By Sophie Egad! Another Bookbits in the same month as the last one?! Yep, the first week of March I'm off, so thought I'd get this in early. ^^ - Well, if you didn't love Little Free Libraries already, a recent study in the US shows that these treasure boxes really benefit [...]
by Damla There is something irresistible about classic romantic comedy movies from the ‘90s and 2000s: unrestrained humor and drama all rolled into one emotional rollercoaster with a safe formula that always delivers a heartwarmingly happy ending. So for this Valentine’s Day, find your perfect match in the new and upcoming [...]
By Sophie If these Bookbits appear a little disjointed, please forgive me: I've been counting books for the past 3 days on account of inventory and may still have little flashbacks (2-15-3 times). - Perhaps a little unsurprisingly, Publishers Weekly reports a spike in US sales of dystopian novels in January 2025, [...]
By Sophie Happy 2025! I hope it will be a gentle year for you, filled with literary treasures. -- Can't start the year without rounding out the old one of course! Besides all of our Staff Top 5s to fluff up your TBRs, here are the best books of 2024 according [...]
by Damla Happy new year! The start of the year always has exciting (if not a bit daunting) connotations. It is an opportunity to evaluate the past year, rethink priorities, refresh some goals, or even set up a few new ones in light of the new year to come. And the [...]
By Damla Thanksgiving is just around the corner. For those of us celebrating, this means a time of gathering around a classic feast of roasted turkey and all the trimmings with loved ones, friends and family, and reflecting on the blessings in our lives. And for those of us who are [...]
By Sophie. Congratulations to Samantha Harvey, who won this year's Booker Prize for Orbital! Chair of the this year's judging panel, Edmund de Waal, had this to say about the book: "[...] Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened. As judges we were determined [...]
By Sophie. A special day today: it's my daughter's birthday! (If you thought I was going to talk about the U.S. Elections, see below.) - First up: ABC's co-director Martijn was a guest on the Bookshop Podcast! Listen here to hear what he has to say about working in the best [...]
By Damla As autumn rapidly approaches and the days get darker, the weather colder, and the trees starker, it is best to embrace the season in all its cozy, mysterious glory. And just because the trees are shedding their leaves in preparation for the colder seasons does not mean that all [...]
Congratulations to Han Kang, who is this year's Nobel Prize laureate for the Literature category! We all probably know her from her International Booker Prize winning The Vegetarian, and thankfully since then quite a few of her other works have been translated into English as well. The Nobel Prize jury lauded [...]
