Clunes Booktown is always going to be one of my favourite events to go to; it combines some of my favourite things together: spending time with my dad, wondering around Clunes and books!
The day itself was pretty chilly, and although the sun did come out one point in the morning, for the most part, it seemed as if it was going to start raining at any moment. To be perfectly honest, this has been kind of the norm for the past few Booktown's that I've actually attended.
(Doesn't stop me and won't stop me from going, though. I just have to remember to put my umbrella in my bag before I leave the house. Just in case.)
I'd been saving up some money specifically for this, and I had cleared out a little space on my bookshelf about a week before. Surprisingly, I didn't do it because of Booktown but I don't think anyone actually believes me. (I just wanted to change my bookshelves around, honest!)
The first stop along the trail was the Book Grocer tents.
Honestly, the selection was pretty amazing and I'm really glad that we got there early, we could actually find a parking spot, which if you know Clunes is almost impossible when Booktown rolls around, as there weren't as many people around giving us the opportunity to have a proper explore before moving onto the next few stalls.
I love Readings so much, every year this is always something completely new and different from other bookshops that I've seen around. This is also where I made my first purchase, of a book that I had seen once elsewhere and it looked really interesting.
The book I'm talking about is The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell. The cover is super duper aesthetic and the texture is really nice, so that's an absolute plus in my books (ha!) It's pretty much exactly that, with funny anecdotes of a bookstore owner and seller from Wigtown in Scotland. (I've read a little so far and am really enjoying it!)
We did a bit more exploring and bought a few more books in the little shops that had been set up along the street.
I picked up a book on languages here, written by the author of one of my current textbooks for a class on Archaeology, which was one of the reasons I grabbed it in the first place. The topic looks absolutely fascinating, though.
By this point, we were getting a bit exhausted, and to be fair on us we had been to see A Taste of Ireland the night before with my family. We decided to head inside for a coffee and hot chocolate (three guesses who had what and the first two don't count.) Dad and I went into the Bread & Circus Provedore which is incredibly beautiful inside and has an old worldy feel to the whole shop.
Dad ended up buying some kasundi (a type of tomato relish/mustard sauce) for mum and we sat down and enjoyed the atmosphere for a bit before heading out into the crowds again.
We walked around some more and bought some more books before heading off. It was getting colder and colder, and the crowds were only growing.
The books only add to this storybook aesthetic that the small town has going on I feel. It's probably one of the reasons why I love going to both Clunes and Booktown so much!
Clunes Booktown is always going to be one of my favourite events to go to; it combines some of my favourite things together: spending time with my dad, wondering around Clunes and books!
The day itself was pretty chilly, and although the sun did come out one point in the morning, for the most part, it seemed as if it was going to start raining at any moment. To be perfectly honest, this has been kind of the norm for the past few Booktown's that I've actually attended.
(Doesn't stop me and won't stop me from going, though. I just have to remember to put my umbrella in my bag before I leave the house. Just in case.)
I'd been saving up some money specifically for this, and I had cleared out a little space on my bookshelf about a week before. Surprisingly, I didn't do it because of Booktown but I don't think anyone actually believes me. (I just wanted to change my bookshelves around, honest!)
The first stop along the trail was the Book Grocer tents.
Honestly, the selection was pretty amazing and I'm really glad that we got there early, we could actually find a parking spot, which if you know Clunes is almost impossible when Booktown rolls around, as there weren't as many people around giving us the opportunity to have a proper explore before moving onto the next few stalls.
I love Readings so much, every year this is always something completely new and different from other bookshops that I've seen around. This is also where I made my first purchase, of a book that I had seen once elsewhere and it looked really interesting.
The book I'm talking about is The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell. The cover is super duper aesthetic and the texture is really nice, so that's an absolute plus in my books (ha!) It's pretty much exactly that, with funny anecdotes of a bookstore owner and seller from Wigtown in Scotland. (I've read a little so far and am really enjoying it!)
We did a bit more exploring and bought a few more books in the little shops that had been set up along the street.
I picked up a book on languages here, written by the author of one of my current textbooks for a class on Archaeology, which was one of the reasons I grabbed it in the first place. The topic looks absolutely fascinating, though.
By this point, we were getting a bit exhausted, and to be fair on us we had been to see A Taste of Ireland the night before with my family. We decided to head inside for a coffee and hot chocolate (three guesses who had what and the first two don't count.) Dad and I went into the Bread & Circus Provedore which is incredibly beautiful inside and has an old worldy feel to the whole shop.
Dad ended up buying some kasundi (a type of tomato relish/mustard sauce) for mum and we sat down and enjoyed the atmosphere for a bit before heading out into the crowds again.
We walked around some more and bought some more books before heading off. It was getting colder and colder, and the crowds were only growing.
The books only add to this storybook aesthetic that the small town has going on I feel. It's probably one of the reasons why I love going to both Clunes and Booktown so much!
Very interesting reading, well done.
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