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Maldon Books is an award-winning independent bookshop located in the heart of the historical town of Maldon, Essex. Owner Olivia Rosenthall opened the bookstore in December 2019, just three months shy of the first national lockdown. She was overwhelmed by the support she received from customers and fellow book lovers up and down the country.

In 2020, Maldon Books shared the National Book Tokens Newcomer of the Year Award with Darling Reads and a Pride of Maldon Award with Silo Refillery.

Maldon Books

 Selfish Little Thing, Olivia Rosenthall

 Percy The Park keeper Books, Nick Butterworth

 The Manningtree Witches, A.K. Blakemore

 Strange Tricks, Syd Moore

 Open Water, Caleb Azumah Nelson

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In this episode, I chat with Michael Herrmann, owner of Gibson’s Bookstore. 

 Founded in 1898, Gibson’s is the oldest continuously operating retailer in the Concord, New Hampshire area. Michael bought the Bookstore in 1994, and in 2013 moved it to its current location on South Main Street. 

 In 2014, Gibson’s was awarded the coveted Independent Spirit Award. This award is given each year by the Book Publisher’s Reps of New England to a bookstore that best exemplifies the spirit of the independent Bookstore.

Gibson’s Bookstore

Virginia Macgregor Books

Erin Bowman Books

 Marjorie Burke Books

 Sleepwalk, Dan Chaon

The Origins Of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

 Timothy Snyder Books

 Masha Gessen Books

 Open Discussion Project

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Vina Lustado is the founder/owner of Sol Haus Design, a boutique firm focusing on sustainable design and building in California. After receiving an architecture degree and over 20 years of experience with high-end corporate clients, Vina decided to focus her career on smaller-scale projects that make a positive difference.

Staying true to her values, Vina has lived full-time in an off-grid tiny house since 2013. Her tiny home has been featured in media publications, books, and television. She is also a proud recipient of FWN Global 100 Most Influential Women and a Featured speaker at Yale University on social entrepreneurship. In 2017, she was chosen as an “Innovative Entrepreneur” by Social Venture Circle.

 Vina’s Tiny House

 Sol Haus Design

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Storysmith Books is an independent bookshop in Bristol, on North Street in Bedminster, England. Owners Dan and Emily Ross stock a tightly curated range of fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books.

We chatted about books, babies, and what they love about living and being indie business owners in Bristol.

Storysmith Books

 Sing Backwards And Weep, Mark Lanegan

 Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home, Nikesh Shukla

 Not Even This, Jack Underwood

 The women Who Built Bristol, Jane Duffus

 Old Lady Voice, Elisa Victoria

 A Long Way From Douala, Max Lobe

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Hi, and welcome to episode #95!

As I record this episode, it's Winter Solstice. The sky is loaded with clouds and the promise of rain, and trees laden with golden leaves punctuate the green of oaks and citrus that flourish in our neighborhood. I've baked and eaten more cookies than I should and will no doubt eat more because 'tis the season and our home feels emptier this year as it's our first without both of our sons.

Instead of my usual Wednesday episode, and as Wednesdays are for authors, I thought I'd answer questions I've received from listeners asking about my background, my books, why I started this podcast, and what I have planned for 2022.

Mandy's books on bookshop.org

The Legend of Astridr: Birth, Mandy Jackson-Beverly (FREE eBook)

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Green Apple Books in San Francisco has provided old and new books to the local community for fifty-one years. I caught up with co-owner Pete Mulvihill to find out what makes Green Apple Books somewhat of an institution in Northern California and how they look after their employees, who, in return, provide outstanding service as booksellers and store managers.  

 Pete and I chat about the history of Green Apple Books, the UFCW local five unions, and he has an excellent answer to the question, "what is the key ingredient to a thriving independent bookshop?"

Green Apple Books

 Stay Home Read Books, Apparel

 San Francisco Locally Owned Merchants Alliance

 UFCW

The Seas, Samantha Hunt

 Gloriana: Or, The Unfulfill’d Queen, Michael Moorcock

 A Fortunate Life, A.B. Facey

 Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville

 Lean Fall Stand, John McGregor

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James Fahy is the acclaimed author of both the Fantasy series ‘Changeling’, and the Urban Gothic ‘Phoebe Harkness’ books. While he lives in the rural North of England with his wife and two adventurous children, James keeps a small part of his heart in Oxford for safekeeping. When not writing, James is very active on Social Media, connecting with and supporting both other writers and book-lovers alike.

In this episode, James and I chat about writing, entering the world of NFTs, what to see, eat, and do in Oxford, and of course, his books!  

James Fahy

Lume Books

James Fahy Books

 James Fahy Books

 Paramount Books Manchester

 Chapter One Books Manchester

 Snow Country, Yasunari Kawabata

 In the Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami

 Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Max Porter

 The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

The Last Bookshop, Oxford

 Daunt Books, Oxford

 Malmaison, Boutique Hotel Oxford

 Vanbrugh House Hotel, Oxford

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In this episode, Malik Muhammad and I chat about Nipsey Hussle's impact on the Crenshaw District community in Los Angeles, the history of the area, and discovering and celebrating his deep African American roots and sharing this with his local and wider community.

Malik Books is an independent African American Bookstore in Los Angeles, specializing in books and African American gifts full of cultural diversity. Malik hopes his selection of products creates a positive impact on self-reflection, self-esteem, and self-awareness. 

Malik Books

 PowerNomics: The National Plan to empower Black America, Dr. Claud Anderson Ed. D.

 Nipsey Hussle Reading List

 Message To the Blackman, Elijah Muhammad

Malik Books Reading List

 Between The World And Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

 Spike Lee Event

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Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott

Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card

Nancy Kress Books

 Patricia Briggs Books

The Arc of a Scythe Trilogy, Neal Shusterman

 Bloodless (Agent Pendergast series), Preston & Child

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Darling Reads is located at 17 High Street, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The bookshop is co-owned by Laura Iveson and Asher Woolford, two mothers who took a leap of faith and opened a bookshop during the pandemic!

Darling Reads

Wheel of Time (series), Robert Jordan

 Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens

 Amari and the Night Brothers, B.B. Alston

Christina Dalcher books

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