Got Books? Conversations with Booksellers

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This podcast is for those who love getting lost in and among books. On most episodes, I talk to Booksellers all around the world, in a tour of some of the world's most charming Bookshops. Sometimes I get a bit sidetracked and chat to Bookmakers - book cover designers, editors & others those who make books possible. Or I just talk about bookshops myself! Full disclaimer: this podcast's hosts plans to one day open her own bookshop.

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S3 Ep10 Alex Holder, Salted Books (Lisbon, Portugal)

Mar 13 2024 58 mins  
Welcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Alex, co-founder of the first and only bookshop selling new english books in Lisbon, Portugal, Salted Books. This conversation was yet another proof, in case you needed one, that women can indeed do it all, if they set their mind to it. Alex has started Salted Books with her

S3 Mini Episode: Opening a Bookshop!

Feb 04 2024 3 mins  
Many of you may know that the main reason Got Books started, years ago, was that I wanted to have my own bookshop and so I figured it would be good to chat to lots of booksellers before I start what seemed like ..a bit of a wild adventure. Then..years passed, many conversations with booksellers were had, but I kept putting this dream of opening a bookshop on hold, for all sorts of

S3 Ep9 Edgars Lielausis, Robert's Books (Riga, Latvia)

Jan 31 2024 60 mins  
Welcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Edgars, owner of Robert’s Books, in Riga, Latvia. Robert’s Books was Riga’s first English bookshop and it has become, over the years, much more than that - a community space, a place to meet, work, relax, think, discuss, have fun, read and just be. It has also been a sp

S3 Mini Episode: Future Booksellers Club and Fun Christmas Gifts

Dec 04 2023 3 mins  
Links: Our website - gotbookspodcast.com Future Booksellers Club 1st Meetup Gifts for Future Booksellers Show notes: Hi everyone! How are you doing? If you celebrate Christmas, are you getting into the holiday mood already? Here is Spain where I am it’s still quite warm, but I’m about to go to Romania, where I’m from, and really hoping for some snow, also so that my daughter

S3 Ep8 Danny Caine, The Raven Book Store (Lawrence, Kansas, United States)

Oct 24 2023 46 mins  
Welcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. My guest today is Danny Caine, bookseller and co-owner of ⁠The Raven Bookstore⁠ in Lawrence, Kansas. The Raven was founded in 1987 as a mystery-specialty store, and today you can walk in to find books of fiction, current events, environmental writing, children's books, science fiction,

S3 Ep7 Hailey Brock, The Nature of Reading (Madison, New Jersey, United States)

Oct 06 2023 75 mins  
Welcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. Today we are going to the United States, in Madison, New Jersey, to a bookshop with the most fitting of names - The Nature of Reading. The concept of this bookshop feels quite unique to me: pulling together the joy and wonder of the natural world with the knowledge and passion to fight for it

S3 Mini Episode: All About Bookshops - Niche Bookshops Everywhere

Sep 15 2023 14 mins  
On this mini episode, I talk about niche and quirky bookshops from different parts of the world. Pillow-Cat Books is all about animals in books. Wonderland Bookshop! are all in on the Alice-in-Wonderland theme. Robert Humm & Co. is "Britain's largest railway bookshop". Libreria il Mare in Italy is a store that's all about H2O. Libreria Griot is an Italian bo

S3 Ep6 Neil Paul & Brid Conroy, Tertulia (Westport, Ireland)

Jul 14 2023 61 mins  
Welcome back to Got Books, the podcast where we talk to booksellers all around the world. And on today’s episode I am so very glad to be going to Ireland, probably my favourite place in the world. It was my home for a bit over 5 years and more importantly it’s the home of some pretty amazing bookshops. I had a few favourites during my time in Dublin, but today we’ll be going

S3 Ep5 Federico Lang, Libreria Luces (Malaga, Spain)

May 29 2023 53 mins  
Today we are traveling to the south of Spain, to get some sun and more importantly talk to Federico, a bookseller in Malaga's Libreria Luces. This is a bookshop that describes itself as an experience, a literary and cultural experience. Just last week it turned 20, which, if you've been listening to this podcast for a while now, you know is a major achievement for an indepe

S3 Ep4 Clayton Comber, Bouquiniste (Kiama, Australia)

May 01 2023 39 mins  
Today we are going back to Australia, to a small town called Kiama. Here we'll step into Bouquiniste https://shop.bouquiniste.com.au/, founded in 2017 by Clay and Hannah, two Kiama locals with a background in writing, publishing, retail, hospitality.. and one of them a former DJ. That's Clay, my guest today. When you enter the store, you'll see a disco ball, and that gi