The Village Bookshop Journal
Mrs Blackwell’s October Reading Log
October was a fantastic reading month for me, I enjoyed every book I read this month, a great spread of fiction and nonfiction.
Mrs Blackwell’s October Reading Log
October was a fantastic reading month for me, I enjoyed every book I read this month, a great spread of fiction and nonfiction.
Mrs Blackwell’s September Reading Log
Mr Blackwell and I spent the month of September touring bookshops and other highlights in Michigan, Ohio, Maine and Nova Scotia. Naturally this meant I spent a lot more time...
Mrs Blackwell’s September Reading Log
Mr Blackwell and I spent the month of September touring bookshops and other highlights in Michigan, Ohio, Maine and Nova Scotia. Naturally this meant I spent a lot more time...
Mrs Blackwell’s August Reading Log
This month I recorded my reading log at the incredibly elegant FlyLeaf Bookstore and Bar in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. I’ve followed this shop on Instagram since they opened and...
Mrs Blackwell’s August Reading Log
This month I recorded my reading log at the incredibly elegant FlyLeaf Bookstore and Bar in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. I’ve followed this shop on Instagram since they opened and...
Wairarapa Bookshop Hop 2024
Once a year, the best booksellers in our beautiful region unite for the Wairarapa Bookshop Hop - a day that celebrates bookshops and the readers who support them. Bookshop Day...
Wairarapa Bookshop Hop 2024
Once a year, the best booksellers in our beautiful region unite for the Wairarapa Bookshop Hop - a day that celebrates bookshops and the readers who support them. Bookshop Day...
Mrs Blackwell’s July Reading Log
The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada This is the story of a divorced bookseller in Tokyo who joins a dating service called ‘Perfect Strangers’. The service offers 30 minute meetings...
Mrs Blackwell’s July Reading Log
The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada This is the story of a divorced bookseller in Tokyo who joins a dating service called ‘Perfect Strangers’. The service offers 30 minute meetings...
Mrs Blackwell’s June Reading Log
I'm probably the only bookshop owner in New Zealand whose first choice of breakfast radio is The Matt and Jerry Show on Radio Hauraki. For the uninitiated, this is a...
Mrs Blackwell’s June Reading Log
I'm probably the only bookshop owner in New Zealand whose first choice of breakfast radio is The Matt and Jerry Show on Radio Hauraki. For the uninitiated, this is a...
Why Write Letters in a Digital Age? A Primer on...
As you likely know, I’m a fan of the analog. I have an affinity for pencils and pens, stationary, and — of course — paper books. And as an extension...
Why Write Letters in a Digital Age? A Primer on...
As you likely know, I’m a fan of the analog. I have an affinity for pencils and pens, stationary, and — of course — paper books. And as an extension...
Mrs Blackwell’s Reading Log - January 2024
In direct contrast to the busy and festive month of December, January is almost always a great reading month for me in terms of volume. The undemanding first few days...
Mrs Blackwell’s Reading Log - January 2024
In direct contrast to the busy and festive month of December, January is almost always a great reading month for me in terms of volume. The undemanding first few days...
Wairarapa Bookshops and Bookshop Hop
One of the (many) great things about Wairarapa is we have 13 fantastic bookshops all within an easy 30 minute drive of one another, so it's entirely possible for...
Wairarapa Bookshops and Bookshop Hop
One of the (many) great things about Wairarapa is we have 13 fantastic bookshops all within an easy 30 minute drive of one another, so it's entirely possible for...
Mrs Blackwell, the Bookshop Intern
The eagle-eyed have spotted a few recent Instagram posts in which I appear to be bookselling — but the background is not Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop. That's because every Monday...
Mrs Blackwell, the Bookshop Intern
The eagle-eyed have spotted a few recent Instagram posts in which I appear to be bookselling — but the background is not Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop. That's because every Monday...
Introduction to the Commonplace Book
You know that feeling: you've read something profound or interesting or inspiring and you know you'll want to remember it later. You've marked the page with a bookmark, a scrap...
Introduction to the Commonplace Book
You know that feeling: you've read something profound or interesting or inspiring and you know you'll want to remember it later. You've marked the page with a bookmark, a scrap...
Poetry 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Reading (and ...
If your only exposure to poetry was required reading in school or nursery rhymes you read as a child (or to your own children), you might be hesitant to add...
Poetry 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Reading (and ...
If your only exposure to poetry was required reading in school or nursery rhymes you read as a child (or to your own children), you might be hesitant to add...