Season Highlight, Spring/Summer 2026 - The Bookseller
Finders, Keepers tells the stories that hide between the lines of the second-hand books that fill the shelves of charity shops and second-hand bookshops up and down the country. The author collects books. He collects books that contain bookmarks in the form of maps - he will read the book while walking the streets depicted on the map, provided he doesn't have to get on a plane to get there. He collects books given as Christmas presents. He collects books that have the same title as other books - he'll read both books and compare them. He might wonder - he might even ask - which one has the greater claim on the title. He collects books that he finds with business cards in them - instead of reading the book, he sends it to the individual named on the business card and asks them to read it instead. He collects ex-library books. He collects free books. Well, he looks at the books that people leave out on their garden wall in the rain and photographs then and mostly leaves them where they are.
| ISBN: | 9781784633417 |
| Publication date: | 14th April 2026 |
| Author: | Nicholas Royle |
| Publisher: | Salt an imprint of Salt Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Antiques, vintage and collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera and printed matter Humour collections and anthologies Travel and holiday guides |
Season Highlight, Spring/Summer 2026 - The Bookseller
Finders, Keepers tells the stories that hide between the lines of the second-hand books that fill the shelves of charity shops and second-hand bookshops up and down the country. The author collects books. He collects books that contain bookmarks in the form of maps - he will read the book while walking the streets depicted on the map, provided he doesn't have to get on a plane to get there. He collects books given as Christmas presents. He collects books that have the same title as other books - he'll read both books and compare them. He might wonder - he might even ask - which one has the greater claim on the title. He collects books that he finds with business cards in them - instead of reading the book, he sends it to the individual named on the business card and asks them to read it instead. He collects ex-library books. He collects free books. Well, he looks at the books that people leave out on their garden wall in the rain and photographs then and mostly leaves them where they are.
Finders, Keepers features in the following genres: Memoirs, Antiques, vintage and collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera and printed matter, Humour collections and anthologies, Travel and holiday guides
Finders, Keepers is available in Paperback
Finders, Keepers was written by Nicholas Royle and published by Salt an imprint of Salt Publishing Limited
Finders, Keepers has 240 pages
£9.89