The Bookshop Book

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We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books We're talking about bookshops in barns disused factories converted churches & underground car parks Bookshops on boats on buses & in old run-down train stations Fold-out bookshops undercover bookshops this-is-the-best-place-I've-ever-been-to-bookshops Meet Sarah & 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 & 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 & looks at over three 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 & making a difference" David Almond (The Bookshop Book

Includes:: interviews "es from David Almond Ian Rankin Tracy Chevalier Audrey Niffenegger Jacqueline Wilson Jeanette Winterson & many many others)