A new chapter on Bookshop Day; here’s why – The Yorkshire Post says

AGATHA CHRISTIE’s timeless observation about the best independent bookshops – namely “it is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about” – is as relevant today as it was when the acclaimed author wrote the Hercule Poirot detective story The Clocks.
By YP Comment
Published 1st Oct 2020, 11:23 BST
Owners Linda Furniss and James Firth at The Striped Badger bookshop in Grassington, which is seeing an upturn in visitors after being used as part of the set for the new series of All Creatures Great and Small.Owners Linda Furniss and James Firth at The Striped Badger bookshop in Grassington, which is seeing an upturn in visitors after being used as part of the set for the new series of All Creatures Great and Small.
Owners Linda Furniss and James Firth at The Striped Badger bookshop in Grassington, which is seeing an upturn in visitors after being used as part of the set for the new series of All Creatures Great and Small.

Yet, while time has caught up with many such stores in recent years, it’s heartening that this year has witnessed the opening of a new emporium, Kemps Books, in Malton and that so many events are planned across this region to coincide with Bookshop Day this Saturday.

And with the best stores containing as many mysteries as the best crime thrillers, one by-product of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has been an increased appreciation and awareness of books and how they can both educate and entertain.

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In this regard, let’s hope that this is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the county’s bookshops as people realise the ‘use it or lose’ maxim is for real and not a work of fiction.

The Striped Badger bookshop in Grassington, one of many independent stores to be enjoying a resurgence.The Striped Badger bookshop in Grassington, one of many independent stores to be enjoying a resurgence.
The Striped Badger bookshop in Grassington, one of many independent stores to be enjoying a resurgence.

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