The Waverley Gazette

Real cloth tartan notebooks on sale in Tsutaya Bookstore, Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan

The Waverley real cloth tartan notebooks are on sale in the Tsutaya Bookstore in Daikanyama, a stylish area of Tokyo

Tsutaya Daikanyama is a lifestyle bookstore that sells much more than books. It has an elegant atmosphere and an abundant collection of books, stationery, pens and movies. Tsutaya bookstores are created and tailored around the communities where they plan their stores. The set of buildings in Daikanyama is a complex of specialized bookstores, cafes, restaurants and additional lifestyle stores that are part of the community.

The building was designed by architects Klein Dytham who are the same architects behind the Selfridges Wonder Room in London, and many other buildings in Japan: http://openbuildings.com/professionals/klein-dytham-architects-professional-56168 The building is designed in a T shape. We’re told the Daikanyama community has many artists. http://tsutaya.tsite.jp

http://daikanyama-tsutaya.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/nasajaxa.html

Here are some stylish, lovely pictures of the real cloth tartan Waverley notebooks taken by Chris Braham, of All's Well Agency. With thanks to Chris and Oki for sending them.

Mavis's Shoe by Sue Reid Sexton in Dutch - 'Het schoentje van Rosie'

Het is maart 1941. Lenny Gillespie loopt te zoeken naar haar kleine zusje Rosie in de straten van Clydebank, een industriesstadje bij Glasgow. Het luchtalarm gaat af, maar dit keer is het geen loos alarm. Urenlang vallen de bommen op de stad. Lenny, gek van angst om haar zusje Rosie, weigert een schuilkelder in te gaan. Don ontfermt de oude meneer Tait zich over haar. Hij voert haar weg uit de brandende, verwoeste stad en neemt haar mee naar een dorpje in de heuvels. Daar zijn ze veilig.

Maar Rosie is daar niet! En Lenny had op haar moeten passen... Ten einde raad besluit ze zelf naar Clydebank terug te gaan om in de puinhopen te gaan zoeken.

Dit aangrijpende oorlogsverhaal, geschreven vanuit het perspectief van een negenjarig meisje, is zo invoelbaar geschreven dat het lijkt alsof je er als lezer zelf bij bent.

Sue Reid Sexton woont in Glasgow, en werkte daar onder oorlogsveteranen en andere getraumatiseerden. Het schoentje van Rosie is haar debuutroman.

This book will be published by Uitgeverijmozaiek www.uitgeverijmozaiek.nl

October approaches

Thanks for reading our October newsletter. As the stormy days arrive in Scotland, we are looking forward to several events: this weekend, WIgtown Book Festival has invited John McShane, co-author of Robert Burns in Edinburgh to speak on Sunday about his career in comics; we are preparing for the world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt, from 20th October. In late September author Sue Reid Sexton gave an event at Glasgow's Women's Library for her book Writing on the Road and was interviewed by the BBC - a piece that made the news later on BBC2. Author Jerry Brannigan, who led on the writing of Robert Burns in Edinburgh, gave a talk at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway.

We also have the news that Harper, a gift distributor for the publishers Penguin RandomHouse, Chronicle and Moleskine in the USA, will distribute the Waverley real cloth tartan commonplace notebooks that we have produced with the partnership of Kinloch Anderson, into gift stores and other outlets. The notebooks are already on sale in the USA through Interlink, and American customers can buy them now from Interlink - see the link here: http://www.interlinkbooks.com/pages.php?page=order

Last week we met over 20 library authorities and school librarians at an event organised by The Reading Agency. In the afternoon was a business speed meet session and everyone enjoyed it with mutual learning on both sides about all the changes in the library system in Scotland and a chance to show our books to the key buyers. We also attended a book fair in London, Islington, where we met many of top book exporters. Buyers travelled from the USA, Romania, Iran, Ghana, Germany, Trinidad, France, Canada, Russia, Ireland, as well all parts of the UK. We thank all our customers, including you, our team, authors, and everyone we connect with for the chance to build new relationships, and to appreciate and sell our books.

We wish you a great month ahead, and look forward to updating you on our news before Halloween!

From all at Waverley/G&G

Celebrating Burns' heritage... Event: Waterstones Sauchiehall Street Glasgow

Robert Burns died on 21 July 1786 … Please join us 220 years on to celebrate Burns’ life in an entertaining event about Burns' heritage and legacy - led by authors Jerry Brannigan, John McShane and illustrator David Alexander

Loosely based on their book: Robert Burns in Edinburgh

On: Thursday 21st July at : 6.30pm

At: Waterstone’s Sauchiehall Street (153-157 Sauchiehall Street) G2 3EW