Congratulations to the Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, Colo., which was founded in 1971 and begins a "40 Years in 40 Days Celebration" this Monday. During the celebration, Tattered Cover's three stores and website will offer a range of discounts, giveaways, special offers, events and more. The celebration culminates on Saturday, October 15, with a birthday party at each of the three stores.
The Tattered Cover will have ongoing celebration details in e-mails and on tatteredcover.com, which includes a history of the store. (Short version: the original Tattered Cover was 950 square feet and had two employees. Joyce Meskis bought the store in 1974, and the rest, as they say, is history.) The Tattered Cover is also asking customers and others to contribute favorite stories and remembrances about the store, authors, staff members even "your favorite nook to spend an afternoon reading."
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Book trailer of the day: The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Orbit). The video was written and directed by filmmaker Leo Kei Angelos.---
The eight titles on the autumn list for the Richard and Judy Book Club are:
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Black House by Peter May
Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall
Next of Kin by David Hosp
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott
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The Alliance of Radical Booksellers, a coalition of "left-leaning political bookshops" is set to launch in the U.K. this October, the Bookseller reported, adding that the ARB "seeks to support bookshops working to keep progressive books on the high street." An ARB spokesperson described the group as "an organization which allows its member booksellers to support each other, promote one another’s work and sell books together." The group also plans to sponsor a book award called the Bread and Roses Prize.
"We definitely want to speak to publishers as more of a group, but we are [also] more of a support group which comes up with campaigns and promotions," said ARB co-founder Nik Gorecki of Housmans bookshop in London.
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For crossword aficionados who find the Sunday Times puzzle too daunting, Buzzfeed featured the "World's Smallest, Cutest Crossword Puzzle."
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In an upset, potions master Severus Snape was voted favorite character from the Harry Potter series--besting the boy wizard himself--in a recent fan poll conducted by Bloomsbury. The Guardian reported that Snape garnered 13,000 (20%) of the 70,000 votes cast, with Hermione Granger finishing second, followed by Sirius Black, Harry and Ron Weasley.