BRN26: Finding the Conference at Bangor University
The BRN26 Conference is being held in the Music Building at Bangor University. You can use the Google Map below to find directions. It is a 10 minute walk from the Bangor train station (see map below).
BRN26 Conference Schedule
9 Dydd Mercher / Wednesday 14.30: Registration (coffee, tea, water) 15.00: Welcome 15:15: Keynote 1 – Will Smith & Polly Atkins of Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere 16.15: Panel 1 – The Printing House as Bookshop: Printer-Bookseller Firms Across Eras 17.15 Reception...
BRN26: Travelling to Bangor in the UK
Flying to the UK The most convenient airports from which to reach Bangor are Manchester Airport and Liverpool Airport. Manchester is slightly easier as the train to Bangor departs directly from the Airport. Arriving at Liverpool, you will need to take...
BRN26: Local Info About Bangor
Where to stay, places to eat, and things to do while at Bangor.
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 Bookshops
It 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 booksellers
As 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...
The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops
The Booksellers Association launched a new research report on ‘The Cultural and Community Role of Scotland’s Bookshops’ on 19th November, to coincide with Scottish Book Trust’s annual Book Week Scotland. The report spotlights the vital and growing role Scottish bookshops play as...
Samantha Rayner’s Bookshop Bulletins
Bookshop Bulletins: Gatherings Substack This year, Samantha has been on sabbatical, visiting some of the UK’s indie bookshops, and gathering information about how they work within their communities, and how they manage their own staff wellbeing. These visits have been recorded...
KVB Boekwerk: The importance of bookshops according to consumers
In 2019, KVB Boekwerk published the results of a survey into the current added value of bookshops for customers and local areas. This year, they are following up on that research. They have engaged with consumers and local organisations to research...
