Posts by Sally Hughes Behind the scenesA Library or a Fire Trap ?Tuesday 4 February 2014Despite meteorological indications to the contrary spring should be springing soon. Days are definitely...Behind the scenesChristmas in the BookshopWednesday 11 December 2013Deck the halls with boughs of holly, tra-la-la. Do you have your Christmas decorations...Behind the scenesAll I Want For ChristmasThursday 5 December 2013Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat… or the mung bean sprout...Behind the scenesAcross the desert in a Model TMonday 21 October 2013It is a given (in a more literary moment I might say a truth...Behind the scenesSupport Independent Booksellers Week!Wednesday 3 July 2013It’s Independent Booksellers Week this week. A week dedicated to quirky booksellers everywhere: that...Behind the scenesA brave new world for the bookshopMonday 24 June 2013We are rebuilding our online bookshop. Yes, I know, not exactly raising the Mary...Behind the scenesA view from the counter: Bookclub maniaFriday 1 March 2013The weather continues to tease and tantalise – brief hints at sunshine, warmth through...Behind the scenesA view from the counter – part 4Thursday 15 November 2012In the run up to Christmas (yes it has started, we have our Christmas...Behind the scenesA view from the counter – part 3Monday 17 September 2012I have just been to hear Anne Sebba talk about her book That Woman on...Behind the scenesA view from the counter – part 2Friday 17 August 2012August is always a quiet month in bookselling. The heady rush of pre-holiday sales...Behind the scenesA view from the counterTuesday 3 July 2012I work in the bookshop at The National Archives. You didn’t know we had... « 1 … 3 4 5