Being a bookseller means looking at hundreds (maybe even thousands) of book covers over the course of the year and, when you’ve been a bookseller as long as I have (which is almost twelve years now), you’re bound to develop opinions and tastes when it comes to book covers. So I started a Pinterest board to collect some of the covers that I thought were most successful. At time of writing I’ve shared my thoughts on almost 150 different book covers.
Your Harry Potter announcement of the week: Along with our Harry Potter fanfic open mic (sign up here!), we'll be having Harry Potter trivia! And now, on to today's blog post from Bookseller Sarah...
I reviewed poetry for a number of years with a few literary websites, but other time commitments have pulled me away from that reviewing. But I’m still reading poetry, writing it, and loving it, even if I’m not writing about it quite as much as I’d like to. So, to scratch my own poetry itch, here are some relatively new works of poetry that I think you should read.
Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis
Is what J. K. Rowling reveals about the Harry Potter-verse canon, or fan fiction?
Announcement of the week: Don't forget to sign up for our Harry Potter fan fiction open mic! Registration is live now!
Announcement of the week: So I heard that you wanted to sign up to perform your Harry Potter fan fiction at our open mic, right? Well, without further ado, the sign-up sheet in all its glorious majesty! Sign up now for a chance to be chosen! Now, on to the blog post. This week's is from Bookseller Rebecca.
Our Harry Potter party will include a fanfic open mic session -- details and sign-up link will be posted next week. (PG-rated fanfic, y'all.) For now, bookseller Shana explains why writing is such a crucial part of HP fandom:
The story of the first time I read Harry Potter is a little more dramatic than most. Way back in 1999, my older sister had read and loved Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She loved it so much that she decided that I could never, ever read Harry Potter. My parents went along with this because…I really think they weren’t paying very much attention.
And now, our final entry in our Reading in Translation Giveaway. You can see all the other entries here.
Why I read books in translation:
Here are two more entries in our Reading in Translation Giveaway. You can see the others here.
