Our reporter travels the area for locally owned shops offering good reads
By Emily Buehler
By now, the reasons to shop at locally owned businesses are ingrained in our heads: keep money in the community, don’t contribute to the sprawl of box-store shopping centers, maintain the uniqueness of our town centers. Buying books at locally owned bookstores [...]
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McIntyre’s Fine Books
2000 Fearrington Village Center
Pittsboro
542-3030
fearrington.com/village/mcintyres.asp
Monday–Saturday 10am–6pm, Thursday 10am–8pm, Sunday 10am– 5pm
Located in the Fearrington Village, McIntyre’s is a pleasant place to visit and has a packed schedule of readings and events.
PTA Thrift Store
103 Jones Ferry Rd.
Carrboro
967-1272
Monday–Saturday 8:30am–6pm
For the cheapest books in town, visit the basement of the Carrboro PTA. If you don’t find [...]
We did a little fishing this month, casting out a request to local authors and avid readers on what books they’re planning to delve into or recommend delving into during summer reading series. What follows are their comments unvarnished.
Brunson Hoole, managing editor,
Algonquin Books
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Mary Roach, the [...]
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