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Leslie Arthur is the owner of Second Wind Books, an online antiquarian bookstore that specializes in early 20th century Modernist writers, with a specific concentration in Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, but she wasn’t always in this field. Years ago, Leslie was a civil litigation paralegal, and left to join the world of bookselling. Now, 20 years after leaving law, Leslie is joining us at the Northampton Book Fair to exhibit and sell some of the books from her finel

We are excited to welcome Francisco Aguirre-Ghiso, our new Marketing and Communications Intern. Francisco is a University of Massachusetts, Amherst junior, majoring in journalism and English, and he also serves as assistant arts editor at The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper. That mix says a lot before the work even begins. It points to someone who understands deadlines, cares about language, pays attention to culture, and knows how to shape a story so readers want to k

New England Public Media and the NEPM Book Club are our media sponsors. Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers, Northampton Center for the Arts, and Yiddish Book Center are our community sponsors. N We wholeheartedly thank you for your continuing support and assistance in promoting the Tenth Edition of the book fair in November. 2026. For more information on our sponsors.