Hear Ye, Hear Ye

If you’re passionate about books, you must read Steve Quinn’s article about the little seaside town of Sidney, British Columbia, population 11,000. It’s dubbed Canada’s only Booktown because of its collection of twelve independently owned bookshops, each with its own style.

Here is Sidney’s Beacon Books’ Reader’s Bill of Rights.

The right to not read
The right to skip pages
The right to not finish
The right to re-read
The right to read anything
The right to escapism
The right to read anywhere
The right to browse
The right to read out loud
The right to not defend your tastes