A lot of people think that bookstores won’t survive, I beg to differ! Yes a lot of bookstores are losing money but I think bookstores can be a beautiful thing if they are part of the community, and Q8books was. We had book clubs, writing clubs, writing workshops, kids reading, writing competitions and more practically on a daily basis. So we are all very sad that Bayt Lothan, the generous place that provided us and other young creatives a home closed down last month.
Luckily though, DAI (Dar Al Athar Alislamiyah) is becoming the new trendy place for creatives to go to and they have been generous enough to provide us and our community with a space.
Their Yarmouk cultural center is super cool with plenty of state of the art facilities, a museum gift shop (with lovely books and gorgeous accessories), a beautiful theater, a library, an exhibition hall and so on.
Q8books will be opening at 6pm on April the 23rd (World Book Day) and we would love to see you there. Please come and show your support. Just say hi to our hard working team that wants to make a difference in Kuwait.
Posted by Fajer
13 replies on “Q8Books is Coming Back”
This is great news. Keep it up guys!
Excellent news!
Good for q8books.
But bookstores as a physical place. Yeah. That is definitely a thing of the past. Much like a CD/Cassette shop.
I prefer ebooks myself.
That’s great news! Kudos to the entire q8books team!
Yay! Will tell everyone. Do you need any help with anything?
I feel bad for not visiting your store when you were in Salmiya, And now, it’ll be impossible for me to visit when you’ve moved to Yarmouk. Good luck to your store regardless.
This is such a great news! I’ve been following Q8Books ever since it started from Kuwait City to Salmiya. All the very best!!!
Yarmouk Cultural Center is beautiful! I love the feeling of it on the inside 🙂
I shudder at the words ‘trendy’ and ‘creatives’ and it’s a big reason I stopped coming when it moved to Bayth Lothan. The spirit of the neighbourhood book store was unalterably changed with the change in clientele… I couldn’t stomach that much lack of soul. Still, I wish you luck.
How does clientele change for a bookstore? People who go there want to buy/read books regardless of where the bookstore is situated. Don’t be so uptight, man.
I will be there! It is quite interesting to follow a bookstore around!:)- Good luck to the Q8bookstore team.
Yay! I’m excited. I’m about to run out of books to read. I bought tons when y’all had your sale and now I read every night. Can’t wait to check it out. Can I donate the books I bought back to you? lol. I don’t know what to do with them.