They have published so many of these beautiful pamphlets on a wide range of topics from Christmas to Cricket, from Dogs to Sheep and even Clouds. These small pamphlets are just ideal for bedtime reading or like I have been doing and that is enjoying them on journeys. Their aim is simple to spread the joy of poetry to adults and children alike who love poetry and or may be just beginning their journey in to enjoying poetry. The team consists of four dedicated people in Di Slaney (Publisher), Kathy Towers (Assistant Editor) and two admin assistants. If you love books and bookshops especially those old dusty bookshops that I seem to find myself in this is for you and this is for bookshops everywhere.Ĭandlestick Press are a small independent publisher based in Nottingham and were founded in 2008. This may be only 16 pages but I just loved the idea with poems by Jim Burns and Jackie Kay. And just who lives in the flat above The All Night Bookshop. The narrator clearly loves Zelda but also wants to find out about the mystery owner of the dusty old bookshop.Ī book with a hidden story behind it, a mystery, a love story. The shop rarely makes enough money to survive but survive it does for those who cannot sleep and arrive in dressing gowns and slippers. The mystery here though is the owner of the bookshop, he/she has never been seen and there are many stories of the reclusive owner who lives in the flat above the shop. This young man holds an unspoken love for Zelda as they quietly run the All Night Bookshop. The short story is told by a young man who was hired by Zelda the young manager who is blind in one eye who like her assistant rarely sleeps. It does not sell bestsellers as those are sold by supermarkets in the area and of course whisper it quietly Amazon. This shop is though unlike any of the others, it is a bookshop though you may not know it as it only opens during the night for those who work unsociable hours or just cannot sleep. The All Night Bookshop by David Belbin is a short but beautifully written story for anyone who like me loves books and bookshops.Ī shop like many others in the area that has seen better days. I have been very fortunate to have been able to review a number of titles by Candlestick Press and I am delighted to share my review of their latest release that came out just in time for Bookshop Day 2018.
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