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Murray Browne

Decatur, Georgia

Writer, Bookseller

Interests: Destination: Books A pop-up book stall based in Atlanta. Author of: A Father's Letters (2023), The Book Shopper: A Life in Review (2009) Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire (2016), Understanding Search Engines (1999),

Recent Activity

Revisiting the Decatur Book Festival

In years past, I posted extensively (here and here) about the Decatur Book Festival, but even before the COVID-pandemic I kind of lost interest in the event (also the Festivals have been downsized or cancelled), but this year I will be out there in a working/attending capacity. On Saturday, October... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at The Book Shopper

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End of Summer Sale

Call it an end-of-summer sale or an inventory reduction sale, but many of our books will be marked down at our next popup at the Freedom Farmer's Market at the Carter Center, Saturday morning, September 21st. Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Tallamy at the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Few authors in the gardening/sustainability space have been as impactful as Douglas Tallamy. His two books Nature's Best Hope and Bringing Nature Home promote the idea that individuals can each do their part to restore habitats in small spaces by planting native plants which allow native insects to survive and... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Anthropomorphic Plants

Lately as I drink my morning coffee on my deck, I have been watching this morning glory (which I intentionally planted though considered invasive) make its way up a support pole, across to this dragon fly lawn ornament before jutting out to wide open spaces. I ask it, "Where are... Continue reading

Posted Aug 20, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Swedish Book Notes

Fanny & Alexander Productions, Stockholm “But this is a different country, that’s why the little details are different.” --Karl Ove Knausgaard, My Struggle Book 2 Accompanying Books Since Book 2 in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle is thick, the tome I began while still in Norway was still partially unread... Continue reading

Posted Aug 15, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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Bee That Time of Year

Friday, August 23rd and Saturday, August 24th is bee and butterfly counting time. Organized by the University of Georgia Extension Service, residents of the Southeast including Georgia are encouraged to record the number and type pollinators that visit their gardens. The Great Southeast Pollinator Census website has all the details... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Norwegian Book Notes

Accompanying Books In preparation for my trip to Norway following a week in Paris, I began reading Book 3 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's six book magnum opus My Struggle ( written from 2009-2011). Even though I began reading it a few months ago, I cannot recall how I decided to... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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Vacation or Research

Following up from the last posting, when I was in Paris, I visited the Marché d'Aligre market near the Bastille monument in 12th Arrondissement. Adjacent the market is a shop that specializes in the sales of heirloom seeds. In addition to coffee, fruits, cheeses, vegetables and pastries, the market also... Continue reading

Posted Jul 25, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Parisian Book Notes

It would be ludicrous to attempt some kind of coherent essay on the book culture of Paris which extends for centuries, but still, I have some musings to share. I was in the City of Light from June 18 to June 25 with my longtime partner Denise Casey who planned... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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Destination Books Visits France

Things have been quiet here lately at Destination: Books as we have been touring parts of Europe the past month. Books are always a part of our travel experiences, and this one was no different. In Paris, my book loving partner Denise and I visited the most famous pop-up booksellers... Continue reading

Posted Jul 17, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Global Dutch Book Art

Currently the exhibit at the High Museum in Atlanta "Dutch Art in a Global Age" has it all: the portraits, the stills of beautiful objects, silver and ceramics, and two of my gallery favorites —paintings of sailing vessels on choppy seas (the Netherlands was a naval power in the 17th... Continue reading

Posted Jun 13, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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Several books will be making their Freedom Farmers Market debut on Saturday morning June 8th at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh. This may seem like a stretch for our booth, but Ghosh is a novelist who has written extensively about the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2024 at Destination: Books

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A Gift Idea for Father

One of the indulgences of being a bookseller is that you can sell your own books. Ann Patchett does it (Parnassus books in Nashville) Destination: Books does it too. My offering is A Father’s Letters: Connecting Past to Present which is a book I finished writing six months ago. It’s... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Memorial Day Archives

Note: From the archives. This posting originally appeared in May 2015. (Blogger takes a holiday.) This weekend marks the 150th anniversary of the first Memorial Day Parade before there was even a Memorial Day. On May 23 and 24, 1865 Washington D.C. hosted the two-day Grand Review parade of the... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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The Weekly Weeder

At this Saturday morning's (5/11) popup at the Freedom Farmers Market at the Carter Center I will be bringing my collectible copy of Ryan Gainey’s spiral bound illustrated 18-page poster-like book The Weekly Weeder. What makes the book a collectible is that it was signed by Gainey himself. It is... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Exciting New Bookcase

I recently added a new bookcase to my study and I have been enjoying the anticipation of what exactly I should put in it. This is a custom-made bookcase from Neatnooks Furniture and the sixth bookcase they have made for Denise and me since we moved to Decatur 15 years... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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The Irony of Ian Frazier

Over 30 years ago, The New Yorker humorist Ian Frazier wrote a short piece entitled "Coyote vs. Acme", which later appeared in a Frazier collection by the same name. The crux of the wonderfully executed joke was Frazier creating a “legal document” where Wile E. Coyote of Roadrunner fame, files... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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Have You Read All These Books

At last Saturday's popup at the Wylde Center's Spring Garden Plant sale, a bright, book-loving 4th grader asked me, "Have you read all these books?" It is a fair question and one that I am occasionally asked. My answer is "Some of them, but not all of them." Reference books... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2024 at Destination: Books

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We Interrupt Our Gardening

We interrupt our home gardening for three book popups in April. The first one is Saturday, April 13th at Legacy Park in Decatur which is hosting the all day Wylde Center Spring Plant Sale. Not only this is the third year we have done the sale, but the Wylde Center... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Destination Books Popup - Saturday - Legacy Park

Destination: Books will be one of the vendors at the Legacy Park Community Day (Legacy Park, 500 S. Columbia Dr, Decatur, GA 30030) on Saturday, April 13th. Included in the event is the Wylde Center Plant Sale, which begins at 9 a.m. We plan on being set up by 9... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2024 at Destination: Books

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While it is not possible to read every book sold at Destination: Books it doesn't keep me from trying. Here are two books of interest: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Although Kimmerer is best known for her Braiding Sweetgrass book, Gathering Moss... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Gardening Books Linger in Decatur

After the March 12th popup, we temporarily restocked our display at Journeyman with some of 0ur more popular and relevant gardening books. They will be there through the month of March (alongside some of the usual cycling standards.) Located just a block north from the Old Courthouse on Clairemont, The... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2024 at Destination: Books

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Book Event at Tall Tales in Toco Hills

Not sure if this qualifies for a book tour, but your blog narrator will be at the Tall Tales Book Shop in Toco Hills, (2105 LaVista Rd #108 Atlanta) holding an informal Monster-in-a-Box workshop. It's just a different approach than your standard book reading-signing event. For more about A Father's... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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More Book-Film Connections

In keeping with a recent blog theme of Oscar movies and books, I was reminded of another book while I watched Jonathan Glazer's historical drama The Zone of Interest. The plot centers around the mostly mundane domestic life of Auschwitz commandant's family whose garden backs up to one of the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 7, 2024 at The Book Shopper

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Gardening Books Popup at Journeyman

In addition to our regular booth of books at the Journeyman Bike Shop, 115 Clairemont in downtown Decatur we will be doing a special popup of gardening books from 2 pm-ish to 4 pm-ish on Sunday, March 10th. This is an opportunity to find a book that matches what you... Continue reading

Posted Mar 7, 2024 at Destination: Books

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