January 17, 2015 3:16 am
For lovers of books, bookshops will always entice.
I’ve mentioned my favorite bookshop, nestled in Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland is also a Literary Centre, run by Jessie Lendennie, publisher of Salmon Press. A meeting place for those in the poetry scene in Ireland where Jessie is both necessary and influential.
Across the oceans, here on the Cafe Strip in Fremantle, Elizabeth’s Bookshop has long been a place to fall into soft couches with a favorite tome and lose yourself for a while.
MillPointCaffeBookshop in South Perth serves coffee and is a favorite haunt for a writer friend who literally immerses himself in words, while he creates.
While Boffins Bookshop in Williams Street in Perth City specialize…
The Boffin
Bookshops are like lovers,
they numb in black & white
then seduce you with colour,
titillate and tempt your soul
until you finally let go,
find the courage to close
the book ~ pages which leave
you gasping The breath of air
on your face feels like a slap.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2004
Finalist “Inner City Life” Literary Competition 2004.
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Did you hear Elizabeth’s in Subiaco is closing Sue.. They can’t afford the rent hike.. Landlords in Subi getting tres greedy it seems which is a bit sad!
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By Grace on January 17, 2015 at 11:47 am
Yes, I know… but I am most familiar with Freo which I don’t think will ever shut it’s
doors. Hope not, anyway!
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By Frances Macaulay Forde on January 17, 2015 at 3:30 pm
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