Über den Tellerrand 34: Eine Reise nach Wigtown Teil 2
von Gerdam 16. August 2024
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:52 — 26.4MB)
Unsere Reise nach Wigtown, Schottland Teil 2. Diesmal treffen wir tatsächlich den Autor des wunderbaren "Tagebuch eines Buchhändlers". Inhabers des "The Bookshop" in der schottischen "Booktown". Wir bekommen ein Interview und haben eine trefflich schöne Zeit…
Hier der Link zur Seite von Shauns Buchhandlung
Und hier der Link zur Facebook Seite
Und für unsere wunderbaren Gastgeber aus Wigtown hier die Übersetzung in ein hoffentlich akzeptables Englisch:
"Hello everyone out there. Today I’m assuming that you are regular listeners. If not, you should definitely listen to last week’s episode first. Last Friday we started taking you on a trip to Wigtown in Scotland. Scotland’s official 'Booktown', home of Shaun Bythell, author of 'Diary of a Bookseller' and owner of 'The Bookshop'. Well, we are still on this same journey. We’ve already searched the bookstore extensively, gotten to know the area a bit, met a lot of nice people, but still missed Shaun himself. Today is supposed to be the big day when we meet him. It won’t be the last time. Because, like the entire area, there seems to be a very special magic about it and its people. Probably some fairy thing. We have definitely already succumbed to this magic.
Nevertheless, it is important to bring some order into your thoughts today. After all, this meeting with Shaun was the original trigger for the whole trip. And many of the questions we want to ask Shaun have been deepened by our first few days. How can it be that a place like Wigtown offers enough space for ten or more bookstores in a region that has fewer inhabitants than our city? How is Shaun today? After his international success as an author. Is he still a bookseller at heart?
However. It’s not just the questions that are exciting, but also the person. A few pictures say a lot less than the bookstore and the town of Wigtown alone. We are excited and Katha is almost a bit in awe of the moment. What will Shaun say and what kind of person is he really?
[THE INTERVIEW]
Shaun was fantastic. We still met very often. Also random and spontaneous. We had lunch in his kitchen, drank together and talked about books and authors. Especially about Ian Banks, who he knew himself…
Overall, these almost 10 days were a wonderful time. We didn’t get far beyond the south of Scotland. But we met great and wonderful people. And we were allowed to breathe in deeply the scent of the books and inhale the fantastic spirit of Scotland. We are eternally grateful for that.
Thank you Steve, thank you Nicki, thank you Shaun, thank you Christie, thank you Louann, thank you Katha, thank you everyone! If I have forgotten anyone, I am very sorry and it was certainly not intentional. Just feel for “everyone”! addressed.
We hope you guys out there enjoyed this little journey too. We can only advise you to take this journey too. It’s definitely worth it.
I wish you a nice weekend today. See you soon. Ciao, arrivederci, your Gerd…"
von Gerdam 16. August 2024
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:52 — 26.4MB)
Unsere Reise nach Wigtown, Schottland Teil 2. Diesmal treffen wir tatsächlich den Autor des wunderbaren "Tagebuch eines Buchhändlers". Inhabers des "The Bookshop" in der schottischen "Booktown". Wir bekommen ein Interview und haben eine trefflich schöne Zeit…
Hier der Link zur Seite von Shauns Buchhandlung
Und hier der Link zur Facebook Seite
Und für unsere wunderbaren Gastgeber aus Wigtown hier die Übersetzung in ein hoffentlich akzeptables Englisch:
"Hello everyone out there. Today I’m assuming that you are regular listeners. If not, you should definitely listen to last week’s episode first. Last Friday we started taking you on a trip to Wigtown in Scotland. Scotland’s official 'Booktown', home of Shaun Bythell, author of 'Diary of a Bookseller' and owner of 'The Bookshop'. Well, we are still on this same journey. We’ve already searched the bookstore extensively, gotten to know the area a bit, met a lot of nice people, but still missed Shaun himself. Today is supposed to be the big day when we meet him. It won’t be the last time. Because, like the entire area, there seems to be a very special magic about it and its people. Probably some fairy thing. We have definitely already succumbed to this magic.
Nevertheless, it is important to bring some order into your thoughts today. After all, this meeting with Shaun was the original trigger for the whole trip. And many of the questions we want to ask Shaun have been deepened by our first few days. How can it be that a place like Wigtown offers enough space for ten or more bookstores in a region that has fewer inhabitants than our city? How is Shaun today? After his international success as an author. Is he still a bookseller at heart?
However. It’s not just the questions that are exciting, but also the person. A few pictures say a lot less than the bookstore and the town of Wigtown alone. We are excited and Katha is almost a bit in awe of the moment. What will Shaun say and what kind of person is he really?
[THE INTERVIEW]
Shaun was fantastic. We still met very often. Also random and spontaneous. We had lunch in his kitchen, drank together and talked about books and authors. Especially about Ian Banks, who he knew himself…
Overall, these almost 10 days were a wonderful time. We didn’t get far beyond the south of Scotland. But we met great and wonderful people. And we were allowed to breathe in deeply the scent of the books and inhale the fantastic spirit of Scotland. We are eternally grateful for that.
Thank you Steve, thank you Nicki, thank you Shaun, thank you Christie, thank you Louann, thank you Katha, thank you everyone! If I have forgotten anyone, I am very sorry and it was certainly not intentional. Just feel for “everyone”! addressed.
We hope you guys out there enjoyed this little journey too. We can only advise you to take this journey too. It’s definitely worth it.
I wish you a nice weekend today. See you soon. Ciao, arrivederci, your Gerd…"
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