Atticus Books

As temperatures keep dropping and snow is making its appearance on the American East Coast, we’re glad to zero in on a bookseller who’s welcoming in summer! Tanya Caunce, owner of TLC Books Manly in beautiful Queensland, Australia let us in on what it’s like to be an indie bookseller on the other side of [...]

Neil Gaiman once said, “a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore it knows it’s not fooling a soul.” Book enthusiast and dream-driven entrepreneur Janet Geddis couldn’t agree more. Arriving in Athens, Georgia in 2004, Janet found a vibrant, intellectual, artsy town that [...]

In our ongoing quest to hone in on and highlight the qualified, quirky and sometimes quixotic individuals who make up the indie bookstore scene, we were blessed to gain insight into the ongoings at Atomic Books in Baltimore, Maryland. Far from your average Main Street bookshop, Atomic Books offers an eclectic and imaginative mix of [...]

For the second installment of our interview series “Independent Booksellers That Rock Our World,” we had the great luck to get the story behind Sundial Books, the quaint and culture-rich creation of indie booksellers Jon and Jane Richstein. Nestled in the beautiful, literary-rich island of Chincoteague, Virginia, the shop functions as a haven for local [...]

A few short months ago, Atticus Books took the liberty to create the much-needed and indecorously named Facebook page, “Independent Booksellers That Rock Our World.” Dedicated to the brave and passionate souls who, despite the ever-present naysayers, strive to make our world a more literary place, the page, like the bookshops themselves, serves as a [...]