Here I am, working at the book shop again… much better than last time, since I’ve got about three and a half hours left and I’ve already made £36.25, more than covering my £20 wages. Also, I’ve copied this entry across from my brother’s blog – I worked occasionally in a secondhand bookshop during my sixth form, and when I couldn’t be there, Colin covered my shifts – and thus was left with this woman… (Hope this is ok, Col… yeah?) And once you’ve laughed your way through that, I suggest that you check out Bookworm Droppings by Shaun Tyas, from 1988, which is a less attractive title (and rather less well produced) but equally amusing – and essentially the same concept. If this appeals, you should definitely get hold of a copy.
I don’t remember the author, or the title. Me: Er… do you mean signed by the people who performed the play?Ĭustomer: No, I mean signed by William Shakespeare.Ĭustomer: I read a book in the eighties. Here are some from the blog, also in the book, as a taster:Ĭustomer: Excuse me, do you have any signed copies of Shakespeare plays?
I’d read all the entries on her blog, but there are plenty more gems. The back section includes other people’s contributions, but this is mostly Jen’s collection. Jen had also been a writer in residence at Blackwell’s, writing a poem related to each of Blackwell’s five floors, and she recited these at the event – I’d love to read them again, so hopefully they’ll make an appearance somewhere.īut the main event was the book – having worked in a secondhand bookshop, and the Bodleian, I am familiar with some of the stranger comments and requests made by the Great British Public (calling from New York at 3am to tell the head of Rare Books your spurious theories on the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays? Sure, go ahead!) but I wouldn’t have believed she could fill a book, almost entirely from her own experience. Quite a few of you will know Jen from her blog, and those of you who use Twitter more than I do might well know her as One day I’ll fully understand Twitter, and then there’ll be no stopping me. On Tuesday night I went, with my housemate Mel and fellow book-blogger Naomi (aka Bloomsbury Bell – go check out her new WordPress style!) to hear Jen Campbell talk about Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops.
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