Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Bibliomaniac
- An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
- Narrated by: Robin Ince
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Bibliomaniac
Buy Now for £13.00
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
'A unique, funny picture of Britain... A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.' Richard Osman
Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided instead to go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops in the UK, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with witty anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac takes the listener on a journey across Britain as Robin explores his lifelong love of bookshops and books—and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.
What listeners say about Bibliomaniac
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 24-10-23
Protect Robin Ince at all costs
On a personal level Robin has become a cultural beacon for me in showing his empathy and tireless, enthusiastic energy. This book shows his passion for what books can do on a physical level. It was both cosy with cake and drinks but also fascinating with his infinite tangents, quotes and conversations with people in bookshops who think he works there. I hope he has his own chaotic, shambolic bookshop one day.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Collette
- 17-11-22
Warm and friendly…
Thank you to Robin Ince for both writing …and then reading, this lovely book …on books. Listening to Robin read his book was like wearing a warm and snuggly jumper on a very cold day. Robin is great company while out on a walk and I feel a little sad that it’s now ended. Thank goodness for the new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage! ;-)
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Vincent Smith
- 23-05-23
Excellent
Very jealous of Robin, to wander through these enchanted bookshops with him is a delight.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Janet Brown
- 08-04-23
Not entirely Truthful but fun none the less.
Red Lion Books has not been in Red Lion Walk for many years, it has been in High Street Colchester so certainly not where Robin says just after the Pandemic. The room in the Church with the stained glass in Wivenhoe was not actually built at the time the Red Lion Bookshop was where he said it was. Maybe time travel is real after all. I was hoping to use the book as a guide to bookshops but if this is how different times and locations are conflated I am not sure it would work in that way. Shame , it would have been fun.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Donna L. Scott
- 07-11-22
After My Own Heart
Very engaging, relatable book. Thanks for the list of recommendations to add to my own teetering TBR piles.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shane M.
- 24-12-22
Once at his best.
This book isn't about books. It's about people, interaction, stories, journeys, worlds large and small, epic and domestic. It's deeply human, very charming, forensically insightful on the human condition. It's beautiful.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Martin
- 09-12-22
A love letter to bookshops and people
A beautiful use of time. Robin Ince is fascinating, funny, warm, humane and slightly obsessed.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- jebcreates
- 27-06-23
Blissful armchair book shop tour
I really enjoyed listening to this audible book. It enabled me to revisit in my mind’s eye some of the bookshops that I have visited and also create a to do list of those I haven’t.
If Robin ever contemplates undertaking another such tour there are several towns and bookshops I could guide him towards, not least The Old Hall Bookshop in Brackley, thriving and staffed by friendly and knowledgeable readers.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!