by admin | Aug 3, 2018 | Book home latest
‘Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.’- Jean Rhys To a summer reading challenge I hope you’ve settled into a summer of reading. I wonder about the reading journeys...
by admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Book home latest
‘Winter’s Bone‘ was a breakout movie for Jennifer Lawrence. Emerging from the cinema after watching it, I felt I had hypothermia. The cold, lifeless, grey setting had permeated every part of me. I am similarly affected by my reading matter. I could...
by admin | Jul 8, 2018 | Book home latest
What is independence? While our website was being rebuilt, Bookwagon sought tuition from a marketing consultant. At one point we argued that his comparison of Bookwagon to Amazon was irrelevant. Bookwagon is an independent children’s bookshop. He asked,...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Book home latest
During the Bookwagon website building hiatus, I read Bookworm in which Lucy Mangan recalls and critiques her life through each of her irreplaceable books. Her books are irreplaceable to her, so that she has kept every title since childhood. Lucy Mangan estimates her...
by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | Book home latest
Bookwagon, our online independent children’s bookshop, is a year old. So here it is, right here, right now, with a drum roll and a huge bow, our brand new, proud website. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to its development, from suggesting designers, to...
by admin | Apr 28, 2018 | Book home latest, Bookwagon latest
We have enjoyed a live experience from Elbow, a favourite band on a number of occasions. I love their songs, especially for Guy Garvey’s poetic lyrics. During our first Elbow concert, he explained that ‘Mirror Ball‘ was inspired by the rush of a...
