Editor’s note: Mountainfilm‘s Reading Frenzy, themed, “Conversations through Lenses and Pens,” takes place Sunday, May 27, 2 – 4 p.m., at the Between the Covers Bookstore “annex,” the Telluride High School Cafeteria. It’s that time of year: stacks and stacks of boxes show up on our door step thanks to UPS Greg. After barely using…
Meet “The Man Who Quit Money” on Tuesday, April 3, at the library … Where you’ve been, physically and emotionally, is what shapes you in the moment. And at this very moment, a man from Moab has honed his existence into a freedom that almost no one else will ever truly taste. The man…
Saint Augustine wrote: “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Words that eloquently marry books and travel. It’s that time of year, when we live vicariously through customer travel book purchases, watching them sway back and forth in front of the east wall in the café, deciding…
First of all, what a great celebration of the book the 2012 Oscars were, eh? Six of the nine most nominated films were adapted from books we love to recommend. We like to say “never judge a book by its movie” but this year’s films were quite true to the page and fantastically filmed. Kudos…
For the love of books … and animal magnetism by Alex Beard … at Between the Covers A wonderful way to tell someone you love them on Valentine’s Day, whether it’s that nerve-addled first time or a cozy 40 years, is giving a book selected with care. It’s a time for beautiful big books with…
Editor’s note: Telluride’s Between the Covers Bookstore continues its bi-monthly column with this time sensitive announcement about World Book Night The UK has exported an amazing idea to the US: World Book Night, and it’s looking for its inaugural 50,000 volunteer book givers who will give away, free, 20 copies of a book they select…
They call it The Big Easy, one of several nicknames for New Orleans. And that’s where Bobbi and I, along with 498 other indie booksellers from North America, will gather today for our annual three days of learning about how to survive the economy in the moment while adapting to the technological mindset of the…
Meet Glitter Girl Margo Talbot at Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library this Thursday, January 12, at 6pm, for a reading and discussion of her first book All That Glitters: A Climber’s Journey Through Addiction and Depression. Sometimes you have to go through a little hell to get a piece of heaven. Or to at least achieve…
Between the Covers launches new column on Telluride Inside…and Out The response on December 1, 2010, was incredible. From the big-smiled thank yous to those chilled bottles of champagne, Bobbi and I encountered first-hand the joy that loyalty breeds. As longtime employees of Between the Covers Bookstore, it was an easy choice for us to…
It’s all about the ladies this coming week at Between the Covers Bookstore and High Alpine Coffee Bar. Line ‘em up like beautiful literary cocktails and sip, one at a time … Starting Wednesday, three authors grace our space this week: Jill Burchmore, Erzsebet Gilbert, and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. At 5p.m. on Wednesday, December 28,…
