Posts Tagged: Bill Bryson

December 21, 2010

What We’re Reading: At Home: A History of Private Life

I am the unlikeliest person to be reading this book, for three reasons: 1) as anyone who knows me well can report, I have a certain deficiency in the housekeeping department; 2) …

December 10, 2010

Algonquin Picks: Our Favorite Reads of 2010

It’s no secret that we’re all big readers at Algonquin–and not just of our own titles. Although my mother told me never to play favorites, at the end of each year, while …

November 19, 2010

Booksellers Rock! Michele Filgate, RiverRun Books

Michele Filgate is the Events Coordinator at RiverRun Books in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She recently made New Hampshire Magazine‘s “It List” for 2010. Michele is a writer and a book critic, and …

November 9, 2010

Booksellers Rock! Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books

Quail Ridge is the major independent bookstore in Raleigh, NC–hometown of David and Amy Sedaris. It was voted the Best Bookstore of the Year by Publishers Weekly about a decade ago, and …