Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
The Generous, Grumpy, Disheveled, Cultured Man Who Ran The World’s Most Famous Indie Bookstore
Bruce Handy travels to Shakespeare & Co. in Paris to learn about the long, strange life of its longtime proprietor, George Whitman – and his daughter, Sylvia, who’s bringing the store into the 21st, or at least 20th, century.
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