Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights

I'm joined in this episode by Gemma who's a bookseller at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights (https://mrbsemporium.com/) , an independent bookshop in Bath here in the UK. We discuss the reading spas which Mr B's is famous for, how to balance selling 'commercial' books with more literary ones, how working as a bookseller has changed Gemma's own reading habits and more! Books mentioned in this episode: Still Life by Sarah WinmanTo Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaOpen Water by Caleb Azumah NelsonPlain Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthDoggerland by Ben SmithWe Are Completely Besides Ourselves by Karen Fowler JoyIslands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal FlynNaturalia: Reclaimed by Nature by Jonathan JimenezThe Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique RoffeyThe Last House on Needless Street by Catriona WardThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerPandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myth by Natalie HaynesThe Children of Jocasta by Natalie HaynesCirce by Madeline MillerAriadne by Jennifer SaintPandora by Susan Stokes-ChapmanThe Storytellers by Mark RubinsteinMythos by Stephen FryThe Power by Naomi AldermanAmerica and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic by Phillip Freedenberg, illustrated by Jeff WaltonShout-outs as to the various indie bookshops, put forward by the following listeners:Pegasus Book Exchange in Seattle, Washington (@pegasusbookexhange), nominated by Ryan (@defryereads)Little Shop of Heroes in Dunfermline, Fife (@littleshopofheroes), nominated by Gemma (@gemmawithabook)Scarthin Books in Cromford, Derbyshire (@scarthinbooks) and Rhyme & Reason in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (https://rhymeandreasonbooks.wordpress.com/, nominated by Marika (@mybookcorner)Arcadia Books in Spring Green, Wisconsin (@arcadiabooks), nominated by Steve (@fullbeardlit51_15)Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, New Hampshire (@gibsonsbookstorenh), nominated by Andrew Merritt (@metafictionameathead)Burley Fisher Books in London (@burleyfisher) nominated by Zoe (@jenniferqueenie)Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)