French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks
Following the attacks in Paris on November 13, the French Booksellers Association (Syndicat de la Librairie Française, or SLF) has released a reading list designed to help people better understand the complex… Read more »
Hiding out in a bookstore in a city under attack
That bookstores and libraries can act as havens—for the lonely, the disenchanted, the revolutionary—is a familiar notion. Last Friday, Shakespeare and Company—the one on the banks of the Seine in Paris’s… Read more »
Shakespeare & Company in Paris launches new website and will ship books worldwide
Shakespeare & Company, the famous Paris bookstore, now has a new digital presence. The staff of the independent bookshop and antiquarian bookseller has not only redesigned their website, they’ve… Read more »
Vanity Fair profiles the “most famous independent bookstore in the world”
In an “age of Amazon,” writes Bruce Handy in the November issue of Vanity Fair, Shakespeare and Company, the legendary bookshop in Paris is a “destination” with lines out the… Read more »
Independent Irish publishing house de Selby Press launches in Paris
Two booksellers at Shakespeare & Company in Paris have announced the launch of de Selby Press, an independent publishing venture that is currently fundraising to publish its first project. The… Read more »
Libraries in Paris
There are so many wonderful bookstores in Paris, but the city is also home to some very beautiful libraries. Here are some suggestions for your next trip to the city… Read more »
Mina Loy and her crowd in Paris
Mina Loy was a writer, poet, and artist who had a fascinating life. In Paris in the 1920s, she was friends with writers and artists like Gertrude Stein, Man Ray,… Read more »