The Staff
You'll encounter at least one of these people when you visit us.
Jim
Jim's the owner and his many years of experience in the retail industry have given him the skills which have contributed so largely to Bookends' success.
Lisa Jim's daughter Lisa has a doctorate in women's intellectual history, an M.A. in Irish history and is a qualified teacher. She is also a budding author and is currently preparing a book for possible publication. As you might imagine she has been a dedicated bibliophile for many years.
Barry
Barry is a retired school teacher and librarian. He is well known in the Bangor area and frequently has ex-pupils calling in on him to keep him up to date on their careers. June
June is a pastor's wife and has years of retail book-selling experience. She is a keen reader and is great at helping our female customers find new authors.
Testimonials
"The best second-hand bookshop I have ever been in!"
-A visitor from Sydney, Australia.
"You're right! Definitely the best second-hand bookshop I've been in!"
From The Book Guide:
'On the hill down from the railway station, this medium sized bookshop is clean, bright and well laid out with an interesting selection of general books ... it is one of the best bookshops in Northern Ireland and could teach many of the central Belfast shops a thing or two about layout, presentation and what is suitable for a family audience.'
-Jeremy Briggs
Mr Briggs visited us again more recently after we moved the shop:
The Book Guide reported Mr Briggs' favourable comments about our expansion, saying that '"They have more that enough stock to fill both." Apparently Mr Briggs added that "one of Northern Ireland's best known politicians is a second hand book collector and, on more than one occasion when there was a suspiciously bulletproof looking car parked outside, I have gone in ... to find him (and his body guards) looking at various titles." '
