In 2013, I was fortunate enough to attend Summer School at Oxford University. I stayed in Exeter College and my room faced Broad Street. Across the road was the world famous Blackwell’s bookshop. Blackwell’s has serving the needs of students, academics and book-lovers…
I visited Powell’s City of Books in Portland Oregon last year on my birthday. I had a fabulous couple of hours browsing this wonderful store. When they use the word City in their name, they mean it. The place even…
The Last Bookstore in LA has to be one of the most fun bookstores I’ve been to. It even has a labyrinth made of books! We discovered the store in the Historic District of La (I hadn’t even realised…
Wherever I travel I make a point of finding interesting or beautiful bookstores. Over the last year, I’ve had quite a few bookstore adventures and I’d like to share some of them with you over the next few weeks. Each…
#35 Days of Dares #35 Dare to Shutdown It’s Lent and this time of year Christians from all round the world go on fasts of some sort, giving up something they love as a sacrifice. As an avid reader, I…
#35 Days of Dares #34 Dare to Change In this first week of Autumn in the southern hemisphere I’m reminded of the fact that I change, just like nature does in the seasons. In Autumn we see the…