The Bookshop Book

Review ...it wonderfully illustrates the love of books that sellers and buyers across the world can have ― Image Magazine ...a perfect present for any booklover of your acquaintance -- Harriet Devine Product Description We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I've-ever-been-to-bookshops. Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that's invented the world's first antiquarian book vending machine. And that's just the beginning. From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over two hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world. -- "A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference." David Almond (The Bookshop Book includes interviews and quotes from David Almond, Ian Rankin, Tracy Chevalier, Audrey Niffenegger, Jacqueline Wilson, Jeanette Winterson and many, many others.) Book Description Every bookshop has a story. From the Author Jen grew up in a small village by the sea in the north-east of England. After studying English Literature at Edinburgh University, she moved to north London to sell books and write stories. She works part-time at an antiquarian bookshop. Jen's first book, 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops,' was published in 2012 and was a Sunday Times Bestseller. The sequel, 'More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops,' was released in 2013. 'Weird Things...' is available in nine languages, and was a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards. Her new non-fiction book 'The Bookshop Book' will be published October 2014 and is the official book of the 2014 Books Are My Bag campaign. Jen is also an award-winning poet and short story writer. Her poetry pamphlet 'The Hungry Ghost Festival' is published by The Rialto, and she is currently writing her first novel. From the Inside Flap Every bookshop has a story We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses and in old run-down railway stations. From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book explores the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at more than three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents. (Sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). This book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world. £12.99 From the Back Cover bookshops are time machines spaceships story-makers secret-keepers dragon-tamers dream-catchers fact-finders and safe places. (this book is for those who know this to be true) [all back cover text to be centered and all lower case] About the Author Jen Campbell grew up in the North East of England, and graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in English Literature. She's a published poet and short story writer. She lives in North London where she works at Ripping Yarns bookshop.