Books allow us to explore. They offer time for reflection. Through books we learn about our history and can contemplate and speculate on the f…
LACONIA — The idea of opening a second Innisfree Bookshop location had been in the back of owner Casey Gerken’s mind for some time. But, watch…
It was difficult to resist using “Reading 2022” as the title of this column. If only, I thought, as I typed the words on the page, we could re…
LACONIA — For 37 years Warren Clement, now 79, and his wife Martha ran the Sundial Shop, a downtown anchor store that morphed from selling car…
Poetry. Words that conjure a landscape, a situation, a moment, an emotion in our mind’s eye. We compose verse to honor someone on a special oc…
Our beloved books. A book can remain on a shelf for decades and be passed down from one generation to the next, making even a small volume a m…
This week we are celebrating a milestone here at Bayswater - our 50th Find of the Week on the Used Book Floor column! That is right - as of no…
MEREDITH — Independent Bookstore Day marks its fifth year of celebrating independent bookstores nationwide on Saturday, April 27, with literar…
Once in a great while, we are lucky enough to find a letter that someone has left behind in a used book. This week was one of those fortunate…