Bookshops

Bookshops are a vital part of the community and Ilkley has one of the best.

For three days, booksellers from all over the country open pop-up bookshops.

In defiance, bookshops have been sharing pictures online showing her books proudly displayed on their shelves.

It broke new ground in terms of what bookshops could really be like - bright, airy, engaging, friendly, with a dizzying range of books, as well as magazines, overseas newspapers and stationery, and a pretty good cafe as well.

Like similar bookshops that have opened in the past five years, it sells books that are becoming hard to find in Hong Kong, especially after the government began ridding public libraries of titles it deems as violating the national security law (NSL).

That is exactly what it was for me, and the reason I sent friends and family members to their local libraries or bookshops in a chain of sharing in pure joy, a conversation topic for months after the final page had been read.

The hardback issue was one of only 200 in the first print's run that went to bookshops, according to book expert Jim Spencer.

And that honour came just months after Wave of Nostalgia was listed as one of the top ten independent bookshops UK-wide.

Bookshop.org is an online bookshop that financially supports local, independent bookshops.

Correct me if I’m wrong but, apart from three national chains selling books, there are few, if any, independent bookshops left.

It is available in bookshops and online.

Anderson's Bookshops have raised more than $84,000 through their GoFundMe online fundraiser.

Apparently, it can be found categorised in bookshops and libraries variously under maths, general science, philosophy, cognitive science, religion and the occult (the last two don’t quite hack it).

A schoolboy bullied for his love of books has received support from authors, bookshops and celebrities.

Businesses such as bookshops and chemists should be able to trade at any time of day, while office buildings could operate bars and galleries in their foyers after hours under an ambitious plan to revive Sydney’s night time economy.

In our fight against the virus of obscurantism, it would have helped greatly to keep civilising places such as museums, arthouse cinemas, bookshops and libraries open.

Late on Thursday, Gardners reopened, allowing bookshops to order single copies of books for customers – but only for titles it has in stock.

Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library, also acknowledged the impact of restrictions on independent bookshops, despite the surge in reading during 2020.

On Wednesday, one of Paris’s most famous bookshops, Shakespeare and Company, said it had seen an 80% decline in sales since March, and appealed to customers for help as it faces “hard times”.

Shopify has launched a new app, called Shop, which aims to help users find local businesses with an online presence such as bookshops, craft stores, clothing stores and cosmetics businesses.