More weird things customers say in bookshops ebook. Weird things customers say in bookshops started life as a. This is a slim, amusing book, with jolly illustrations to pad out the fact that it is actually, a very slim book to be honest, as many of the weird things customers say in bookshops seem to be along the lines of weird things they might say in any shop the book would have outstayed its amusing welcome had it been longer. More weird things customers say in bookshops jen campbell on. He stormed out, and thats the last i ever heard from him. Im not going to waste my money on the first book when there are so many others. She currently works at an independent bookstore in north london. Editions for weird things customers say in bookshops. Weird things customers say in bookshops was a sunday times bestseller, and can be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. Perhaps working in a bookshop has sullied the authors interpretation of the word, more. This book should be entitled, now with 30% more weird things customers say in bookshops. Weird things customers say in bookshops book depository.
As this 2nd book was available i just jumped to read it with out waiting to read the first book. This book is a beautiful, strange and slightly surreal collection of quotations from jens customers at the bookshop she works at in london. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement. Weird things customers say in bookshops jen campbell 192455. Weird things customers say in bookshops jen campbell. Buy weird things customers say in bookshops by jen campbell from waterstones today. See the complete weird things customers say in bookshops series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I really enjoy reading jen campbells blog, not the six word novel, which is where i initially found weird things customers say in bookshops. More weird things customers say in bookshops goodreads. This blog was born with the purpose of sharing with the world my love for books, and the passion they create, not only in me, but in every single person out there who finds a refuge in the pages, as ive been doing since i was a kid.
Today i am blogging about books set in bookshops i am celebrating two things that add great pleasure to my life. More weird things customers say in bookshops 2 jen campbell. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of. Some of them make into bookshops and ask silly questions. This filled my longing for funny bookseller stories of the yahoos and nutters that ask for things they clearly know nothing about at least theyre improving. Weird things customers say in bookshops was a sunday times bestseller, and can. Just adding ten new pages of material to the previous book doesnt qualify as an entirely separate book. The book is illustrated by the bafta winning brothers mcleod. Jen campbell, an aspiring english writer, maintains a blog where posts examples of the bizarre things that customers at her bookstore, ripping yarns, say. Over the years she has written down all these strange questions customers ask when they drop in. She is also the sunday times bestselling author of the weird things customers say in bookshops series and. Weird things customers say in bookstores by jennifer.
Editions of weird things customers say in bookshops by jen. Jen campbell is an awardwinning poet and short story writer. Weird things customers say in bookshops quotes by jen campbell. Weird things customers say in bookshops by jen campbell, 9781780334837, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Setting a novel in a bookshop allows for an eccentric proprietor and a variety of customers and other visitors. I can only guess that he was trying to scam candy or money out of us, but i dont know how he thought he could accomplish that by accusing an employee of assaulting a minor. The book is mainly a collection of genuine questions recorded by the proprietors of two independent bookshops, plus a few other extras.
Click to read more about weird things customers say in bookshops by jen campbell. Some are laughoutloud funny, some are unbelievably cheeky or bordering on criminal. More weird things customers say in bookshops has yet more tales from the antiquarian bookshop where jen campbell works, and includes a selection of weird things. Weird things customers say in other bookshops weird things. And here is her youtube channel for everything bookish. They attract especially strange comments and requests. Jen campbell, an aspiring english writer, maintains a blog where posts examples of the bizarre things that customers at her bookstore. Weird things customers say in bookshops book series. Letters between heywood hill and john saumarez smi. Weird things customers say in bookstores was a london times bestseller in its uk edition, with rights sold in germany, finland, and sweden. Jen campbell is a poet, short story writer, and bookseller. Jen campbell more weird things customers say in bookselling. This is an actual quotation from weird things customers say in bookshops.
Weird things customers say in bookstores 9781468308938 by campbell, jennifer and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Hello, im jen im the author of the weird things customers say in bookshops series, and the bookshop book. More weird things customers say in bookshops is a fun little book that will appeal to book lovers, as well as anyone who has ever worked in customer service. Review more weird things customers say in bookshops a. More weird things customers say in bookshops by jen. Weird things customers say in bookshops by jen campbell.
Weird things customers say in bookshops jen campbell home. Jen campbell wrote a blog about peculiar things customers say in bookshops and then published the first book weird things customers say in bookshops which was huge success and popular among book lovers. More weird things customers say in bookshops 2 jen. Pdf download weird things customers say in bookstores pdf. Pdf download weird things customers say in bookstores. Posted by koko in humour and tagged with book covers, books, funny, humor, humour, jokes, literature, photography, reading, weird things customers say in bookshops june 10, 20. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Weird things customers say in bookshops 2012 about book. Jen campbell quotes author of weird things customers say. Or perhaps little brown has yet again succeeded in duping. It is short enough to be read in one go and would be good for flicking through while on a break at work, or during a train journey, or whenever you need a quick giggle.
And the occasion is that this is my 400 th post on bookword. Author jen campbell reads from her book, weird things customers say in bookshops, at waterstones as part of the 2012 belfast book festival. Read weird things customers say in bookshops 2012 online. Her book weird things customers say in bookstores includes some of her own stories and submissions from other bookstore owners and workers. A john cleese twitter question what is your pet peeve. Weird things customers say in bookshops was a sunday times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country.
Im a recipient of an eric gregory award and won the jane martin poetry prize. She graduated from edinburgh university with a masters in english literature. My poetry pamphlet the hungry ghost festival is published by the rialto. A follow up to the bestselling weird things customers say in bookshops.