The Bedside Crow
Blog URL http://booksellercrow.typepad.com/the_bedside_crow/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags Books, Bookshops, Crystal Palace.
The blog of one of the best independent bookshops in the UK, based in Crystal Palace south-east London.
Latest Blog Posts
- Freedom, Rhythm and Sound. on Nov 22, 2009 in 101 Things Authors Books Bookselling Music
A week or so ago somebody from Soul Jazz Records 'phoned to tell me about the book Freedom,Rhythm and Sound - revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83 compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart baker. I said, yes we've got that,...
- Poundland - not as cheap as you thought, then. on Nov 21, 2009 in Authors Books Bookselling Ceiling prices
On the Today program this morning Evan Davis visited the Watford Poundland for a piece about the discount store, its attraction to the middle classes, and the opening of its 250 store. Oh look, he was heard to say, mid-way...
- Running Dog. on Nov 20, 2009 in Authors Books
...in 1973, when my first novel was accepted for publication, I was in similar straits: young, endlessly drunk, trying to support a wife and two children, writing at night, hoping for a break. The break came, but until reading Sklenicka’s...
- Hoovering The Roof. 7.00-9.00 pm Thursday 26th 2009 on Nov 18, 2009 in Authors Books
Event Alert! On Thursday 26th November we will be hosting the launch event for Hoovering the Roof an anthology of stories and poems from the East Dulwich Writers Group. More about the group here.
- New York City 1962 (with thumb). on Nov 17, 2009 in 101 Things Authors Books Bookselling
Establishing shot from Richard Stark's Parker - The Hunter adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke.
- Well it certainly looked like him. on Nov 15, 2009 in 101 Things Authors Books Bookselling
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- Beetroot pickle, you say? on Nov 14, 2009 in Bookselling Customer relations Food and Drink
Certainly sir. And garlic, too. And a box of recipe cards from the fabulous Ganapati south London south Indian kitchen.
