Remainders of the Day

Remainders of the Day: More diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell continues the story of the life of a bookshop owner and his day to day routine. This volume covers the year from February 2016 to the beginning of February 2017 in which the author notes the day to day activities in running a bookshop and the people he encounters in the shop and online, buying or enquiring about books. Problems with Amazon also feature throughout the book.

Much of this volume describes the work involved in reviewing collections that people want to sell to the shop - unfortunately many books in these collections are books that people no longer want to read and consequently he does not need in the bookshop.

Wigtown in Scotland has many other bookshops as well as The Bookshop owned by Shaun. Books are an important part of the town including regular book festivals and book talks during the year. How the bookshop owners work together to promote this special feature of their community is described in the book.

Remainders of the Day is an amusing account of the life of a bookshop owner and his cat plus the people who visit The Bookshop.