The perfect antidote to the 'quick-click' on Amazon would be to browse the dusty shelves of the Wigtown Bookshop! I haven't been there, but reading this diary is surely the next best thing. Packed full of anecdotes - buying his collections, selling to customers (in the shop and on-line), the eccentric employees, and organising the annual Wigtown Book Festival. It's all a delight - and has been followed by 'Confessions of a Bookseller' and it's rumoured a TV series may follow.
(Mary Standing - bwl 95 Winter 2020 ) |
