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“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” Oscar Wilde

Having owned a bookshop for five years, I’ve had to read a lot of books. They haven’t always been books I’ve wanted to read but I’ve needed to plough through nonetheless because I needed to be able to talk intelligently … Continue reading

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Come in, sit down, kick off your shoes and pour yourself a cuppa…

Welcome to my new online home.  Since we sold The Edinburgh Bookshop a week or so ago I’ve felt a little bit rootless without the anchor of opening hours and routines of stock ordering and shelving and talking to customers.  … Continue reading

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