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Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain | Robin Ince
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In this warm and witty celebration of the written word, the popular comedian and presenter takes the reader on a journey across Britain as he explores his lifelong love of books and bookshops. Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided he would instead go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac follows Robin up and down the country in his quest to discover just why he can never have enough books. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.
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Magpiegem
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20/23 This book spoke to my heart. What I wouldn‘t give to be allowed to spend my times touring bookshops! It was a love letter to bookshops, book people, and books. I listened to this one which was great because it was narrated by the author but I do wonder if the physical book has a list of bookshops/ mentioned books at the back? Does anyone know? Photo from the garden of one of my fave bookshops in Alfriston.

squirrelbrain Love the bench! I just checked my copy and it‘s more of an index of shops rather than a full list of addresses. There‘s also an index of all the books he mentions. I don‘t have access to a photocopier or scanner, but I could take pics and email them to you, if you‘d like? Just let me know! 12mo
Magpiegem @squirrelbrain yes please! That would be amazing! My email address is gemmasmith_sm@hotmail.com thank you 😊 xx 12mo
squirrelbrain I‘ll try and do that today for you…. 😁 12mo
Magpiegem @squirrelbrain no rush at all, thank you so much. That‘s really kind of you 😊 12mo
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Curvybookgirl
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A Christmas gift from my other half and I very much enjoyed it. Now I have a long list of book shops to visit

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squirrelbrain
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This was a fun read to dip in and out of, although it got a bit samey in places.

The author decided to promote his previous book by visiting 100 bookshops across Britain, just after bookshops re-opened after forced pandemic closures. Along the way he unearths unusual, mainly non-fiction, books in charity shops to use as prompts in his book talks.

This was my last book for #nonfictionnovember

LeeRHarry I saw Robin Ince last month when he was out here with Prof Brian Cox 💕 😏 - he was promoting this book then - sounded interesting, one to go back to when looking for new bookshops to visit 😊 1y
squirrelbrain Oh, that was the arena tour he was supposed to be doing in the UK, instead of this @LeeRHarry - they decided they couldn‘t risk big arenas so he did little bookshops instead! 1y
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