Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praises Beijing’s first 24-hour Bookshop April 24, 2014 – Posted in: bookshops, Reading / Literacy

This one might take the World Book Day cake. On World Book Day in China Premier Li Keqiang sent a letter to the staff of Beijing’s Sanlian Taofen Bookstore. Recently the bookshop, which is owned by the China Publishing Group Corp, started a government-funded trial period of staying open 24 hours a day. And it looks like its working. Li praised the creative idea of a 24-hour bookstore and that it sets a good example for nationwide…

In the Stacks: First Visit to The New Digital Library of America April 26, 2013 – Posted in: In the Stacks, Uncategorized

Books are weapons in the war of ideas. Poster 20 x 27.9 , 1942. Published by the United States Government Printing Office. In the this installment of In the Stacks we visit the newly launched and much anticipated Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The opening of DPLA represents a watershed moment in the history of American libraries and will undoubtedly become a seminal resource for our nation in the years ahead. It is safe to say this will…

Bookstore Wedding June 20, 2012

They met at a public library. His name is Ben, hers is Naly. Where else would they get married if not at “Ben McNally Books” in Toronto! Even Leonard Cohen showed up on their wedding night to wish them well. More on the story and additional images at The Wedding Co. Previously on book patrol:For the Books : The Wedding of Scott and Diana

Next Chapter Bookstore: A New Bookstore Worth Celebrating August 7, 2010

Photo: Tom Reed/The Times These days, the opening of a bookstore anywhere on the planet is cause for a celebration but the opening of The Next Chapter Bookstore in Gainesville, GA is truly a remarkable event. The bookstore is the latest outreach program from Our Neighbor, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of physically handicapped men and women. It is the brainchild of the organization’s founder Marty Owens and a volunteer and former…

Tea Party Bookshop to Throw Its Name Overboard May 8, 2010

In 2008, JoAnne Kohler took a leap. With bookshops all over the country closing at an alarming rate she decided to open one in Salem, Oregon. She named it the Tea Party Bookshop. Kohler thought that the some of the aspects of the Boston Tea Party (think independence, community involvement, and the desire to shop locally) would mirror much of what she was trying to accomplish. From the About Us page of the Tea Party…

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