BRN26: Registration
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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…
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 bookshop innovation, a problem or idea with an attempt to capture perspectives from bookshop…
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 engines of local communities and national culture, while considering the barriers and suggested solutions…
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 via a Substack, which you can find here: https://profbookshops.substack.com/ These have also been reported…
