by Tess Callahan | May 8, 2012 | bookstores
Terry Gilman, owner of Mysterious Galaxy Books in San Diego, is one of the great book lovers of the West Coast. She organized an LA-based “Ladies, Lunch & Literacy” series which brought debut authors to the South Bay to read, give a talk, and enjoy lunch with...
by Tess Callahan | May 8, 2012 | bookstores
Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo, New York, co-founded by Jonathon Welch, has a contagious passion for books that are idiosyncratic, unusual, original, and stem from inquiring, free-spirited and independent minds. They feel that as our culture becomes more uniform, the...
by Tess Callahan | May 8, 2012 | bookstores
Last year on our cross country road trip we visited so many wonderful indy bookstores our car sagged with the weight of new books. This year we are giving some love to big sister Barnes & Noble, who according to New York Times Opinion Columnist David Leonhardt...
by Tess Callahan | May 8, 2012 | bookstores
The family-owned Book Revue in Huntington, New York, where I read on July 9, 2009 and July 15, 2010, evolved into a Long Island community and cultural center which offered workshops, book groups and children’s programs. It had a long history of hosting celebrity...
