Exploring Burma’s Bookshops: Bagan

Opened in the 1970s’, Bagan Book House is the mainstay of the famous 37th Book Street and has carved out its own niche with a collection dedicated solely to Myanmar in the English language.  If a book has been written on Myanmar by a foreign author Bagan Book House will probably sell it – though in a pirated, copied edition.  The owner U Htay Aung, the son of the founder, has a personal interest in travel and history and this is reflected in an extensive display of pre-colonial administrative...