Bookstore Spotlights

Bookstore Spotlight: Buckshot Books (Coombs, British Columbia)

July 7, 2012

A stone’s throw from the Old Country Market in Coombs, British Columbia—where a family of goats lives on the roof of the ice cream shop—Buckshot Books is one of Vancouver Island’s hidden gems. It’s tucked away off the Alberni Highway among a grove of fir trees and unless you know where to [...]

Bookstore Spotlight: Bart’s Books of Ojai (Ojai, CA)

June 27, 2012

In a town where it almost never rains, it might seem like curling up with a book is the last way you’d plan to spend your sunny days. But at Bart’s Books in the resort town of Ojai, California, that’s exactly what you’ll get to do. Located at the site of an old hippie [...]

Bookstore Spotlight: The Last Bookstore (Los Angeles, CA)

June 20, 2012

Most residents of Los Angeles don’t dispute the fact that their downtown neighborhoods boast the most lovely architecture in the city, and our latest Bookstore Spotlight feature, The Last Bookstore, is no exception. Located on the corner of 5th and Spring street, The Last Bookstore is [...]

Bookstore Spotlight: City Lights (San Francisco, CA)

June 18, 2012

As part of our newest series, TSHS members have been traveling far and wide looking for must-see independent bookstores. Being in San Francisco, you’ll feel rewarded for your diligence as a writer. The sidewalks are often paved with quotes from poets, words from ancient languages, and [...]

Bookstore Spotlights: A Cappella Books (Atlanta, GA)

June 11, 2012

For the academic off-season, Tate Street High Society members are on the move, which can only mean one thing: it’s time to discover some new bookstores! So before embarking for the West Coast, this contributor went to hit up the local bookstore in the Little Five Points neighborhood of [...]

Bookstore Spotlight: Tsunami Books (Eugene, OR)

May 15, 2011

Tsunami Books in Eugene, Oregon In an age when the best-known independent bookstores (such as another Oregon spot, Powell’s Books) are often behemoth retail machines of their own, spots like Eugene’s Tsunami Books are a welcome reminder of the Real Thing. With a knowledgable staff [...]