Postcard Bookshop

If, like us, you’ve been swept up in World Cup fever but can’t make it to a match, you can vicariously visit these pitches around the world. From jaw-dropping scenery to soaring architecture, humble community grounds to even a few floating pitches, this sport is truly global!

This book sings out SUMMER! I am completely captivated by these illustrations (and so starved for outdoor swimming! 🏊‍♂️). Dive in! 🍉

Whether your dad likes to get lost in a good story, or find his way to new adventures, we have the perfect book!

SUMMER PUZZLIN’ 🧩 Just received a fresh batch of piecework puzzles perfect for summer vacations. We love these travel-themed designs, ranging from Mediterranean vacations to campsite memories to luxurious hotels and exciting excursions.

We’re Ireland-bound at the end of the month … and I need a novel for the trip. What should I read? I’m already a big fan of Flann O’Brien and Mairtin O Cadhain — what other authors should I explore?

Aftermath of a successful bookstore visit.

Finally landed two more of this year’s The Booker Prizes International shortlisters: Vincent Delecroix’s Small Boat and —one of my favorite books I’ve read this year— She Who Remains by Rene Karabash. A deeply moving and inventively told story of life in rural Albania and a yearning, sapphic romance caught up in codes of filial piety and patriarchal conservatism. Beautifully told!

The joke goes that booksellers can’t count. While that might be gross slander, if there is a *hint* of truth to it, it works in your favor: Portland Book Week is a 10-day week! So while normally weeks might have already ended, we’re heading into our SECOND WEEKEND of bookstore BINGO. Our stamp is well warmed-up and we’re ready and waiting!

⚽️ OLÉ, OLÉ, OLÉ, OLÉ!!!! 🥅 Sure, our turn hosting the World Cup is already an embarrassment (*ahem* 🧊, war, banned countries, absurd prices), but we still love the game. It’s a global passion that shows up even in literature! From 🇺🇾 Eduardo Galeano’s iconic sports-writing to a 🇫🇷 graphic novel about a girls high school team to a bold new novel from 🇭🇹 Dmitry Elias Leger, there are so many ways to read your way around the World Cup!

One of our favorite books of last year is finally out in paperback … AND we just got these gorgeous notebooks to match! wrote a beautiful ode to rivers and an impassioned call to recognize the rights of nature. A truly inspiring book!