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Lorna Fraser's avatar

It’s a little bit further than local from me, but one of my favourite bookshops is the Waterstones in Gower Street in London. They have a huge selection of nonfiction, Loeb classical library hardbacks available. It’s in a beautiful building, and just down from the British Museum(those sneaky people….) and the staff are always lovely.

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Andrew Wilson's avatar

I've been there! Thats a great shop. I was visiting my sister and wandered in after the museum. Do you mean the museum is sneaky bc of the marbles etc or something else?

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Lorna Fraser's avatar

I’m just echoing Max, when she meets them briefly in The Good, The Bad, and The History! I can’t remember exact details, but there were definitely rumours of some occult goings on in the basement, or something like that…😜

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Deborah Martin's avatar

In regards to bookshop day. My favourite bookshop is Pulp Fiction in Brisbane Australia. They are an independent bookshop. They are the only bookshop in this city that carry Jodi Taylor books and have me on standing order for the new St Mary’s and Time Police books.

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Andrew Wilson's avatar

My family runs two independent bookshops and it’s really lovely work. It’s hard but rewarding, and the industry is doing better and better. It's great to see for cultural reasons as well as the economics. A lot of the revenue DOES come from chocolate bars and greeting cards but what can you do. :) It always makes me smile to see or hear from a bookshop enthusiast!

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Pamela's avatar

My favorite bookshop is Amazon.com. I don't get out much and my favorite activity is reading ( puny body, humongous brain) what can I say, I can't walk more than a few blocks, and I don't drive, so I exercise my brain, and I love all things ST. Mary's.

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Ewan's avatar

I used to live in the big city where there were five bookshops, three in a chain and two independents, but a tree change has seen me move way, way out to the country. - 200km + to be exactly approximate!

My closest bookshop is now an 80Km round trip, but Megs Bookshop in Port Pirie is a great little place. They do a combination of new books at the front of the store and secondhand books at the back.

The staff are friendly and have ordered several books for me in the last year including (shameless plug) books by a Ms J Taylor and Mr C McDonnell amongst others. Im just waiting for a couple from those pair of literary giants to come in in fact !

I think it's important to keep using and supporting local bookshops, otherwise we will be reduced to only being able to buy the top 50 books that Kmart and Woolies deem profitable and literature be damned.

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Mark Bates's avatar

My favorite bookstore was Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Was… until vandals burned it down five years ago for reasons irrational.

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Katrina Evans's avatar

While not traditional book shops, the best places to get books are used book sales. Library book sales are fabulous! The library in Springvale Maine holds an annual book sale. Buy a reusable bag for $12 and haul off as many books as you can cram into the bag. The also take book donations for the next year's sale - fund raising and book recycling.

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tstuart's avatar

Here in the US Wild West, there is a MARVELOUS book store called The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is a wonderful independent bookstore that opened in 1989. It is a pure joy to visit and browse. Many author events. I have discovered many new worlds from attending these events and the book clubs that they host. Including my introduction to the world of St Mary's!

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Aileen Morrison's avatar

My favourite bookshop is actually a book fair that takes place in a old building in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. You have to go behind all the greenhouses to find it. It's one weekend every month and I can spend so much time (and money) going around the stalls. It's actually where I first picked up Just One Thing After Another and I go back hoping to find another favourite comfort read.

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