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Wise words from the team at @burfordgarden ... . . #BeKind #Kindness #KindnessMatters #KindnessQuotes #ThoughtForTheDay

In Mostly Books Meets this week, we're talking to author and bookseller, Martin Latham.

The episode is available on the 'Mostly Books Meet's page of our website (link in bio).

What Martin doesn’t know about books isn’t worth knowing. Having worked as a bookseller for 35 years, he’s seen it all. Starting out in an independent bookshop on the King’s Road in Chelsea, he worked in second hand bookshops and a couple of branches of Waterstones before opening Waterstones Canterbury in 1990. In that role, he’s seen and done a lot with my favourite anecdote being the fact that he was responsible for putting the cost of an archaeological dig through the petty cash.

Martin’s experiences as a bookseller and his clear love of literature are captured in his book, The Bookseller’s Tale, which was published in September.

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The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.

This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls, mythical libraries, itinerant pedlars, radical pamphleteers, extraordinary bookshop customers and fanatical collectors, Canterbury bookseller Martin Latham uncovers the curious history of our book obsession - and his own.

#podcast #MostlyBooksMeets #Books #BooksofIG #BooksOfInsta #BooksOfInstagram #bookstagram #shop #ShopLocal #Indie #Bookbloggers #booklove #Abingdon #Oxfordshire #Oxford @penguinukbooks

In Mostly Books Meets this week, we're talking to author and bookseller, Martin Latham. The episode is available on the 'Mostly Books Meet's page of our website (link in bio). What Martin doesn’t know about books isn’t worth knowing. Having worked as a bookseller for 35 years, he’s seen it all. Starting out in an independent bookshop on the King’s Road in Chelsea, he worked in second hand bookshops and a couple of branches of Waterstones before opening Waterstones Canterbury in 1990. In that role, he’s seen and done a lot with my favourite anecdote being the fact that he was responsible for putting the cost of an archaeological dig through the petty cash. Martin’s experiences as a bookseller and his clear love of literature are captured in his book, The Bookseller’s Tale, which was published in September. ---- The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop. This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls, mythical libraries, itinerant pedlars, radical pamphleteers, extraordinary bookshop customers and fanatical collectors, Canterbury bookseller Martin Latham uncovers the curious history of our book obsession - and his own. #podcast #MostlyBooksMeets #Books #BooksofIG #BooksOfInsta #BooksOfInstagram #bookstagram #shop #ShopLocal #Indie #Bookbloggers #booklove #Abingdon #Oxfordshire #Oxford @penguinukbooks

Closing up for the night and just admiring how many GORGEOUS books we have in stock at the moment - makes me happy!!

All available via our website and in the shop. Free delivery within five miles and postal delivery further afield.
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#ShopLocal #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #BooksOfInsta #books #bookshop #bookshopheroes #Abingdon #Indie #Oxfordshire

Closing up for the night and just admiring how many GORGEOUS books we have in stock at the moment - makes me happy!! All available via our website and in the shop. Free delivery within five miles and postal delivery further afield. . . #ShopLocal #Bookstagram #BooksOfIG #BooksOfInsta #books #bookshop #bookshopheroes #Abingdon #Indie #Oxfordshire

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