Congratulations to the Regulator Bookshop, Durham, N.C., which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this Saturday, December 3, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., with $40 gift certificate raffles and an anniversary cake (at 1 p.m.). In addition, the store will display Regulator memorabilia on the downstairs wall and donate 10% of the day's sales to the Durham Literacy Center and Book Harvest. Early next year, the Regulator will have a big anniversary party at the Motorco Music Hall.
The Regulator's Tom Campbell wrote to the store's many fans: "We'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has helped to sustain this place for four decades. Thank you, so very much, for your support of this special space for books, reading, friendship, and conversation. The Regulator has always been an on-going collaboration between those of us who run the store and our customers and community. It is quite literally true that without you, there would be no us. Books open pathways to wonder, to learning, to understanding, to empathy. To life. It has been our great privilege to share all of this with you, our wonderful customers and friends."