A Bibliophile's Bounty: A Tête-à-Tête with Author Elyse Friedman

Perusing periodicals, browsing books and thumbing through the tomes have all been beloved past times of the literate.

Libraries and bookshops, those worn bastions of books, have been the cornerstones of community, providing the context for research, learning or even just contemplation.

What magic continues to draw us in, even when vast, even limitless volumes of information is rapidly and readily accessible online?

What secrets do these ancient institutions hold and what role do they play in present day?

Crack open the cover on the topic of libraries and the bookshop with our esteemed guest, award-winning author, poet and screenwriter, Elyse Friedman in advance of the launch of her celebrated new novel, The Opportunist.

When and Where to Find THE OPPORTUNIST by Elyse Friedman

Launch Date November 29th, 2022

https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443467339/the-opportunist/

Honourable Mentions:

@typebooks

@queenbooksto

@indigo

@hatchardspiccadilly

@livrariabertrandchiado

@mablesfablesbookstore

@flyingbooks_to

www.strandbooks.com

Sources:

"You can visit the World's Oldest Library in Fez, Morocco." Discovery Channel, August 1, 2019

https://www.discovery.com/exploration/Worlds-Oldest-Library-Fez-Morocco

“Forgotten treasures: the stranger things people leave in library books.” David Mouriquand. Euronews.culture., January 9, 2022.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/08/31/forgotten-treasures-the-strange-things-we-leave-in-library-books

“The weird things librarians find in books.” Romeo Rosales. Book Riot.com., August 15, 2017.

https://bookriot.com/things-librarians-find-in-books/

"Six oldest bookstores in the world."

https://www.oldest.org/culture/bookstores/

“A good bookshop is not just about the books - at last we realize that.” Sian Cain. amp.theguardian.com., December 19, 2018.

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/19/bookshops-books-amazon-shop-book-lover

“The ten most famous bookstores in the world.” Emily Temple. Lithub.com., March 15, 2018.

https://lithub.com/the-10-most-famous-bookstores-in-the-world/

The pandemic showed us that we still need libraries, even with Google.” Heidi LM Jacobs. CBC.ca., April 17, 2022.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-pandemic-a-world-without-libraries-1.6418496

“The patron saint of bookstores.” Jamison Pfeifer. daily.jstor.org., October 5, 2019.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-patron-saint-of-bookstores/

“The most bizarre things librarians have found in returned books.” Ariel Zeitlin. RD.com.,  April 27, 2021.

https://www.rd.com/article/things-librarians-found-returned-books/

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