Inside the Reading Room: A Night at Poetry at Dusk
Every third Thursday the lamps go low, the chairs come out, and the reading room fills up for Poetry at Dusk. Here’s what a night looks like from behind the […]
A Beginner’s Map to Translated Fiction
Translated fiction can feel like a locked room with no key. It isn’t. Here’s a gentle way in, built from the books our customers return to most. Start with a […]
Notes from the Margin: Why We Write in Books
We sell a lot of second-hand books, and the best ones come with something extra: a previous reader’s notes in the margin. Here’s why we think marginalia is a feature, […]
How to Build a Commonplace Book
A commonplace book is just a notebook where you copy the lines worth keeping. Writers have kept them for centuries. Here’s how to start one — no special talent required. […]
Five Debut Novels We Couldn’t Shut Up About This Spring
Every spring the front table fills up with debuts, and every spring we fall hard for a handful of them. Here are five first novels that had the whole shop […]
