Ann Patchett’s favourite bookshop – McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, Michigan
“I walked into the bookstore of this dreamy little town and at that moment all the other bookstores I’d known in my life fell away… Books and bookstores are really the only things I can speak to with authority. And so I say to you absolutely: McLean & Eakin, Petoskey, Michigan — go.”
Ler Devagar (Portugese for “Read Slowly”) is housed in the old LX factory in Lisbon, a massive building built in 1846 to manufacture thread and fabric. Now, the factory is home to a variety of creative companies, art galleries, artists’ spaces, and this wonderful bookstore, which as you can see, makes great use of all that vertical industrial space.
Amorous Cat 2 by Paul Robertson on Flickr.
(Source: thepaintedgarden, via literatureismyutopia)
