Books About Books, Bookshops and Libraries

“Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace.”
Helene Hanff, Q’s Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books

Today as life unlocks a little more among the things to open are bookshops and libraries

I, for one, cannot wait

I love everything about bookshops

It is a day out for us to visit a shop

Leaf through the pages of books we have not seen inside before

My children love book browsing as much as I do

They feel the magic that happens as soon as you walk through the doors and it feels like coming home

Bookshops and libraries are so important for so many reasons

They are places of comfort, refuge, magic and adventure

They are somewhere to be lost and also be found

They are somewhere to learn

They are somewhere to escape

They hold so many secrets

They are a place where imaginations are fired up and curiosity is sparked

They are places to explore

A space to share or to be alone

A place of discovery

Bookshops and libraries protect our mental health and inspire us to do and be better

They bring us together

We cannot wait to stand in front of those shelves

Breathe in that bookish smell and feel the weight of the world drift away

And our shoulders relax just for that moment, that visit

I am not sure I will ever want to leave

We are waiting a little longer for our first bookshop visit

We have decided to celebrate Baby Tilda’s birthday this year with a very special family bookshop visit

The children are saving their pennies and doing extra chores

So they can buy beautiful books in memory of Matilda Mae

We are heading to Moonlane Ramsgate to celebrate all things bookish

In memory of our baby in the stars

We are already counting sleeps!!

Bookshops and libraries from today

Better than any haircut or pint in a pub garden

Will be seeing my children’s eyes and hearts light up as they choose a new book

Today the sun is shining and bookshops and libraries are back!

It feels like there is a lot of hope in the world x

In celebration

Here are some of our favourite books about books, bookshops and libraries

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