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AADL Talks To: Robin and Jamie Agnew

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 1:29pm

In this episode, AADL Talks To Robin and Jamie Agnew, owners of Aunt Agatha’s, their specialty mystery bookstore. The business began in Ann Arbor in 1992, and operated as a brick and mortar for 26 years before moving online in August 2018. Robin and Jamie talk about their experiences working in the store, their favorite memories here in town, and discuss some of the changes in the mystery book genre and bookselling business over the years.

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Small Bookstores in Ann Arbor: Common Language & Aunt Agatha's, April 1995 Photographer: Lon Horwedel

Small Bookstores in Ann Arbor: Common Language & Aunt Agatha's, April 1995 image

Year:
1995

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 24, 1995
Caption:
Jamie Agnew, left, Kelly, center, Robin and 1-year-old Robert Agnew, right, in the Agnews' Aunt Agatha's Book Shop on Fourth Street in Ann Arbor. Kelly operates the Common Language book store next door. The new Borders and Barnes & Noble stores have forced smaller stores like Agatha's and Common Language to band together to compete.

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Aunt Agatha's: Jamie, Robin, and Margaret Agnew, October 1992 Photographer: Benjamin Rusnak

Aunt Agatha's: Jamie, Robin, and Margaret Agnew, October 1992 image

Year:
1992

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 5, 1992
Caption:
Jamie, right, and Robin Agnew (shown with their daughter, Margaret) have opened a bookstore called Aunt Agatha, which handles exclusively mystery novels and crime stories.