Putting paid to notions that it takes years to write a book (damn! There goes my excuse) is the 24 Hour Book Project, a groundbreaking new initiative that’s challenging a bunch of writers, editors and publishers to take a book from pie-in-the-sky concept to published material in JUST ONE DAY. The brainchild of the folks [...]
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The 24-Hour Book
Posted in Broadcasts, Discovery of the Week, Events, Footnotes, Publishing, Writers, tagged 24 Hour Book Project, indie, london on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Discovery of the Week: Here Gallery and Bookshop
Posted in Bookshops, Discovery of the Week, Profile, Shops, tagged art, Bristol, Here Gallery and Bookshop, indie on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the cherry on top of one of Bristol’s most spirited spots – where jolly, jeering street drinkers rock beneath crumbling walls sporting Banksy originals; afternoon gig-goers spill out onto pavements from cafes-cum-gig venues to puff on their rollies; the spitting hiss of vats and vats of boiling oil sizzles from rows of red-topped takeaways [...]
Discovery of the Week: The Mighty Miniature
Posted in Bookshops, Discovery of the Week, Second-hand, Shops, Treasured tomes, tagged Book stall, first editions, indie, Second-hand, The Mighty Miniature on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Found: brilliant little book stall pushing brilliant little books, from processions of spotless old Penguins to stacks of sparkling modern hardbacks. Saturdays on Bristol’s Wine Street and Sundays at the Tobacco Factory Market. Lost: £4.50 on this perfect 1962 Pelican first-edition of William Morris’s writing and designs. Oh, and a stinker of a hangover. Mighty indeed. [...]
Discovery of the Week: Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights
Posted in Bookshops, Discovery of the Week, Profile, Shops, tagged Bath, indie, Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Pets, Vlashka on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bath’s Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights – this week’s jackpot – sets The Bind’s detector beeping not only on account of its fantastic moniker; its 2008 Independent Bookshop of the Year accolade; its ‘bibliotherapy’ room, replete with battered, comfy armchairs and help-yourself coffee; the Tintin cartoon strip wallpaper sidling up to the staircase… … [...]
Discovery of the Week: WalcotMart!
Posted in Book design, Discovery of the Week, Events, Footnotes, Profile, Shops, tagged art, Bath, book fair, indie, WalcotMart on March 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The first ever ‘Discovery of the Week’ crown is donned by Bath’s WalcotMart and its Artists’ Book Fair, timed to coincide with the closing weekend of the Bath Literature Festival. The shop is stunning (keep your ears to the cobbles – otherwise known as WalcotMart’s Facebook group – for news of music, film and Subutteo [...]
The Big Green Bookshop
Posted in Footnotes, Readers' lives, Shops, tagged indie, london, opening on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations and the bumps to The Big Green Bookshop in London’s Wood Green, which turns one this week. The indie book seller opened its doors in the wake of the local Waterstones shutting up shop because, apparently, “people in Wood Green don’t read.” This video of the Big Green volunteers (uploaded by the Big Green [...]
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