Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Tonbridge: The new Hay on Wye?...


For those of you that wanted to come to the Book Fair, but couldn't, or wouldn't, because of the orrible drizly weather, you probably missed out on the best one to date. We had books, lots of books, old books, new books, educational books, rare books and yet more books. We had poetry, storytellers, childrens stories, and lovely cups of tea and coffee with biccies. There were lots of really nice books at the fair but easily the most eye catching were Clive Sayer's display of pop ups; he'd brought along a small selection from his collection of over 5,000. If you click on the link above you can just about hear the revving of the Harley Davidson motor cycle! Now that would fill up a whole shop of just pop up books. If Mr. Sayer ever wishes to give up his Beat n' Track music shop on Quarry Hill Parade, Tonbridge, he could open a Pop up Books shop. Now there's an idea. Maybe in five or six years time there'll be several book shops in the town and we could become a mini Hay on Wye, which if you don't know, is a small town in Wales which hosts a massively successful, long running literary festival and has over 40 bookshops squeezed into a its narrow streets. Book lovers heaven on earth!....

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