Time is running, Halloween is almost here and I haven't had the time to mention some really important news for amateurs of horror fiction like myself. Now I have always loved the city of York, allegedly the most haunted city in England. Now I have another reason to love it and another reason to want to go back to it: I learned through social media that the bookshop Criminally Good Books now has a sister bookshop exclusively selling horror books, called... Horrifically Good Books. It also has a Facebook page. As far as I am aware, it's the first bookshop of its kind, at least in the UK. Now I must go back to York and visit the bookshop. For my English readers, if you ever visit it before me, please let me know about your experience. Whenever I go there, I promise I will behave... like a vampire in a blood bank.
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Les Bouquinistes: concours de l'Halloween
Friday, 16 October 2026
Pochettes pour livres aux Bouquinistes
Friday, 18 September 2026
Waterstones Membership
A couple of weeks ago, we went to a nearby (or nearby-ish) city and there we visited for the first time in months a Waterstones. I behaved and barely bought anything, in fact I bought nothing for myself. But as we had some time at the till, I checked if my old Waterstones membership card was still valid. It wasn't and hadn't been for at least a decade. So I had one made on the spot. I activated it a few days later. I don't go to Waterstones very often, there are none very close and our little town has a local bookshop, which became my favourite place for books hoarding. That said, I'm glad I now have a valid Waterstones card. It makes me feel connected to the reading world, if that makes sense. Getting this new card was long overdue.
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
La rentrée en librairie
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Les Bouquinistes en une photo
Saturday, 15 August 2026
Puzzles for Spies
Friday, 14 August 2026
Can't. Talk. Now. Reading.
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Le 12 août, j'achète un livre québécois
Saturday, 1 August 2026
Les Bouquinistes et le 12 août
Saturday, 11 July 2026
Seeing Carmilla
Sunday, 5 July 2026
Jouer aux Bouquinistes
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Shadow Chaser
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
On parle des Bouquinistes
Petite nouvelle à propos d'une nouvelle qui maintenant date un peu (très peu, mais quand même un peu). Je l'ai apprise par le biais de la page Facebook des Bouquinistes: on a écrit un article dans la grosse Presse sur eux. Plus précisément, sur leur transformation en librairie coopérative. Enfin bref, j'en recommande la lecture. Je suis un client assidu des Bouquinistes. Enfin, quand je vivais au Saguenay. Je me rappelle quand la librairie n'était guère plus grosse qu'un comptoir et deux pièces, l'une un espace plus petit pour la section jeunesse. Je suis heureux qu'ils aient encore pignon sur rue à Chicoutimi, même si je ne peux pas les visiter avec la même assiduité.


















