Monday, April 28, 2008

Brighton Children's Book Festival: the Bookseller's-eye-view

Providing Brighton festival goers with books to buy were the kind people from Bags of Books, the Lewes based children's bookstore (one of a decreasing number of specialist booksellers in the country, I might add). Their stall was located in the corner of a room exhibiting some rather startling photographs.

This was the view from behind the book counter:

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6 Comments:

Blogger Sarah said...

What is up with that bedroom scene? :-D

7:35 PM  
Blogger Angela said...

Now there's a tough customer.... I'm trying to imagine if there are any words I could put down on paper (children's genre) that would take his attention away from that photo / video....

10:52 AM  
Blogger Candy Gourlay said...

Customer? That was the bookseller. He and the other people selling books sat there all day opposite that photo They were pretty stoic about it though.

11:05 AM  
Blogger Paul Romeo said...

Is that what happens to you if you become a bookseller of children books?

Hey oh! Vive la France!

7:11 PM  
Blogger Paul Romeo said...

Gosh, that was a mouthful!
Why can't I edit my own comments?

I meant 'children bookseller'... but, hey! bookseller of children books is the long winded way of saying it :) Just in case anyone wondered...

7:14 PM  
Blogger Candy Gourlay said...

bags of books were really good sports about it. it must have been exhausting sitting in front of that photo all day.

11:08 AM  

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