Booksellers generally save the day at this time of year as we rush into our local bookshop for presents and gift ideas. Long-time bookseller Matt Bialostocki has worked nine bookshop Christmases over ten years across three stores. He shares some of his more amusing and memorable Christmas bookselling moments.
Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Friday, December 19, 2014
The Christmas rush – a bookseller's tale
Booksellers generally save the day at this time of year as we rush into our local bookshop for presents and gift ideas. Long-time bookseller Matt Bialostocki has worked nine bookshop Christmases over ten years across three stores. He shares some of his more amusing and memorable Christmas bookselling moments.
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