Bookstore Explorer

Today I'm joined by Jesi Crawford, owner of the new shop Indie Darling Bookstore in Lander, Wyoming. Books We Talk About: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Martyr by Kaveh Akbar.

This week I'm joined by Kathleen Madden of Sassafras on Sutton in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Books We Talk About: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan, and Man's Search for Meaning by Vicktor Fankl

On this episode, I'm joined by Kevin Coolidge, owner of From My Shelf Books & Gifts in Wellsboro, PA. With 20 years of experience in bookselling, Kevin shares everything from the changes in genre popularity he's seen over the years to the close bonds we form with our customers.

I love a mobile bookshop, and today I’m joined by Melanie LaBorwit, owner of Burque Books & Art in Alburquerque, NM!

Books We Talk About: Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafrón, Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

On this episode, we head to sunny California to learn about Ink Spell Books with owner Cindi Whittemore.

Books We Talk About: The books of Shawn Harris, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, the works of Jane Austen, The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan

From shortbread to bookshop, owner Cori Theroux walks us through her journey of opening the Green Dragon Bookshop, as well as creating the Iowa Bookshop Tour.

Books We Talk About: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis, The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

On this episode, I’m joined by Meg O’Brien, owner of Good & Golden Books in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Books We Talk About: Tomes & Tea Rebecca Thorne, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

On this episode, I’m joined by Amy Ford and Lindsey Gartman, sisters who own Woven Words Bookshop, a book and craft shop in Akron, Ohio.

Books We Talk About: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane, A Place Called Home by David Ambroz

On this episode, I’m joined by Brittany Haynes, owner of Book Bar in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. Books We Talk About: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Remnants of a Scarlet Flame by Cindy L. Sell

On this episode, we head to the Pacific Northwest to visit with Sascha and Gem Schaudies, owners of Bundok Books in Puyallup, Washington.

Books We Talk About: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett, Saints of Storm and Sorrow Gabriella Buba, Battle of the Butts Jocelyn Rish, The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August, The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert