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Dec 2024
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#274 - Our Biggest Christmas Book Haul E...

Ariel Bissett & Raeleen Lemay
About this episode

Ariel visited SEVENTEEN bookstores so she has a LOT of books! And we react to your stats! Nearly 3000 of you filled out the reading survey and left SO MUCH great information for us to look through!


Ariel's log of visiting every bookshop in nova scotia: https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/every-bookshop-in-nova-scotia

The spreadsheet of community statistics for you to read through: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C74Hp9tXw6hFNlwjQN-Q9jg5nNKwjrN6SyNtHiZOSTI/edit?usp=sharing


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Chapters:

00:00 - Christmas Book Haul!

04:21 - Every Book Shop In Nova Scotia

46:12 - Community Statistics 2024

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