Upcoming Events
BRN Bookselling Conference 2026: Spaces of Bookselling
We welcome proposals that engage with all forms of the bookselling space—physical, virtual, historical, social, communal, commercial, and imagined—and encourage transcultural, transnational, and intersectional perspectives.
09
September
2026
How Queer Bookshops Changed the World
With A. J. West, author of How Queer Bookshops Changed the World (Oneworld, 2026). A.J.West is a Sunday Times bestselling, multi-award-winning historical fiction novelist and historian. Prior to publication he […]
25
November
2026
Posts
- BRN26: Local Info About Bangor
Where to stay, places to eat, and things to do while at Bangor. - BRN26: RegistrationUse this guide to help plan your trip to Bangor. Click to download this guide Click to download this trip guide Come back to this page for more updates on the BRN 2026 Bookselling Conference!
- BRN Bookselling Conference 2026: Spaces of Bookselling“For such a space entails the unexpected. The specifically spatial within time-space is produced by that—sometimes happenstance, sometimes not—arrangement-in-relation-to-each-other that results from the multiplicity of trajectories. In spatial configurations, otherwise unconnected narratives may be brought into contact, or previously connected ones may be wrenched apart. There is always an element of ‘chaos.’ This is the chance of space.”
- BA research into the Cultural and Community Value of BookshopsIt has long been the contention of the Booksellers Association (UK and Ireland) that its members – chains and indies – play an outsize role in enriching the cultural lives of their communities.
- StoryBrand, conversations with pioneering booksellersAs a form of qualitative research and learning, StoryBrand, conversations with pioneering booksellers is an hour-long conversation with people who have deep and diverse perspectives on the art and science of bookshop creation. Each vodcast focuses on a different aspect of bookshop innovation, a problem or idea with an attempt to capture perspectives from bookshop… Read more: StoryBrand, conversations with pioneering booksellers
