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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Bouquinistes

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I heard a really interesting story on NPR this morning about the book sellers who ply their wares on the banks of the Seine in Paris. These people are known as bouquinistes, which I guess means booksellers? I don't really know because I don't speak French. Anyway, rather than steal the story and represent it as my own, I will just point you to the article on the NPR website, here. The audio for the produced for radio version of the story will be available around 9 AM EST.

Anyway, the whole thing also reminded me of an awesome group of bloggers I know. The Bookanistas. Well, I don't actually know all of them, but I do know some of them. Here is a list of links to their blogs in case somehow, for some crazy unknown reason, you haven't heard of them:

Myra McEntire
Michelle Hodkin
Lisa and Laura Roecker

So there you go. Enjoy the article, check out the Bookanistas and have a great day! I'm off to work on something for my crit group.

28 comments:

  1. Thanks for the links, Matt. All really great Bookanistas!

    I'll be sure to check out the article later.

    Have a great day!

    Shannon

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  2. Of course, sounds uber romantic b/c it's French--ha!

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  3. Nice shout out for the blogging Bookanistas!

    Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

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  4. now you could organize a trip for all of us to go together and visit those booksellers near Seine in Paris.

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  5. That's a great article. Kind of sad about the Chinese invasion though.

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  6. I love NPR! I'll have to check the article out later--the picture is awesome. :)

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  7. Why does everything look/sound better in French?
    Even french fries are better than plain potatoes! ;)
    And the American Bookanistas are indeed awesome!

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  8. Oh to be in Paris, shopping for books, drinking coffee in a little cafe. Thanks for the links.

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  9. Thanks for the people links! I'm spending a few days finding new friends in blogger land, so this is wonderful!
    Ann Best, Long Journey Home

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  10. wow, cool! I'll have to check out the report. Now that I don't commute, I miss their quirky stories~

    Booquinistes = fashionistas??? I mean, it is Paris after all. ;p

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  11. Oh to be French and living in gay Paris!! Straight Paris too of course! LOL!

    Anyway nuff of my silliness!! Go the bouquinstes - however it's pronounced! It's sure to be sexy and very ooh-la-la!!!!

    Take care
    x

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  12. Literature: another reason why Paris is such a romantic city. Thanks for the article, Matthew!

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  13. Cool & The Bookanistas are quite the group!

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  14. Oh my heck! We're famous in France! LOL! Great article, and thanks for giving us a shout out.

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  15. This is why I strongly believe I should get a book deal. I am surrounded by all of these amazing literature and scenery it will be absolutely impossible to write a horrible book

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  16. AWWW! You are so awesome to mention us! I'm glad I found your blog!!

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  17. Thanks for the links. I'm already following most of these guys, but some of them are new to me.

    Lynnette Labelle
    www.labelleseditorialservices.com
    http://lynnettelabelle.blogspot.com

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  18. What a wonderful article! Now if I could only find someone to whisk me off to Paris to enjoy it in person.
    Thanks for the link.

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  19. Maybe that's what I should do with my life...

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  20. I remember seeing those stalls, but I had no idea they were in such straits! How sad. And how sad they have to revert to selling all the boring, mass produced stuff now!

    But how cute that our name is so close. I honestly had no part in naming the group, so can't take a lick of credit. But thank you so much for mentioning us! You are such a sweetheart. <3 <3

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  21. Thanks for the link and the mention of the Bookanistas. Um, should I mention I haven't heard of them? Well, I'm a newbie to the blogosphere, so am I excused? :-D

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  22. The Bookanistas are a terrific group of people!!

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  23. awesome! I know of them, didn't know all the people who made up the group, so this is great. Thanks for the links!

    PS- I added your name as character in my book. I changed the last name slightly :)

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  24. Hey - thanks for the shout out Matt! And the link! Hope crit group was fab.

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  25. Merci d'avoir un blog interessant

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