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 [...]
I am done with prolific novelist Robert B. Parker. No longer will I waste my time with another one of his putrid Spenser novels. As a publisher and admirer of literary fiction, I vow to retire from the abhorrent habit and guilty pleasure of intermittently reading a Robert B. Parker book in the summertime. He [...]
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 [...]
KENSINGTON, MD — Leave it to me for waiting a good four months before reacting to this news. Sometimes, as Bob Dylan warbles, “it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry,” and it takes way too much time for startling industry news to penetrate this thick skull of mine and shatter [...]
When: September 19-24, 2010
Where: Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland
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