Why a Booktrail?
What’s the funniest thing you’ve heard or even said in a bookshop?
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
What you need to know before your trail
‘Can books conduct electricity?’ ‘My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that’s ok… isn’t it?’ A John Cleese Twitter question [‘What is your pet peeve?’], first sparked the “Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops” blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller’s collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From ‘Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?’ to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year’s weather; and from ‘I’ve forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter’ to’Excuse me… is this book edible?’
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style around the world via bookshops
These are just four of the ones to have been featured in Jen Campbell’s Book “The Bookshop book”
Bookshop in Scotland – The Oldest Bookshop in Wigtown
Bookshop in England – The Book Barge
Bookshop in the USA – Whitlock’s Book Barn
Bookshop in Australia – Gertude and Alice
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Destination: Worldwide Author/guide: Jen Campbell Departure Time: Anytime!
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