Podcast appearances and mentions of shaun bythell

Við höfum verið að fjalla undanfarna mánudaga um það hvað verður á fjölunum í leik- og sviðslistahúsunum í vetur. Í dag var komið að Tjarnarbíói, Snæbjörn Brynjarsson nýráðinn leikhússtjóri þar á bæ kom í þáttinn. Tjarnarbíó hefur verið aðalmiðstöð frjálsu leikhópana hér á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og verður það áfram í vetur með fjölbreytta dagskrá sem Snæbjörn sagði okkur frá henni í þættinum. Við fengum vinkil frá Guðjóni Helga Ólafssyni í dag. Í þetta sinn fjallaði vinkillinn um matargerð sem tekur mið af hnattstöðu Íslands og ekki síður árstíðinni, því nú verður spjallað um kjötsúpu. Hvers vegna er kjötsúpan mismunandi á milli heimila og landa? Má allt í kjötsúpugerð, eða verður að fara eftir uppskrift? Eru einhver leyndarmál sem gera súpuna betri á sumum heimilum en öðrum? Svo var það lesandi vikunnar. Í þetta sinn var það Móheiður Hlíf Geirlaugsdóttir skáld og bóksali. Hún rekur bókabúðina Kanínuholan, sem hefur verið kölluð minnsta bókabúð landsins, en búðin er í bílskúrnum hjá henni. Hún sagði okkur auðvitað frá því hvað hún hefur verið að lesa undanfarið og hvaða bækur og höfundar hafa haft mest áhrif á hana í gegnum tíðina. Móheiður talaði um eftirfarandi bækur og höfunda: Mafalda e. Quino, teiknimyndasögur Undir grjótvegg e. Svövu Jakobsdóttur Ariel e. Sylviu Plath (sem Móheiður hefur verið að þýða) Óseldar bækur bóksala e. Shaun Bythell. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear e. Mosab Abu Toha Og svo talaði hún um bækurnar Mémoire d'une Jeune Fille Rangée / Mémoirs of a Dutiful Daughter og La Femme Rompue / A Woman Destroyed e. Simone de Beauvoir Tónlist í þættinum: Komdu í kvöld / Ragnar Bjarnason (Jón Sigurðsson) Allar mínar götur / Ragnar Bjarnason (Haraldur Reynisson) Barn / Ragnar Bjarnason (Ragnar Bjarnason, ljóð Steinn Steinarr) UMSJÓN GUÐRÚN GUNNARSDÓTTIR OG GUNNAR HANSSON

Unsere Reise nach Wigtown, Schottland Teil 2. Diesmal treffen wir tatsächlich den Autor des wunderbaren "Tagebuch eines Buchhändlers". Inhabers des "The Bookshop" in der schottischen "Booktown". Wir bekommen ein Interview und haben eine trefflich schöne Zeit... Hier der Link zur Seite von Shauns Buchhandlung Und hier der Link zur Facebook Seite Und für unsere wunderbaren Gastgeber aus Wigtown hier die Übersetzung in ein hoffentlich akzeptables Englisch: "Hello everyone out there. Today I'm assuming that you are regular listeners. If not, you should definitely listen to last week's episode first. Last Friday we started taking you on a trip to Wigtown in Scotland. Scotland's official 'Booktown', home of Shaun Bythell, author of 'Diary of a Bookseller' and owner of 'The Bookshop'. Well, we are still on this same journey. We've already searched the bookstore extensively, gotten to know the area a bit, met a lot of nice people, but still missed Shaun himself. Today is supposed to be the big day when we meet him. It won't be the last time. Because, like the entire area, there seems to be a very special magic about it and its people. Probably some fairy thing. We have definitely already succumbed to this magic. Nevertheless, it is important to bring some order into your thoughts today. After all, this meeting with Shaun was the original trigger for the whole trip. And many of the questions we want to ask Shaun have been deepened by our first few days. How can it be that a place like Wigtown offers enough space for ten or more bookstores in a region that has fewer inhabitants than our city? How is Shaun today? After his international success as an author. Is he still a bookseller at heart? However. It's not just the questions that are exciting, but also the person. A few pictures say a lot less than the bookstore and the town of Wigtown alone. We are excited and Katha is almost a bit in awe of the moment. What will Shaun say and what kind of person is he really? [THE INTERVIEW] Shaun was fantastic. We still met very often. Also random and spontaneous. We had lunch in his kitchen, drank together and talked about books and authors. Especially about Ian Banks, who he knew himself... Overall, these almost 10 days were a wonderful time. We didn't get far beyond the south of Scotland. But we met great and wonderful people. And we were allowed to breathe in deeply the scent of the books and inhale the fantastic spirit of Scotland. We are eternally grateful for that. Thank you Steve, thank you Nicki, thank you Shaun, thank you Christie, thank you Louann, thank you Katha, thank you everyone! If I have forgotten anyone, I am very sorry and it was certainly not intentional. Just feel for “everyone”! addressed. We hope you guys out there enjoyed this little journey too. We can only advise you to take this journey too. It's definitely worth it. I wish you a nice weekend today. See you soon. Ciao, arrivederci, your Gerd..."

Unsere Reise nach Wigtown, Schottland zum Autor des wunderbaren "Tagebuch eines Buchhändlers" und Inhabers des "The Bookshop" in der schottischen "Booktown". Der erste Teil heute. Noch ohne Shaun Bythell, aber trotzdem mit jeder Menge Fantasy und Abenteuer. Und dem Wächter des Clan Hannay... Hier der Link zur Seite der Clan Society Und hier der Link zur Facebook Seite Und für unsere wunderbaren Gastgeber aus dem Clan Hannay und unseren Freund Steve hier die Übersetzung in ein hoffentlich akzeptables Englisch: "Hello everyone out there. I've already taken you on a trip a few times. Today we're trying that again. This time our goal is quite far away. But again a goal that should be of interest of all of us. It's about books, magic an fantasy. But before we start, there's the little back story... In 2018, a certain Shaun Bythell from Wigtown, Scotland published his first book. In 2019 it was also published in German. With the catchy name “Diary of a Bookseller”. From the beginning there was a lot familiar to me in this book. There are simply endless parallels between all small bookstores. We also sold Shaun's book quite well and I think many of our customers have grown to love it in a similar way as we do. If you haven't read the book, I strongly encourage you to do so. For people who like books and small shops it's a great treat and a wonderful insight into Shaun's life with books. His third book will soon be released in German. We have watched countless of his videos on social networks. I confess, we are fans... Then one day Katha said why don't we just travel to Scotland and visit the man? From that moment it was a done deal. And so we now sit in the car to Calais and look forward to Scotland and the funny bookseller Shean Bythell. Nothing planned. Nothing booked. Just drive off and see what lies ahead. Of course, a few ideas are in our heads. Wigtown is located in the far south of Scotland. In the "Galloway and Dumfries" council area. Whoever we spoke to in advance, we were always encouraged to visit the north of Scotland, the Highlands and the Isle of Skye. Accordingly, we have of course come up with a few possible destinations and a potential route to Inverness, Loch Ness and Isle of Skye. But always only as an option. The premise was Wigtown from the start - and then see how it develops. As you can imagine, we were of course also hoping for a nice story and, if possible, an interview with Shaun Bythell... So we went out to visit this bookshop in Wigtown AND see Scotland. In reality things turned out completely differently. We visited Wigtown and found Scotland RIGHT THERE. Incredibly nice and friendly people, wild and extremely biodiverse nature, lots of culture, of course a whiskey distillery and Scottish beer and even one of the clan seats of the Lowlands. Not far from the scene of Robert the Bruce's first battle against a seemingly far superior English army. But slowly. From the beginning... So we sit in the car to Calais and take the classic ferry to Dover. Then past London, Birmingham and Liverpool to the south of Scotland. Unfortunately, when we arrive in Wigtown and first visit Shaun's bookshop, he is on his way. We can already see our chances dwindling. Nevertheless, we have a nice conversation with the bookseller Nicki - no, not the Nicki from the books - but one of the current employees in The Bookshop. And this Nicki is an incredibly nice and helpful person, as it quickly turns out. After a few minutes of conversation about our concerns, some books and our non-existent plans, she gets on the phone and calls a certain "Steve". He's supposed to be a nice guy and have exactly what we need... And so it happened that we postponed our conversation with Shaun Bythell until Monday. But instead were allowed to set up camp for the night beneath the Tower of Sorbie. Stephen Hanna is the guardian of the Sorbie Tower and therefore ambassador of the Clan Hannay, whose castle he guards,

Shaun Bythell runs 'The Bookshop' in Wigtown, it's Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop, and is now incredibly popular. Back in 2017, Shaun published, 'The Diary of a Bookseller', a book filled with his daily experiences running the store. People fell in love with his wry musings, the life of a bookseller, and it became a Sunday Times bestseller. He's followed it up with 'Confessions of a Bookseller', and 'Remainders of the Day', in the 'Bookseller Series'.We talk about why everyone finds the life of a bookseller appealing and whether that's really what it's like. You can hear how a diary becomes published, how an editor works on it, and whether having them published has changed how he writes a diary. This was recorded back in 2022, I have no clue why it's taken so long to be released. Sorry Shaun, and I hope you enjoy the episode!Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spannung, Liebe, Feminismus und ganz viel Book Porn! Ihr kennt Book Porn nicht? Na, das lassen wir euch Karla in dieser Folge lieber selbst erklären. Günter und Karla besprechen außerdem von einem wichtigen Phänomen, das wir alle in Phasen schon einmal erlebt haben, nämlich dem Lesefrust. Da die aktuelle Weltlage uns gerade alle sehr beschäftigt und belasten kann, ist es für uns Vielleser*innen umso wichtiger ab und zu in Bücher und andere Lebenswelten abtauchen zu können. Kraft tanken, inspiriert werden oder einfach abgelenkt werden, dabei helfen uns Bücher.Die Bücher dieser Folge:Die Fortsetzung des Kult-Bestsellers aus Schottland: Shaun Bythell Neue Bekenntnisse eines Buchhändlers Eine Liebe im Spannungsfeld von östlicher und westlicher Lebenswelt: Xiaolu Guo Eine Sprache der Liebe Eine der herausragendsten Schriftsteller*innen der Klassischen Moderne: Virginia Woolf Ein Zimmer für sich allein oder Die gesammelten Werke Deutschland und der RAF-Terror: Ein hochspannender Politthriller vom Sohn des damaligen Verfassungsschutzleiters Stephan R. Meier 44 TAGE - Und Deutschland wird nie mehr sein, wie es war +++Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Remainders of the Day: Diaries from the Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell, published by Profile Books.

In a packed show recorded on location at the Wigtown Book Festival, Robert Kirkwood chats to a whole host of writers, including three very different historians, Nick Jubber on the Fairy Tellers, Alex von Tunzelmann on toppled statues in Fallen Idols and Estelle Paranque on Fire, Blood and Gold - the relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici. There are some Wigtown natives ... we speak to storyteller Renita Boyle, and bookshop diarist Shaun Bythell. Plus a trio of female Scottish writers, Olga Wojtas on Maria Blane's Prefect, Lynne McEwan on Dead Man Deep and In Dark Water plus recent guest on the show Elissa Soave on her debut Ginger and Me.

 Meredith Hall Meredith Hall's memoir Without a Map was instantly recognized as a classic of the genre and became a New York Times bestseller. It was named a best book of the year by Kirkus and BookSense, and was an Elle magazine Reader's Pick of the Year. Hall was a recipient of the 2004 Gift of Freedom Award from A Room of Her Own Foundation. Her work has appeared in Five Points, The Gettysburg Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, The New York Times, and many other publications. Hall divides her time between Maine and California.Godine PublisherGodine is an independent publisher located in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2020, with new titles that range from Shaun Bythell's memoir, Confessions of a Bookseller to Thomas W. Gilbert's groundbreaking history, How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed.  Founded in 1970, Godine is home to the Black Sparrow Press, founded in 1966 and relaunched in Spring 2020 with titles including Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems by Wanda Coleman, edited by Terrance Hayes, and Summer Solstice: An Essay by Nina MacLaughlin. The Portsmouth Athenaenum The Portsmouth Athenaenum is a library, gallery and museum founded in 1817 and located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Membership libraries were first created in the 18th century. While there were once hundreds of membership libraries across America and today there are fewer than 20. Today, the Portsmouth Athenæum maintains a library of over 40,000 volumes, an archive of manuscripts, photographs, objects, and ephemera relating to local history and sponsors exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and other educational and cultural programs. Alex WatersAlex is the technical producer and editor for the Short Fuse Podcast. He is a music producer and a student at Berklee College of Music. He has written and produced music and edited for podcasts including The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. He writes, produces and records music for independent artists, including The Living.  He lives in Brooklyn can can be reached at  alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com with inquiries.    

Welcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers from all around the world. And welcome to this short Christmas series, meant as a mini-Advent Calendar to get you in the holiday spirit. From Dec 3rd to Dec 17th, we'll be publishing an episode every Monday and Friday - that's 5 Christmas episodes for you, in which we're bringing back some of the booksellers that we know and love from past episodes, so they can tell us how they're preparing their bookshops for Christmas, what books to get for the special people in our lives, and what they like or..don't like at all about the holiday season. Today's conversation may take you back in time, as my guest is Shaun Bythell, whose books are the inspiration for this podcast and who was also our very first guest back in January. Shaun's books are diaries of his time as a bookseller, all inspired by his many years of running Scotland's second largest second hand bookshop, fittingly called.. The Bookshop. You can find it in a small town where 1,000 people live and 10,000 visit every year - Wigtown, Scotland's National Booktown. I've invited Shaun today to tell us how he feels about Christmas, what he does to prepare his bookshop for the holidays and what books he thinks we should get as presents this year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gotbooks/message

Liliana Russo in TuttoLibri presenta… Tipi da libreria, di Shaun Bythell

This week, Emily talks about wry The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell and Rebecca shares the speculative Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford. We take on a song-inspired writing challenge, discuss which book character we would want to back us up in a street fight, and Emily shares a tale of a mythical creature from Cornwall. Rebecca also informs us of the person behind those names for groups of animals!    Our infatuations: The Diary of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell Light Perpetual - Francis Spufford  All My Favourite Bands Use Long Song Titles So I Will Too - Anthony Amorim  Christi Steyn - https://www.instagram.com/christi.steyn/ The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA    Follow us: infatuatedpodcast@outlook.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/infatuatedpod Twitter - https://twitter.com/infatuatedpod  Emily's Instagram - https://instagram.com/emiloue_  Emily's Twitter - https://twitter.com/emiloue_ Emily's TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@emiloue Rebecca's Instagram - https://instagram.com/grammour.puss Rebecca's Twitter - https://twitter.com/grammourpuss    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Shaun Bythell has run Wigtown's The Bookshop since 2001. It's the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland with shelves spanning nearly two kilometres and containing over 100,000 books. His trademark sardonic humour has landed him the unofficial title of "Scotland's grumpiest bookseller". It has also produced two bestselling books; The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller both of which focus on his shop and its clientele. His latest release Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops, introduces us to "the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)", "the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare" and over in the erotica section, "The Person Who Is Up to No Good".

Shaun Bythell has run Wigtown's The Bookshop since 2001. It's the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland with shelves spanning nearly two kilometres and containing over 100,000 books. His trademark sardonic humour has landed him the unofficial title of "Scotland's grumpiest bookseller". It has also produced two bestselling books; The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller both of which focus on his shop and its clientele. His latest release Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops, introduces us to "the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)", "the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare" and over in the erotica section, "The Person Who Is Up to No Good".

This is the first episode of Got Books?, a podcast for those who love getting lost in (and among) books. For those who appreciate the comfort of a bookshop, the smell of a new book and the story of an old one. It's a podcast with those making this possible: the booksellers. We will be interviewing bookshop owners all around the world and for our very episode we travelled to Scotland. In the south-west parts of Scotland lies Wigtown, a small town where 1,000 people live and 10,000 visit every year. Wigtown is Scotland's National Booktown, a title won in 1999 that has not only turned it into a tourist attraction, but gave a complete makeover to the local economy. Down Main Street, in a millennium-old Georgian building, behind a forest green door guarded by two spiralling book columns you will find The Bookshop, Scotland's largest second-hand book shop. Nine rooms, a mile of shelving, 100,000 books. Straight out of a fairy tale, the Bookshop has hidden nooks and crannies, a staircase door, a creaky old floor showing off scars from when it used to be a grocery store back in the 50's and of course, a resident cat. Much of its charm has been crafted or preserved by its current owner and our guest today, Shaun Bythell. Shaun has been the owner of The Bookshop since 2001 and has since published three delectable books of wry observations from his perspective as a bookseller, which have only increased the notoriety of his bookshop: The Diary of a Bookseller, Confessions of a Bookseller and Seven Kinds of People You Find in a Bookshop. We couldn't have wished for a more fitting first guest to our podcast. Without further ado, Shaun Bythell. Find us on social media @gotbookspodcast Books recommended by Shaun A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gotbooks/message

节目梗概： 感谢收听“普通读者”的第9期节目。 这期节目接着上一期，来总结一下10本2020年最喜欢的书，和3本最失望的书。 下集中，我们会详细聊剩下的2本今年最喜欢的书，以及3本最失望的书，下面是书单： 徐慢懒的2020年top 10 Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth Corregidora, by Gayl Jones 最失望： 1. 赛利纳《死缓》 2. 森茉莉《恋人们的森林》 3. The Diary of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell（中译本《书店日记》） H的2020年top 10 Feast Your Eyes, by Myla Goldberg The Tea Dragon Series (Graphic Novel), Katie O'Neill 最失望： The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Rodham, by Curtis Sittenfeld 堂本的2020年top 10 Feminist City : Claiming Space in a Man-Made World, by Leslie Kern Invisible Ink, by Patrick Modiano (莫迪亚诺) 最失望： 1. 川上未映子《夏物语》 2. 村上春樹《一人称単数》 3. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig 提到的： 书籍When No One Is Watching, by Alyssa Cole 《素人之乱》，松本哉 《世界大笨蛋反抗手册》，松本哉 电影《阿德尔曼的夫妇》 收听和订阅渠道： 小宇宙App，Apple Podcast, Anchor，Spotify，Pocket Casts，Google Podcast，Breaker， Radiopublic；网易云“普通-读者” 电邮：commonreader@protonmail.com 微博： 普通读者播客 欢迎关注三位主播的豆瓣： 堂本 https://www.douban.com/people/shiorireads/ H https://www.douban.com/people/jacintaH/ 徐慢懒 https://www.douban.com/people/77421773/ 片头音乐credit： Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit：John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay) a

Bookseller and author Shaun Bythell talks about The Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops. We will take a look at the role of suspense in fiction, and the Tanyard Lane Book Club, Tullamore, Co Offaly quiz Anne Griffin, the Irish Book Awards Newcomer of the Year 2019 about her novel, ‘When All Is Said’.

Usually at this time of year, Read On would be in the beautiful Galloway Hills at the Wigtown Book Festival, but what with Covid and Robert's broken ankle, our attendance this year was doomed! So, this week in a packed show we revisit the 2019 Wigtown Book Festival.Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson on his book, 'In My Life: A Musical Memoir' (Starts at 1.34)Kerry Hudson on Lowborn (Down the Chipper) (7.00)Shaun Bythell has some 'Confessions of a Bookseller' (13.41)Sarah Jane Douglas treats illness and grief as 'Just Another Mountain' (21.08)Chair of RNIB Scotland Sandra Wilson on sponsoring a Talking Book (25.03)Music from, and chat with, The Bookshop Band (27.08)We go 'Under the Wig' with William Clegg QC (36.00)Richard Frazer describes his 'Travels with a Stick' (41.04)Jon Day races pigeons and combines memoir, philosophy and culture in 'Homing' (44.49)And we get the Books of Your Life from stand up classicist Natalie Haynes. (51.03) Thanks to @MarkMcKie1 for the cover picture depicting fireworks over Wigtown.

We'll be releasing a daily podcast during the 2020 Wigtown Book Festival and as this is our first day, here's the first podcast! In this very special episode we're featuring our first online event with Wigtown's very own Shaun Bythell. Usually you have to watch these events on our website wigtownbookfestival.com or on our YouTube channel, but as a special treat we present Shaun and the marvellous Lee Randall in conversation in their audio-only glory!

“Comparison is the death of joy.” ― Mark Twain The thief of joy, if Mark Twain is right, is of our own making. The good news in this revelation reveals each of us can take back our joy. Comparing ourselves to others occurs consciously and unconsciously. Consciously, we may be acutely aware that we follow certain people on social media to see how we are doing in relation; unconsciously, when we choose not to speak up to set a boundary, when we set a checklist for our life delineating what should happen by what age. Each of these three are examples of many more of unhelpful comparison, and while comparison is a primal instinct for survival, the good news evolution and civil society have provided the opportunity and arguably the necessity for each of us of to offer the world our unique talents rather than limiting ourselves to remain part of the herd or tribe. The habit of comparison is a learned skill, and therefore, it can be unlearned; however, it must be a conscious choice to do so. Fundamentally, when we compare ourselves with others, some part of us believes we are not enough or needs to be reassured that we are enough just as we are. Today, I will be examining five areas of our lives in which comparison can creep in and become destructive to contentment and living a fulfilling life, and then share how to let go of such comparing with the outside world. Life Goals, Your Journey “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” —Brené Brown Brené Brown's quote above speaks beautifully to the need for us to let go of the timeline checklist we may have put in place for our lives. This is not to persuade you to let go of setting goals, but rather to examine who such goals are actually for. Who benefits? If the outcome enables you to be accepted by a particular group in your personal life or society, then this item is a checklist item that is being attended to out of comparison; however, if the outcome fulfills something within you that enables you to exercise your talents more fully and share them with the world, then such a checklist item is a keeper. Social Environment — Who Surrounds You? "Nobody at your table should inherit a seat, be there by accident or simply have a place because of the time you have known each other or because they are popular with others." —Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Cure A significant reason it can be extremely difficult to be ourselves with and around others has to do with who the "others" are. From my own experience, one reason I thoroughly enjoy living on my own and my own company has to do with only needing permission from myself to be and do what comes naturally or piques my curioisity without worrying what others think. However, that "worry" sprung out of life experience when I was myself around others. As young children, we did not know that doing something that was naturally part of who we were or innately drew our interest that prompted dismissal, scorn or laughing to tease and suppress was a reflection of an unhealthy relationship, not a reflection of doing something "wrong". And so we shifted. We edited. We adapted. Now we are adults. Now we know more and we can return to embracing who we are and have always been, even though we may have kept it under wraps or hidden away for fear of laughter, teasing or dismissal (again, all conditioned fears based on our past experience). Where do we begin? Setting boundaries. In episode #126, boundaries are discussed in detail. The reason to establish your personal boundaries is because when we don't, "we give away our time, effort, the potential for fun and creativity" as Lucy Sheridan reminds in her book The Comparison Cure. When thought about through that lens, motivation to set boundaries becomes easier. If you too are someone who finds comfort in your own company, however, wants to welcome people into your life yet fears being unable to be yourself if you do so, be patient with yourself, build the skill of setting boundaries, and when you do, you will begin to meet and then know with confidence who you can welcome into your life so that you can continue to be fully yourself. Setting boundaries will reveal underlying truths of all of your relationships - who respects and understands, who pushes back, why they were friends or built a relationship with you in the first place. In other words, your social community may shift, but it will shift for the better, opening up room for the right people to enter. Intimate Relationships “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” – Ru Paul On the other side of comparing yourself with others is accepting and appreciating where you are in the present moment as well as appreciating and accepting where others are in the same present moment. When we look outside of ourselves for validation - how should I be dressing (trends, etc.), what should my home look like?, when should I be getting married?, what day of the week is it okay to go to bed early?(this one may sound silly, but when we apologize to others or tease ourselves for habits we love - i.e. going to bed early - we are invalidating our choices) - we have not found contentment with ourselves from within ourselves. We are instead asking the outside world to tell us we are "okay". Such seeking is not loving and is not an acceptance of ourselves. This habit of seeking outside validation makes it extremely difficult to accept others as they are if they don't "fit in" to our expectations of what they "should be" and "should do", which makes it difficult to build loving, respectful and secure relationships. I cannot recommend more highly this book for improving our ability to be more loving to ourselves and thereby be able to be a healthy partner in a relationship - How to Be An Adult in Relationships. I will be exploring more of the topics shared in this book in upcoming episodes. Everyday Life - Contentment “Comparison with myself brings improvement, comparison with others brings discontent.” – Betty Jamie Chung In 2012 I shared this post about competing with others which reiterates the quote above. Comparison with others is a form of competition with others, and it drains, it exhausts, it depletes, it is never a positive effect on our lives. Even in sports, you can only do your best, even though technically you are on the field/court/stage "competing" with others. However, it doesn't matter what they do. It is your engagement to present your full capabilities that will determine the outcome. Be motivated to improve upon yourself, but do not denigrate yourself for areas you wish to strengthen. The component that must be present in order to compare only with ourselves and not the outside world is a strong self-confidence. In episode #5 of the podcast, confidence and the strength it brings into our lives is explored. Just as comparison is a learned skill, acquiring and attaining self-confidence is a skill as well - a skill worth acquiring for a contented life. However, once we have acquired self-confidence, we must not stop exercising it as it will atrophy. Our lives change, new experiences arise and therefore, we are challenged to navigate well through each of the events and engagements with others. Our self-confidence will be challenged and questioned within our own minds, thus why we must exercise it as though it were a muscle, because in many ways it is. First of all, as Lucy Sheridan points out, "self-confidence is a key step in ridding your life of comparison as it gives you agency over your actions and ownership of your thoughts and behavior". What happens when we don't have self-confidence? Words go unsaid - speaking up for ourselves, sharing ideas, setting boundaries Ideas go undeveloped and brought to fruition The finite time we have is spent on the wrong priorities, with the wrong people How to exercise self-confidence, as shared in The Comparison Cure: Speak your truth - in person. (emails can only go so far, texting can only go so far) Keep more of your secrets - we often share more because we are seeking outside approval for our decisions, our lifestyle, etc. - more "likes" does not equate to more self-confidence. rather it is often a reflection of needing to strengthen one's self-confidence. Plan ahead - do the necessary work ahead of time to perform well, to acquire the desired outcome, etc. Be present in the moment you find yourself - by doing so, you reduce or eliminate worry about the future. Giving your best now, in this moment, will enable the next moment - tomorrow, the future - to have the best chance of revealing what you wish to see. Check-in with yourself regularly - Sheridan shares a helpful exercise for examining tasks you keep putting off. Journaling her answers to the following questions: Is this still important to me? Why? What, if any, are the benefits of continuing with this task/goal? What's my next right step? Choose hope, let go of expectation - in other words, practice non-attachment to the outcome. Communicate powerfully and effectively - Sheridan coins the phrase 'calm power'. Delivery is equally as influencial as the content of what you are sharing. Know your audience (it's not about you, but about who you are trying to communicate with - what will motivate them to engage as you desire?), maintain your credibility (apologize when warranted), and eliminate the "fluff, huff, puff and fuss" that is unhelpful and dissuades from the desired outcome. Strengthening Your Self-Worth “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton Each of us is born with self-worth and possesses it our entire lives; however, we often lose track of this truth along our life journey at some point. Let this be your reminder, you innately possess self-worth. Nobody can take that away from you. Simply put, "Having self-worth is knowing who you are and being okay with it. It's the result of deep inner work, increased self-care, self-love and self-acceptance." Lucy Sheridan goes on to say, "Note that possessing self-worth does not necessarily mean having to reach and retain a constant sense of joyful ecstasy, but it is at least a gentle, palpable appreciation." As I describe it, knowing you have self-worth, consciously knowing this truth, is to bring the ability to be content in your everyday life. It is a grounding, and it enables your self-confidence to come forth in all that you do and in each interaction that you have in a calmly powerful way. For a detailed post on how to strengthen your self-worth, read this post which shares 10 ways to do just that. Living a life free of comparison with the outside world becomes a habit after a conscious decision to make it so. A few simple ways to consciously start letting go of comparison in your personal and work life: Become selective about who you follow on social media - follow for inspiration, information, heart-warming, positively challenge you, healthy entertainment and pique curiosity to boost quality of life Don't feel compelled or required to follow your friends or family online - you can be a good friend and family member off-line. Let them have their space to be them which may help you reduce the urge to compare. Let go of perfection Put an out of office message on at all times - tailor to your profession, but this immediately establishes boundaries of your work time and manages expectations in our culture of immediacy. Check emails two times a day for an allotted amount of time and abide by it - the inbox will never be zero. Create a labeling/flagging system for yourself that alerts you to emails you need to address, set up a "folder system" that provides a space to put emails you do not want to erase. Your "out of office message" will provide the space and time to respond properly and effectively on your schedule. Surround yourself with people and situations that curate an environment that enables you to thrive, grow, be challenged as a way of growing, and give back. Become comfortable with saying No. Time is finite, so become clear about what you can do, need to do and want to make time so that you can do. The work of letting go of comparison is a practice in making space for a life of deep contentment and fulfillment. It is a life that will resonate most strongly with you and may not make sense to others, but those who love you, with whom you have communicated powerfully, yet respectfully with along the way, will be there to share it with you and their lives with you. Free of comparison and full of celebration and appreciation. Petit Plaisir ~The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (book #1, 2017) ~The Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (book #2, 2020) ~Seven Kinds of People You Find in a Book Store by Shaun Bythell (November 10, 2020) ~Check out Shaun Bythell's YouTube channel (I've included one video below) ~Follow Shaun on Instagram after reading the books to continue enjoying the daily pondering from a Bookseller. https://youtu.be/jGFljyfORi8 Download and Listen to the full episode here or listen on the following podcast platforms: ~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #286 ~Subscribe to The Simple Sophisticate:  iTunes | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube | Spotify

Mis impresiones sobre "Diario de un librero", de Shaun Bythell. --- Podcast asociado a la red de SOSPECHOSOS HABITUALES. Suscríbete con este feed: https://feedpress.me/sospechososhabituales

Mis impresiones sobre "Diario de un librero", de Shaun Bythell. --- Podcast asociado a la red de SOSPECHOSOS HABITUALES. Suscríbete con este feed: https://feedpress.me/sospechososhabituales

In this episode we come home and feature two fabulous authors who live in Wigtown. Shaun Bythell is the author of the internationally successful books Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller. We ask him about the recent new diary extracts he has written for our website, as well as getting a sneak peek of a new book due out this autumn. Renita Boyle is our Storyteller in Residence and she joins us to tell us all about Friday Funky Folk and Fable Fridays that take place every Friday and also Tuck in Tales that launches next month. We also discuss Renita's work in schools and what it was like for her to win the Wigtown Scots poetry prize.

Shaun Bythell si otevřel knihkupectví, ale chodili mu tam lidé. Malebné městečko na pobřeží a desítky tisíc všemožných knih na skladě, co by si člověk mohl přát víc? Jsou tu bohužel ještě zákazníci, ten nejhorší mor na světě. Ať už vykřikují, jací jsou milovníci knih, a nikdy nic nekoupí, brouzdají mezi regály a pak si titul stejně pořídí levněji na Amazonu, nebo si ti ještě nestydatější klidně sundají boty a na hodiny se uvelebí s kupou knih u krbu, všichni jsou neuvěřitelně otravní. Vydávají navíc podivné zvuky, smějí se svým banálním vtipům, otravují svými rozumy, různě překážejí a tlačí se za pult nebo se obchod rozhodnou navštívit těsně před zavírací dobou. Případně drze smlouvají. Je toho hodně, co z obyčejného misantropa udělá misantropa žijícího v neustálém stavu frustrace. Bez zákazníků to ale bohužel nejde, takže majitel zatne zuby a uleví si alespoň na stránkách deníku. Autorovy lakonické postřehy plné suchého humoru přinášejí svérázný pohled na obyvatele městečka a lidstvo vůbec. Aneb jak usmířit dvě protikladné potřeby, nutnost ticha a klidu a finančního přísunu bez inter­akce s těmi prokletými lidmi? Knihu vydalo nakladatelství Dybbuk a přeložila Markéta Hofmeisterová. Čte Lukáš Hejlík.

Shaun Bythell lives in Wigtown, Scotland, where he runs The Bookshop - the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland. Its shelves span nearly 2 kilometres and contain over 100,000 books, Shaun has written two hit books, laced with his trademark grumpy good humour, about his shop and its clientele: The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of A Bookseller He's currently putting the finishing touches to a third book. We check in on him, his wife, and their 11 month old to see how their bookish bubble's going, and how the book trade is faring through the lockdown.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner joins us this week to discuss Big Summer (Atria, May 5). This delightful fiction features fat acceptance Instagram influencer Daphne Berg, who journeys to Cape Cod to be a bridesmaid in her long-lost, über-privileged best friend’s beachfront wedding and gets mixed up in a murder mystery. Told with signature wit and charm, Weiner’s 14th novel is sure to be one of this summer’s big books. Then our editors join with their reading recommendations for the week, including books by Leslie Bulion and Robert Meganck, George M. Johnson, Shaun Bythell, and Kevin Nguyen.

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Weihnachten naht! Und weil ihr sicher mehr als vier Bücher verschenken wollt, bringen Karla und Günter dieses Mal sogar zehn Lieblingstitel aus dem vergangenen Jahr mit – von Literatur über Kochbuch, Humor, Krimi, Jugendbuch und Hörbuch ist für alle Geschmäcker etwas dabei. Außerdem haben sie für diese Folge Weihnachtsgrüße von Star-Autor*innen Sebastian Fitzek, Charlotte Link, Maja Lunde, Simon Beckett und Arne Dahl für euch eingesammelt. Viel Spaß beim Hören und schöne Festtage! Karla und Günters Weihnachtstipps: Meike Peters Kochbuch „365”, Shaun Bythell mit „Tagebuch eines Buchhändlers”, Maja Lunde mit „Die Letzten ihrer Art“, Val Emmich mit „Dear Evan Hansen”, Anne Enquist mit „Denn es will Abend werden”, Lars Lenth mit „Schräge Vögel singen nicht“, Salman Rushdie mit „Quichotte“, Yuval Noah Harari mit „21 Lektionen für das 21. Jahrhundert“, Håkan Nesser mit „Der Verein der Linkshänder“ und Paul Bokowski mit „Bitte nehmen sie meine Hand da weg“.

Shaun Bythell, George Orwell, and a whole host of politicians – it’s episode 79! We have a special guest for this episode – my very good friend Lorna, who was meeting Rachel for the first time. We recorded in person

All the top books! In this episode Philippa reviews books she has recently given 9/10. These include: Sleep by C L Taylor, Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie, Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, The Confession by Jessie Burton and Animal Farm (Graphic Novel) by George Orwell, illustrated by Odyr. Philippa considers a listener’s question (but doesn’t answer it!) and provides other bookish chat.

In a packed show Red Szell and Robert Kirkwood report from the Wigtown Book Festival with ... Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson on his book, 'In My Life: A Musical Memoir' (Starts at 1.34) Kerry Hudson on Lowborn (Down the Chipper) (7.00) Shaun Bythell has some 'Confessions of a Bookseller' (13.41) Sarah Jane Douglas treats illness and grief as 'Just Another Mountain' (21.08) Chair of RNIB Scotland Sandra Wilson on sponsoring a Talking Book (25.03) Music from, and chat with, The Bookshop Band (27.08) We go 'Under the Wig' with William Clegg QC (36.00) Richard Frazer describes his 'Travels with a Stick' (41.04) Jon Day races pigeons and combines memoir, philosophy and culture in 'Homing' (44.49) And we get the Books of Your Life from stand up classicist Natalie Haynes. (51.03)  Thanks to @MarkMcKie1 for the cover picture depicting fireworks over Wigtown.

Gail, Hazel and host Philippa dig into the subject of garden writing with the journalist and social historian Ursula Buchan and Matt Collins, nature writer and Head Gardener at London’s Garden Museum. The conversation meanders convivially in the usual Slightly Foxed manner, via daredevil plant-hunters, early wild gardening advocates such as Gertrude Jekyll, William Robinson and Vita Sackville-West, and the passing passions and fashions of garden design, with a peek over the hedge at Christopher Lloyd’s Great Dixter along the way. And there’s the usual round-up of the latest bookish harvest from the Slightly Foxed office and plenty of recommendations for reading off the beaten track too. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 35 minutes; 50 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch (mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com) with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. 84, Charing Cross Road (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/84-charing-cross-road-plain-foxed-edition/) , Helene Hanff. Plain Foxed Edition published 1 September 2019, available to order now (2:24) Corduroy (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/corduroy-plain-foxed-edition/) , Adrian Bell. Plain Foxed Edition published 1 August 2019, available to order now (2:30) Wood and Garden, Gertrude Jekyll is out of print (11:33) The Wild Garden (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/william-robinson-wild-garden/) , William Robinson (11:34) The English Flower Garden, William Robinson is out of print (11:38) We Made a Garden (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/margery-fish-we-made-a-garden/) , Margery Fish (13:27) A Green and Pleasant Land (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1091970/a-green-and-pleasant-land/9780099558668.html) , Ursula Buchan (15:23) Graham Stuart Thomas titles are out of print (17:04) Dear Friend and Gardener: Letters on Life and Gardening, Beth Chatto & Christopher Lloyd is out of print (18:46) Forest: Walking among Trees (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/matt-collins-forest/) , Matt Collins. With photographs by Roo Lewis (19:20) Meetings with Remarkable Trees (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/thomas-packenham-meetings-with-ramarkable-trees/) , Thomas Packenham (19:48) Trees (https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/hugh-johnson-2/trees/9781845330552/) , Hugh Johnson (19:52) The Hidden Life of Trees (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/peter-wohlleben-hidden-life-of-trees/) , Peter Wohlleben Oriental Vegetables, Joy Larkcom is out of print but both The Salad Garden (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/joy-larkcom-salad-garden/) and Grow Your Own Vegetables (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/joy-larkcom-grow-your-own-vegetables/) are available (21:37) The English Gardener, William Cobbett is out of print (22:06) The Well-Tempered Garden (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christopher-lloyd-well-tempered-garden/) and In My Garden (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christopher-lloyd-in-my-garden/) , Christopher Lloyd (22:49) The Diary of a Bookseller (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/shaun-bythell-diary-of-a-bookseller/) , Shaun Bythell (31:25) Where the Hornbeam Grows, (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/beth-lynch-where-the-hornbeam-grows/) Beth Lynch (32:05) Old Glory (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jonathan-raban-old-glory/) , Jonathan Raban (32:33) So I Have Thought of You: The Letters of Penelope Fitzgerald, Ed. Terence Dooley is out of print (32:54) Wilding (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/isabella-tree-wilding/) , Isabella Tree (33:44) Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations An article on Beth Chatto, The Dry Garden will be published in a forthcoming issue of Slightly Foxed (18:11) A Well-tempered Gardener (https://foxedquarterly.com/christopher-lloyd-well-tempered-gardener/) , Michael Leapman on the garden writings of Christopher Lloyd, Issue 59 (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-59-published-1-september/) (22:49) Other Links Ursula Buchan (http://www.ursula-buchan.co.uk/) is an award-winning journalist, social historian and garden writer (3:50) Matt Collins (https://www.mattcollinsgarden.co.uk/) is a nature writer, and Head Gardener at the Garden Museum (https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/) in Lambeth, London (6:02) David Douglas (25 June 1799–12 July 1834) was a Scottish botanist, best known as the namesake of the Douglas-fir (10:08) Hortus (https://www.hortus.co.uk/) , a gardening journal (20:08) All back issues of Slightly Foxed are available to browse and buy here (https://foxedquarterly.com/products/back-issues/) (30:20) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Sound effects: An English Country Garden in July by Keith Selmes (https://freesound.org/people/Keith%20Selmes/sounds/329675/) Bees and bumblebees foraging by odilonmarcenaro (https://freesound.org/people/odilonmarcenaro/sounds/239909/) Thanks to http://www.freesound.org CC licence, attribution  The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable (https://www.podcastable.co.uk/)

Avui dediquem el programa a un llibre meravellós, gran recomanació nostra per a aquest estiu: "Diari d'un llibreter" (edició en català de #diaryofabookseller) de Shaun Bythell, propietari de la llibreria de 2a mà més gran d'Escòcia, The Book Shop, que ha inspirat el Wigtown Book Festival (Wigtown és la localitat on es troba la llibreria) i a l'autor per crear aquest magnífic i divertit diari que gaudireu molt aquest estiu. Primerament, hem parlat amb Isabel Monsó, editora de Viena Edicions, i després amb Eric del Arco Cristià, llibreter de l'emblemàtica llibreria #Documenta de Barcelona. Tots dos han comentat el #llibre i ens han recomanat més #lectura per a aquest #estiu... hem passat una estona deliciosa! #llibres #editorials #autor #llibreries #llibreteres #llibreters #llegir #estiu #VienaEdicions #Bcn #recomanacions #PetitsPlaers @OnaCultural @Radioonadesants 94.6 FM onadesants.cat #cultura #femcultura

Avui dediquem el programa a un llibre meravellós, gran recomanació nostra per a aquest estiu: "Diari d'un llibreter" (edició en català de #diaryofabookseller) de Shaun Bythell, propietari de la llibreria de 2a mà més gran d'Escòcia, The Book Shop, que ha inspirat el Wigtown Book Festival (Wigtown és la localitat on es troba la llibreria) i a l'autor per crear aquest magnífic i divertit diari que gaudireu molt aquest estiu. Primerament, hem parlat amb Isabel Monsó, editora de Viena Edicions, i després amb Eric del Arco Cristià, llibreter de l'emblemàtica llibreria #Documenta de Barcelona. Tots dos han comentat el #llibre i ens han recomanat més #lectura per a aquest #estiu... hem passat una estona deliciosa! #llibres #editorials #autor #llibreries #llibreteres #llibreters #llegir #estiu #VienaEdicions #Bcn #recomanacions #PetitsPlaers @OnaCultural @Radioonadesants 94.6 FM onadesants.cat #cultura #femcultura

Gail, Steph and Anna go behind the scenes with booksellers Brett Wolstencroft of Daunt Books and Kathleen Smith of Topping & Co. Bath to talk about the reality and romance of life running two of the country’s finest bookshops. Andrew Hawkins recounts the tale of a London publisher who tried his hand at repping and ended up in a spot of bother with a drunken poet in Fife, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading and news from Hoxton Square.  The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 30 seconds) **Books Mentioned** * [Slightly Foxed Issue 62](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-62-published-1-june-2019/), will be published on 1 June. Available to order now (5:34) * Shaun Bythell, [The Diary of a Bookseller](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/shaun-bythell-diary-of-a-bookseller/) (30:12) * Jen Campbell, [Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/weird-things-customers-say-in-bookshops/) (30:16) * A Plain Foxed Edition of [84, Charing Cross Road](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/84-charing-cross-road-plain-foxed-edition/) will be published in September 2019. Available to order now (30:22) * Miriam Toews, [All My Puny Sorrows](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/miriam-toews-all-my-puny-sorrows/) (30:40) * Patrick O’Brian, [Master & Commander](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-obrian-master-and-commander/) and [The Far Side of the World](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-obrian-far-side-of-the-world/) (31:46) * Andrew Miller, [Now We Shall Be Entirely Free](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/andrew-miller-now-we-shall-be-entirely-free/) (32:36) * Angela Carter, [The Magic Toyshop](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-magic-toyshop/) and [The Bloody Chamber](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-bloody-chamber/) (33.02) **Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations** * Mike Petty’s article entitled [‘Up There on a Visit’](https://foxedquarterly.com/mike-petty-up-there-on-a-visit-literary-review/) was published in [Slightly Foxed Issue 8](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-8/) (23:14) * [Maggie Fergusson’s article](https://foxedquarterly.com/literary-love-affair-article-maggie-fergusson/) on Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road was originally published in Slightly Foxed [Issue 24](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-24/), then republished in [Issue 48](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/issue-48-winter-2015/). It appears as the preface to the Plain Foxed Edition of 84, Charing Cross Road (30:22) * Grant McIntyre’s three articles on Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin novels – [‘Friendship of Opposites’](https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-patrick-obrien-friendship-of-opposites/), [‘The House that Jack Built’](https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-patrick-obrien-house-that-jack-built/) and [‘O’Brian’s World’](https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-aubrey-maturin-novels-obriens-world/) – were published sequentially in Slightly Foxed Issues 40, 42 and 44 (30:46) **Other Links** * A full list of Slightly Foxed stockists can be found on our website: [Stockists](https://foxedquarterly.com/category/stockists/) (1:09) * [The Idler Festival](https://www.idler.co.uk/product/the-idler-festival-2019-at-fenton-house-weekend-ticket/), Hampstead, London, 12-14 July 2019 (3:28) * [The Llangwm Literary Fesitval](http://www.llangwmlitfest.co.uk/), Pembrokeshire, Wales, 9-11 August 2019 (3:34) * [Ways with Words Festival](https://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/), Dartington, Devon, 5-15 July 2019 (3:52) * [The Slightly Foxed 2019 Readers’ Day](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/readers-day-2019) will be held on Saturday 2 November at The Art Workers’ Guild in Bloomsbury, London. Tickets now available to Slightly Foxed magazine subscribers only. From £60 for a day ticket (4:10) * [Daunt Books](https://www.dauntb...

In our Read Like a Writer Christmas special, each of this season's five guests tells us which books they'll be giving and receiving this Christmas. With thanks to Matt Haig, E. Foley and B. Coates, Ambrose Parry (aka Chris Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman), Shaun Bythell, Sarah Perry and of course to our wonderful host, Anna Fielding.Join us on Twitter @readlikeawriter and tell us your Christmas book recommendations.Wishing you a merry Christmas, a happy new year and abundant reading over the break from all of us at Faber & Faber, Canongate, Profile and Serpent's Tail. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1 September 2018 | WORD Christchurch Festival In the bestselling Diary of a Bookseller, Scottish second-hand book dealer Shaun Bythell charts the highs and lows of a year in the life of a man passionate and knowledgeable about books, struggling to make a living in rural Britain in the age of Amazon. From Wigtown in Scotland, he searches for rare books, strikes deals, tries to manage eccentric staff members and deals with awkward tourists. Shaun chats with fellow book dealer Brian Phillips about life in the trade, and its highs and lows. Can it survive? And really, do all Kindles deserve a bullet?

With Red away in San Fransico this week, Robert Kirkwood recorded this packed show live on location at the Wigtown Book Festival and coming up today … Robin Ince on a comedian's guide to what makes us human, Broadcaster Sally Magnusson on her first novel and her links to Iceland, Ann Cleeves on her last 'Shetland' book, John Connell on his bestselling book about the humble cow, William Davies on 'Nervous States,' a look at our new political reality, Shaun Bythell on life at the Bookshop during the festival, and Lee Randall with the books of her life.

Shaun Bythell runs The Bookshop, Wigtown, and is the author of The Diary of a Bookseller which documents, with wry humour, the realities of running a secondhand bookshop in Wigtown, western Scotland: the customers, staff and passersby who fill his pages are amusing, infuriating and all too real. He selects books to recommend across fiction and non-fiction, children's and cookbooks and explains why running your own bookshop means you rarely get the chance to browse in others' shops. The Diary of a Bookseller is published by Profile Books and is out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a non-fiction 'best of' episode we learn about spies, double agents and espionage with Ben McIntyre, we go behind the scene's of The Bookshop in Wigtown with Shaun Bythell and learn about the father of biography, James Boswell.

We go behind the counter and learn about the sometimes funny and sometimes frustrating life of owning a bookshop as Shaun Bythell talks about his 'Diary of a Bookseller'. Clipped from the non-fiction 'best of' Read On episode 60, first played September 2017. Updated to include clips of the audiobook.