Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

By Jen Campbell

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ISBN: 9781780334837

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Binding: Hardback

Number of Pages: 128

Publication Date: 20-Dec-03

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From the hugely popular blog, a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments. Can books conduct electricity? My children are just climbing your bookshelves: thats ok… isnt it? A John Cleese Twitter question [What is your pet peeve?], first sparked the “Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops” blog, which grew over three years into one booksellers collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs? to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next years weather; and from Ive forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter to Excuse me… is this book edible? This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top Weird Things from bookshops around the world.

Jen Campbell grew up in the North East of England, and graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in English Literature. She's a published poet and short story writer. She lives in North London where she works at Ripping Yarns bookshop.

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From the hugely popular blog, a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments. Can books conduct electricity? My children are just climbing your bookshelves: thats ok... isnt it? A John Cleese Twitter question [What is your pet peeve?], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one booksellers collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs? to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next years weather; and from Ive forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter to Excuse me... is this book edible? This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top Weird Things from bookshops around the world.