Episode 2. Bookshop Beginnings (Part 2) and Bookselling Tips

In this episode we hear from Rachel Chopping (Product and Member Services Assistant, BookPeople) and Michael Earp (YA author, Bookseller of the Year, 2021; Affirm Press) about the ups and downs of bookselling and Charlotte Lindsay from Ink Bookshop (Mansfield, Victoria) and Petra Blumkaitis from Peach's Pages (NSW) about realising their dreams of owning a bookshop. Bookshop mentioned: https://www.inkbookshop.com.au/ Peach's pages, Oatley, NSW Books mentioned: Day's End by Garry Disher (Text) Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith (MacMillan) An Ungrateful Instrument by Micahel Meehan (Transit Lounge) Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Penguin) Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Penguin) The Colony by Audrey Magee (Faber & Faber) Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au (Giramondo) (Middle Grade) A Song from Somewhere Else by AF Harrold (Bloomsbury) Anthology of Short Stories for Young Adults. Queer Adaptations of Fairy Tales. Edited by Michael Earp (Affirm. Not yet published) Limberlost by Robbie Arnold (Text) Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy (Ultimo) Trespassers by Louise Kennedy (Penguin) Our fundraising page is https://fundraising.ilf.org.au/thebooksellerspodcast You can find us on instagram @the_booksellers_podcast