In praise of the quiet bookshop
A room, a stranger's recommendation and an hour with nothing to do.
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A good bookshop is a slow room: no notifications, no algorithm, just a person who knows what you should read next. Ours has a whale on the ceiling and a rule about no phone calls.
Come and sit
There are chairs. You are allowed to use them.
Follow your curiosity
All stories
The next good read
How we set a book in lead
Twenty-six letters, a composing stick and eleven hours a page.
What we look for in a manuscript
Eight hundred manuscripts a year, and a very short list.
Why we print a translator's note
A translation is a second author, and deserves a page.
A space for exchange
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