish and English books, Libros AC welcomed visitors with a friendly atmosphere and a good coffee. Owner Samuel Medina studied ...
Ep. 9: Samuel Medina, Libros AC (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
May 20, 2021 07:15 - 59 minutes - 55 MBLocated in the Art District of Santurce, Puerto Rico, Libros AC was an independent bookstore and remains a publishing house with a simple goal: to document the current and the now for future generations' viewing pleasure. It first opened its doors in 2012 as a publishing house, bookstore, café, bistro, bar, piano practice and live music venue. With a selection of Spanish and English books, Libros AC welcomed visitors with a friendly atmosphere and a good coffee. Owner Samuel Medina studied ...
Ep. 8: Pil Cappelen Smith, Cappelens Forslag (Oslo, Norway)
May 05, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBWhen you walk inside Cappelens Forslag, you are reminded that strong essences are kept in small bottles. This Oslo bookshop is dressed up in leather and wood and sells, in the words of its owners, interesting books; new, second hand or antiquarian titles, mainly in English and Norwegian. No bestsellers, chick lit, crime nor self-help make the cut, unless extremely well written, out there weird, contrarian or from a different epoch. Cappelens Forslag publishes its own book as well, the Conver...
S1 Ep. 8: Pil Cappelen Smith, Cappelens Forslag (Oslo, Norway)
May 05, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBWhen you walk inside Cappelens Forslag, you are reminded that strong essences are kept in small bottles. This Oslo bookshop is dressed up in leather and wood and sells, in the words of its owners, interesting books; new, second hand or antiquarian titles, mainly in English and Norwegian. No bestsellers, chick lit, crime nor self-help make the cut, unless extremely well written, out there weird, contrarian or from a different epoch. Cappelens Forslag publishes its own book as well, the Conver...
Ep. 7: Angela Franklin, Chez Alpha Books (Dakar, Senegal)
April 21, 2021 19:53 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThere is only one English-language bookshop in Dakar, Senegal and it's called Chez Alpha Books. Initially located inside the owner's garage, it turned into an independent bookshop with a rich and diverse collection of fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on writers from Senegal, other parts of Africa and diaspora but also international classics. The bookshop doubles as a library service, a summer reading camp for children who want to learn English, a college test prep centre and ...
S1 Ep. 7: Angela Franklin, Chez Alpha Books (Dakar, Senegal)
April 21, 2021 19:53 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBThere is only one English-language bookshop in Dakar, Senegal and it's called Chez Alpha Books. Initially located inside the owner's garage, it turned into an independent bookshop with a rich and diverse collection of fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on writers from Senegal, other parts of Africa and diaspora but also international classics. The bookshop doubles as a library service, a summer reading camp for children who want to learn English, a college test prep centre and ...
S1 Ep. 6: Arabella Friesen & Johnny de Falbe, John Sandoe Books (London, UK)
April 07, 2021 22:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBLocated in Chelsea, London, John Sandoe Books has books on every available surface and nook over three floors and three shops. The 18th-century Georgian premises have been home to this beloved bookshop since 1957. A former newsagent and tobacconist, John Sandoe Books locked the spirit of the 50s inside and remained faithful to its ethos and passionate dedication to great books. A testament to the quality of the spread is its clientele, from Elton John and Mick Jagger to Edna O’Brien and Will...
Ep. 6: Arabella Friesen & Johnny de Falbe, John Sandoe Books (London, UK)
April 07, 2021 22:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBLocated in Chelsea, London, John Sandoe Books has books on every available surface and nook over three floors and three shops. The 18th-century Georgian premises have been home to this beloved bookshop since 1957. A former newsagent and tobacconist, John Sandoe Books locked the spirit of the 50s inside and remained faithful to its ethos and passionate dedication to great books. A testament to the quality of the spread is its clientele, from Elton John and Mick Jagger to Edna O’Brien and Will...
S1 Ep. 5: Ana Sipciu, Asteroidul B612 (Bucharest, Romania)
March 24, 2021 23:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIf you ever find yourself in Cotroceni, one of Bucharest's oldest neighbourhoods, you might walk right past the Asteroid B612, a small children bookshop that opened just before 2020 started - and against all odds, it's thriving. It's no small victory in a country where few independent bookshops exist. It's a bookshop like a living room where you are allowed to draw on the walls and where a unicorn head is presiding (the unicorn's name is Claire, by the way). The vibrant atmosphere and grea...
Ep. 5: Ana Sipciu, Asteroidul B612 (Bucharest, Romania)
March 24, 2021 23:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIf you ever find yourself in Cotroceni, one of Bucharest's oldest neighbourhoods, you might walk right past the Asteroid B612, a small children bookshop that opened just before 2020 started - and against all odds, it's thriving. It's no small victory in a country where few independent bookshops exist. It's a bookshop like a living room where you are allowed to draw on the walls and where a unicorn head is presiding (the unicorn's name is Claire, by the way). The vibrant atmosphere and grea...
S1 Ep. 4: Stephen Fowler, The Monkey's Paw (Toronto, Canada)
March 10, 2021 17:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MBYou will not go inside the Monkey's Paw to find a book, but a book you never knew existed will find you. This Toronto bookshop is home to the beautiful, the arcane, and the absurd. Bread sculpture, outer space humour, wild-animal celebrities, useful drugs and guides on how to hate Toronto are all things you can find inside the pages of Monkey's Paw's books, all dated before 1980. And the cherry on top is a custom-made BiblioMat, a vending machine that spits out a randomly selected vintage vo...
Ep. 4: Stephen Fowler, The Monkey's Paw (Toronto, Canada)
March 10, 2021 17:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MBYou will not go inside the Monkey's Paw to find a book, but a book you never knew existed will find you. This Toronto bookshop is home to the beautiful, the arcane, and the absurd. Bread sculpture, outer space humour, wild-animal celebrities, useful drugs and guides on how to hate Toronto are all things you can find inside the pages of Monkey's Paw's books, all dated before 1980. And the cherry on top is a custom-made BiblioMat, a vending machine that spits out a randomly selected vintage vo...
Ep. 3: Charlotte Delattre & Terry Craven, Desperate Literature (Madrid, Spain)
February 25, 2021 07:52 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBThere is a pair of lemon trees outside the Desperate Literature multilingual bookshop in Madrid and you could say that if God gave them lemons, owners Terry and Charlotte made a damn good lemonade with this literary haven. In their own words, Desperate Literature sells books. Real books. Desperate ones. Paper and glue. But actually, Desperate Literature is also a community, event space, a publishing house, and a home. That's right, self-diagnosed book fanatics Terry Craven and Charlotte Del...
S1 Ep. 3: Charlotte Delattre & Terry Craven, Desperate Literature (Madrid, Spain)
February 25, 2021 07:52 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBThere is a pair of lemon trees outside the Desperate Literature multilingual bookshop in Madrid and you could say that if God gave them lemons, owners Terry and Charlotte made a damn good lemonade with this literary haven. In their own words, Desperate Literature sells books. Real books. Desperate ones. Paper and glue. But actually, Desperate Literature is also a community, event space, a publishing house, and a home. That's right, self-diagnosed book fanatics Terry Craven and Charlotte Del...
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February 11, 2021 06:51 - 1 minute - 1.38 MBGot Books? is a podcast for those who love getting lost in (and among) books. For those who appreciate the comfort of a bookshop, the smell of a new book and the story of an old one. It's a podcast with those making this possible: the booksellers. We chat to bookshop owners all around the world to find out: Is owning a bookshop as romantic as we might imagine? How are the books on the "staff picks" table selected and what influences our reading choices? How does a bookshop survive in the ag...
S1 Ep. 2: David Gordon, Curious Fox (Berlin, Germany)
February 11, 2021 06:14 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn the heart of Neukölln, Berlin’s famed bohemian Babylon of a neighbourhood lies Curious Fox, a small bookshop with a big atmosphere. Curious Fox is a cultural refuge for those native English speakers or English language lovers when things get lost in translation. This seven-year old bookshop sells a new & used selection of English-language fiction, bookish accessories, tea and coffee. Curious Fox tells its own story with poetry and music nights, welcoming to rowdy and delicate souls alike....
Ep. 2: David Gordon, Curious Fox (Berlin, Germany)
February 11, 2021 06:14 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn the heart of Neukölln, Berlin’s famed bohemian Babylon of a neighbourhood lies Curious Fox, a small bookshop with a big atmosphere. Curious Fox is a cultural refuge for those native English speakers or English language lovers when things get lost in translation. This seven-year old bookshop sells a new & used selection of English-language fiction, bookish accessories, tea and coffee. Curious Fox tells its own story with poetry and music nights, welcoming to rowdy and delicate souls alike....
Ep. 2: David Gordon: Curious Fox (Berlin, Germany)
February 11, 2021 06:14 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn the heart of Neukölln, Berlin’s famed bohemian Babylon of a neighbourhood lies Curious Fox, a small bookshop with a big atmosphere. Curious Fox is a cultural refuge for those native English speakers or English language lovers when things get lost in translation. This seven-year old bookshop sells a new & used selection of English-language fiction, bookish accessories, tea and coffee. Curious Fox tells its own story with poetry and music nights, welcoming to rowdy and delicate souls alike....
Ep. 1: Shaun Bythell, The Bookshop (Wigtown, Scotland)
January 31, 2021 11:58 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBThis is the first episode of Got Books?, a podcast for those who love getting lost in (and among) books. For those who appreciate the comfort of a bookshop, the smell of a new book and the story of an old one. It's a podcast with those making this possible: the booksellers. We will be interviewing bookshop owners all around the world and for our very episode we travelled to Scotland. In the south-west parts of Scotland lies Wigtown, a small town where 1,000 people live and 10,000 visit eve...
Ep. 1: Shaun Bythell: The Bookshop (Wigtown, Scotland)
January 31, 2021 11:58 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBThis is the first episode of Got Books?, a podcast for those who love getting lost in (and among) books. For those who appreciate the comfort of a bookshop, the smell of a new book and the story of an old one. It's a podcast with those making this possible: the booksellers. We will be interviewing bookshop owners all around the world and for our very episode we travelled to Scotland. In the south-west parts of Scotland lies Wigtown, a small town where 1,000 people live and 10,000 visit eve...
S1 Ep. 1: Shaun Bythell, The Bookshop (Wigtown, Scotland)
January 31, 2021 11:58 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBThis is the first episode of Got Books?, a podcast for those who love getting lost in (and among) books. For those who appreciate the comfort of a bookshop, the smell of a new book and the story of an old one. It's a podcast with those making this possible: the booksellers. We will be interviewing bookshop owners all around the world and for our very episode we travelled to Scotland. In the south-west parts of Scotland lies Wigtown, a small town where 1,000 people live and 10,000 visit eve...