🔴 Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK No.87: Stand-Up Librarian prepares for Florida Antiquarian Book Fair

In this episode, co-hosts Lee Linn and Richard Mori enjoy a delightful time with friend and longtime supporter of the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair Meredith Myers, who is billed as the Stand-up Librarian in her life as an entertainer.

Meredith has been a regular exhibitor at the book fair for many years and has been associated with the event in various capacities, including serving as spokesperson.

Meredith exhibits at the book fair, showing and offering her book-related fashions and accessories. Meredith credits longtime exhibitor Edie Eisenstein with being her inspiration and encouraging her to begin producing her creative products.

Meredith invites those interested to her websites, stand-uplibrarian.com and meredithmyers.com to learn more about her offerings.

Richard comments about the dangerous wildfires in California and makes note that people in the biblio community should visit the ABAA website to learn more about the organization’s benevolent fund designed to help booksellers in dire circumstances.

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Our Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK series offers short programs, usually on a single topic. Watch for more in the series. Co-hosts Lee Linn and Richard Mori are veteran antiquarian booksellers. Lee owns The Ridge Books in Calhoun, Georgia, and Richard owns Mori Books in Franklin, New Hampshire. 

Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK is made possible by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, the oldest and largest rare, used, and collectible book fair in the southeastern United States. The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair will be presented March 1-2, 2025 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. 

More information at floridaantiquarianbookfair.com 

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Music by Kevin MacLeod Hyperfun Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

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 Rare Book Cafe is a gathering of collectors and lovers of old, rare, and collectible books. It is a virtual cafe, accessible anywhere in the world, where the subjects are priceless and the conversation is free. It is truly the book lovers' rendezvous. 

Join us on our Facebook group Book Lovers’ Rendezvous. Rare Book Cafe is based in Florida. Rare Book Cafe The Book Lovers' Rendezvous™ YouTube, Facebookk, and Instagram. Also as a podcast on YouTube Music 

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🔴 Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK No. 86: Treasures we're bringing to Florida Antiquarian Book Fair

Co-host Lee Linn and guest co-host Richard Mori share some of the treasures they’ll be bringing to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in March. Both Lee and Richard are long-time exhibitors at the Florida show and both are veteran antiquarian booksellers. Both also have been affiliated with the Rare Book Cafe for years as well. 

Lee owns The Ridge Books in Calhoun, Georgia. Richard owns Mori Books in Franklin, New Hampshire. 

Former co-host Ed Markiewicz is planning to travel extensively, both in the states and in Europe. He will periodically file reports about the book-related places he visits. 

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Our Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK series offers short programs, usually on a single topic. Watch for more in the series. Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK is made possible by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, the oldest and largest rare, used, and collectible book fair in the southeastern United States. 

The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair will be presented March 1-2, 2025 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. 

More information at floridaantiquarianbookfair.com 

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Music by Kevin MacLeod Hyperfun Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

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are Book Cafe is a gathering of collectors and lovers of old, rare, and collectible books. It is a virtual cafe, accessible anywhere in the world, where the subjects are priceless and the conversation is free. It is truly the book lovers' rendezvous. Join us on our Facebook group Book Lovers’ Rendezvous. 

Rare Book Cafe is based in Florida. 

Rare Book Cafe 

The Book Lovers' Rendezvous™ 

YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. 

Also as a podcast on YouTube Music 

 #rarebooks #collectiblebooks #ephemera #ephemeraforsale #leatherboundbooks #leatherbound #antiquemapsandprints #bostonbooklovers #booksinboston #floridabookfair #floridaantiquarianbookfair #rarebookcafe #bookloversrendezvous

🔴 Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK No 85: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, safe travels, Ed Markiewicz

Ed Markiewicz, Lee Linn and Richard Mori join together for this holiday and year end show, celebrating Christmas with memories of classic books and ephemera they’ve handled over the years. 

Lee also discusses her Dickens' London Christmas display that she puts up every year in her home/book store. Lee made a video tour of the display that you can watch on Rare Book Cafe YouTube channel.

Plus, Ed Markiewicz, co-host for these last four-and-a-half years, announces his transition into a new role as a roving reporter filing reports from exotic locations in the bibliosphere. Bon voyage, Ed. We’ll look forward to hearing about your travels. 

A SPECIAL REQUEST: Please SHARE this program with your book loving friends. If this is the first time you've watched Rare Book Cafe, let us know what you think in the comments. If you're a regular watcher, tell us in the comments how often and what you enjoy about the show. 

Our Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK series offers short programs, usually on a single topic. Watch for more in the series. 

Lee Linn, Ed Markiewicz and Richard Mori are veteran antiquarian booksellers. Lee owns The Ridge Books in Calhoun, Georgia. Ed owns Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscripts in Amherst, Massachusetts. Richard owns Mori Books in Franklin, New Hampshire. 

Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK is made possible by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, the oldest and largest rare, used, and collectible book fair in the southeastern United States. The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair will be presented March 1-2, 2025 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. More information at floridaantiquarianbookfair.com 

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Music by Kevin MacLeod Hyperfun Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 

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Rare Book Cafe is a gathering of collectors and lovers of old, rare, and collectible books. It is a virtual cafe, accessible anywhere in the world, where the subjects are priceless and the conversation is free. It is truly the book lovers' rendezvous. 

Join us on our Facebook group Book Lovers’ Rendezvous. Rare Book Cafe is based in Florida. Rare Book Cafe The Book Lovers' Rendezvous™ YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Also as a podcast on YouTube Music #rarebooks #collectiblebooks #ephemera 

#ephemeraforsale #leatherboundbooks #leatherbound #antiquemapsandprints #bostonbooklovers #booksinboston #floridabookfair #floridaantiquarianbookfair #rarebookcafe #bookloversrendezvous

 

TEACH A CHILD TO READ AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING WORTH READING

We like the way Theodor Seuss Geisel put it: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” By now, we suppose, Dr. Seuss’s sentiment is almost a cliche. Still, there’s a fundamental truth here.

Other brilliant minds put it in their own ways. Roald Dahl said: “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”

Anyone who has read Matilda or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or James and the Giant Peach surely will agree.

Katherine Patterson puts it quite another way.

She says, “It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations – something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.”

She surely did that in Bridge to Terabithia, her 1977 children’s novel about two children who create their own magical forest kingdom in their imaginations.

Anyone in search of children’s books won’t be disappointed at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair on Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2, 2025 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg.

Tickets are available at Eventbrite.com. Just search of the 2025 book fair. You also can visit our website at floridaantiquarianbookfair.com

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