{"id":4538,"date":"2021-10-26T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:05:57","slug":"meet-bookseller-becky-lucas-shakespeares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/2021\/10\/meet-bookseller-becky-lucas-shakespeares\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Becky Lucas, Shakespeare’s Bookshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Becky<\/a><\/h1>\n

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our\u00a0Meet the Bookseller<\/em>\u00a0series, we introduce you to some of Australia\u2019s most loved booksellers.<\/h1>\n

This week, meet Becky Lucas, co-owner of Shakespeare’s Bookshop<\/a> in Blackwood. Many thanks to Wakefield Press’ own Elizabeth Hutchins<\/a>, who\u00a0suggested that we feature\u00a0Shakespeare’s Bookshop.<\/p>\n

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In her nomination, Elizabeth says that Mike and Becky\u00a0‘are inspirational supporters of local authors, regularly hosting launches and other events. As well, Mike is a fledgling writer and Becky runs a booking agency for authors. Both are strong supporters of the Ekidnas group (writers for young people).’\u00a0If you\u2019d like to nominate a bookshop or bookseller to be featured, please let us know in comments, or email\u00a0maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"BeckyHow long have you been a bookseller?<\/span><\/h1>\n

We emigrated from the UK to Australia in 2010, and after only three months of being here we signed the lease for our first shop in Port Noarlunga. It was always our dream to own a bookshop and we opened Shakespeare\u2019s with absolutely no idea of how the industry worked. Seven years ago we relocated the shop to Blackwood, and we have gone from strength to strength since then.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you love about being a bookseller?<\/span><\/h1>\n

Blackwood has a strong, loyal community feeling about it. I know most of of my customers and I love how they know me too, and trust me to make personal recommendations according to their tastes or to suggest the perfect present for their loved ones. It\u2019s always a wonderful feeling when a customer tells you how much they enjoyed the book you recommended, or how their grandchild loved their latest picture book.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was the last book you read and loved?<\/span><\/h1>\n

I am currently reading Trent Dalton\u2019s short stories about love which will be released this week. It is a beautiful read and had me weeping after the first few stories. It will be a big seller this Christmas and will make the perfect gift for many people.<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s special or distinctive about your shop?\u00a0\"Holly,<\/span><\/h1>\n

Firstly, I am married to a published children\u2019s author, Mike Lucas. I am also a booking agent for many of the well known published children\u2019s authors and illustrators in South Australia and other states. Finally, we have a furry four legged local celebrity that comes to work with me each day, \u2018Holly the Bookshop Dog\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0Shakespeare’s Bookshop at Shop 12, 248 Main Road, Blackwood, or find them online on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or at shakespearesbooks.com.au<\/a><\/h1>\n

Find out more about Becky’s Literary Bookings here<\/a>.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our\u00a0Meet the Bookseller\u00a0series, we introduce you to some of Australia\u2019s most loved booksellers. This week, meet Becky Lucas, co-owner of Shakespeare’s Bookshop in Blackwood. Many thanks to Wakefield Press’ … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-fun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4v1Of-1bc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4542,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions\/4542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}