Realejo Books

Impact

Realejo is at the same time a publisher, bookstore and cultural producer. By choosing to edit progressive content and also commercialize it, it conveys its values in the search for knowledge. He built his catalog based on works that dialogue with local references and national identity.

History

Santos native José Luiz Tahan began his career as a bookseller almost by chance. In search of his first job, he took his drawing folder and filled out applications at department stores, film rental stores, photography stores and, finally, at Livraria Iporanga, where he would become not only an employee, but also a partner, years later.
In parallel, in the early 2000s, he maintained a bookstore inside a Philosophy faculty, with the door open to the street. The experience gave rise to Realejo Livros, opened in 2003, in the Gonzaga neighborhood, in Santos (SP): a street bookstore with a bar-café, which quickly became a place for meetings, events and cultural effervescence.
Willing to expand his vocation as a content generator, he also created, between 2009 and 2010, Realejo Editora and the international literature festival Tarrafa Literária, which still exist today.

Who does

Bookseller, editor and now author – in 2023, he launched Um Intrépido Livreiro nos Trópicos - Crônicas, Causos e Resmungos –, José Luiz Tahan continues serving readers at his counter and reaffirms: more than resistance or resilience, he is there because he does what he likes and for continuing to believe in street bookstores and in books as a business.

Products

The benefits of practicing reading are many. Concentration, expanding your repertoire, increasing knowledge or simply looking for leisure, all through reading. Realejo believes that we are what we read.

Impact

Realejo is at the same time a publisher, bookstore and cultural producer. By choosing to edit progressive content and also commercialize it, it conveys its values in the search for knowledge. He built his catalog based on works that dialogue with local references and national identity.

History

Santos native José Luiz Tahan began his career as a bookseller almost by chance. In search of his first job, he took his drawing folder and filled out applications at department stores, film rental stores, photography stores and, finally, at Livraria Iporanga, where he would become not only an employee, but also a partner, years later.
In parallel, in the early 2000s, he maintained a bookstore inside a Philosophy faculty, with the door open to the street. The experience gave rise to Realejo Livros, opened in 2003, in the Gonzaga neighborhood, in Santos (SP): a street bookstore with a bar-café, which quickly became a place for meetings, events and cultural effervescence.
Willing to expand his vocation as a content generator, he also created, between 2009 and 2010, Realejo Editora and the international literature festival Tarrafa Literária, which still exist today.

Who does

Bookseller, editor and now author – in 2023, he launched Um Intrépido Livreiro nos Trópicos - Crônicas, Causos e Resmungos –, José Luiz Tahan continues serving readers at his counter and reaffirms: more than resistance or resilience, he is there because he does what he likes and for continuing to believe in street bookstores and in books as a business.

Products

The benefits of practicing reading are many. Concentration, expanding your repertoire, increasing knowledge or simply looking for leisure, all through reading. Realejo believes that we are what we read.