A Biography of a Bookstore
For two years, from 2012 to 2014, I could be found tucked into George Whitman’s former bedroom, his cat, Kitty, on my lap, reading and sorting Shakespeare and Company’s archives. It was the first and the most daunting task in creating…
About Krista
Krista Halverson is the director of Shakespeare and Company bookstore’s new publishing venture and the editor of its first release, Shakespeare and Company, Paris: A History of the Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart. Previously, she was the managing editor of Zoetrope: All-Story, the art and literary quarterly published by Francis Ford Coppola and headquartered in San Francisco.
En Bref with Emma Beddington
Another En Bref…this time with Emma Beddington, who will be joining us on 21 April to discuss We’ll Always Have Paris and her quest to pass for une vraie Parisienne. Who is your favourite novelist of all time? PG Wodehouse. The…
About Adam
Adam Biles is the Events Manager at Shakespeare and Company and the author of FEEDING TIME, published by Galley Beggar Press.
Books By Booker Winners, Signed To Me. By Francis Plug
In order to research my book How To Be A Public Author, I ended up meeting many Booker Prize-winning authors, in public. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds because I’m not particularly charismatic, nor socially blessed. In fact, most…
About Adam
Adam Biles is the Events Manager at Shakespeare and Company and the author of FEEDING TIME, published by Galley Beggar Press.
December 2014: Shakespeare and Company Events
Warmest December greetings to all of you! As Paris grows whiter and more wintry, it feels snugger and cosier than ever inside the shop. And we have a glowing events line-up this month to tempt you in from the chilly…
About Laura
Laura Keeling is Events and Communications Manager at Shakespeare and Company.
November 2014: Shakespeare and Company Events
Hello, dear readers! Once the full version of our new website is live, we’ll have a dedicated events page—but for now, I’m sharing upcoming event listings here on Le Blog. Here’s what we have coming up for November. It’s jam-packed…
About Laura
Laura Keeling is Events and Communications Manager at Shakespeare and Company.