Parisian Phoenix Publishing

Yesterday’s deluge did impact the amount of foot traffic on the sidewalk in Doylestown, Pa., where Larry Sceurman was part of a Local Authors Day at the Doylestown Bookshop. Doylestown is one of those places I visited a long time ago (the Volkssport walk I mentioned in the last newsletter— that was my first introduction to the town) and always meant to return.

Even on this visit, I didn’t get to go to any of the places on my list. But, art director Gayle Hendricks and I parked the car over by the Mercer Museum and meandered through town as much as the rain would allow.

We loved the bookshop! The staff was friendly, the collection of books impressive, and the gift items well curated. They even had a large section of jigsaw puzzles. And newspapers! And magazines! It very much reminded me of what the Moravian Book Shop was when I was in college thirty years ago. So, if you miss the jovial and eclectic atmosphere of Moravian Book Shop past, Doylestown might be worth a drive.

They are the first independent bookstore I have visited that had a copy of Sky Daddy by Kate Folk in stock, and I do so want that book… But it’s in hardcover right now and by budget won’t allow that. With our airplane historical fiction coming out in August, I’ve been reading a lot of plane-themed books.

According to the booksellers at Doylestown, people come to them for the latest and greatest in fiction. The bookstore organized the authors throughout the bookstore, but all in the main traffic area of the store.

Our other adventures in Doylestown included a visit to the stationery shop, Dept of Note; the purchase of baked goods from Le Macaron French bakery and Cup and Cake Company, and a visit to the Community Labyrinth. I was also impressed— to the point of distraction— with the amount of people at the local public library.