Bookhop Tours of Britain is a wonderful slow-travel guide to the indie bookshops of Britain. Across 18 tours, the reader journeys from the Jurassic Coast of southwest England, over the mountains of Wales, through England’s industrial heartland, up to the Scottish Highlands and back (via Whitby) through the Norfolk Broads, central London, the South Downs and Hardy’s Wessex.
Along the way, the tours visit beaches, castles, head down coal mines, go to whisky distilleries, and take in bird-watching, hiking, canoeing, stately homes and the houses of best-loved historic writers.
A Book in Praise of Good Bookstores
In Praise of Good Bookstores is a beautiful homage to the importance of bookstores, written by a bookstore owner in Chicago, known for running one of the best independent shops in the USA. Read this and you’ll be in awe of bookshops!
