Apr 24, 2021
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I work part-time in a lovely bookshop on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, and in this bonus episode, I interview my boss, Laurie Gillman, who founded the shop five years ago, to talk about what goes into starting and running a bookshop.
Laurie and I talked about what makes East City Bookshop special, some fun stories she has of hanging out with a few British authors, the challenges of the last year, her advice for anyone wanting to start a bookshop, and a whole lot more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
Buy all the books available in the UK from Bookshop UK here
Buy all the books from Bookshop US here
Tin Man, by Sarah Winman (US / UK & Worldwide)
How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig (US / UK & Worldwide)
Little, by Edward Carey (US / UK & Worldwide)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, by Hanif Abdurraqib (US / UK & Worldwide)
Mary Jane, by Jessica Anya Blau (US / UK & Worldwide)
Creatures of Passage, by Morowa Yejidé (US / UK & Worldwide)
Revival Season, by Monica West (US / UK & Worldwide)
The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris (US / UK & Worldwide)
Once There Were Wolves, by Charlotte McConaghy (US / UK & Worldwide)
Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy (US / UK & Worldwide)
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis, by John Woodrow Cox (US)
A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape, by W Ralph Eubanks (US / UK & Worldwide)
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe (US / UK & Worldwide)
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Buy your books from East City Bookshop here!
In the US and now the UK, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!
In other countries, you can support the podcast by using this link to buy from Blackwells.com, which ships internationally at inexpensive rates.
Get your first two audiobooks for just $14.99 with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.
Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com
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