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Tim Parks on how to be a better reader
No such thing she informed me. So we talked about the "non-role." Combatative she is. Just like Tim Parks. He talks with me here about the other end of the spectrum, the reader. How to be a better one
Marta Sylvestrova on Czech Film Poster Design
Marta Sylvestrova is a curator and art critic, and has headed the graphic design department at the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic, since 1986. She is a graduate ofMasaryk University where s
Nic Bottomley on his Reading Spas and the future of Bookselling
Nic Bottomleyis a bookseller, and co-owner with his wife Juliette of Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights,an independent bookshop based in Bath that has twice been named UK Independent Bookshop of th
Nana Lohrengel on booksellers school in Milan
The Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri Booksellers School was founded in 1983 by Luciano Mauri in memory of his father and his daughter, who died prematurely. "In the course of almost thirty years of teach
Ricky Cavallero on Book Publishing as Partying
Ricky Cavallero was CEO of the Spanish-language publisher Random House Mondadori for eight years.In 1995 he joined Mondadori as Director of Marketing Books; two years later he was appointed General M
Matteo Columbo on Falling in Love with Margaret Atwood
Matteo Columbo is Margaret Atwood's publicist and personal magician at the Ponte alle Grazie publishing house in Italy. We met in Milan to discuss, among other things, the relationship between magic a
Dan Fridd on the latest in Bookselling Technology
I saw Dan Fridd in action promoting Edelweiss "the book industry's platform to market, sell, discover, and order new titles" at the RISE Bookselling Conference in Prague a few weeks ago and knew I had
Maria Hamrefors: Sweden's James Daunt
Maria Hamrefors was appointed chairwoman of the Swedish Booksellers Association in 2019 after a long career in the book industry. Previous positions include CEO of Akademibokhandeln, CEO of Bokus, CEO
Barbara Hoepli on how they love Bookstores in Italy
Putin is murdering Ukrainians. Xi is likely perpetrating a genocide on theUyghurs. He's alsothreatening to murder Taiwanese, and he's crushingdemocracy in Hong Kong. Trump is ignoring the rule of l
Jeff Deutsch on a new kind of bookstore and the paradox of the browse
Jeff Deutsch is a devoted reader, browser and lifelong bookseller. He's the director of Chicago's iconic Seminary Co-op Bookstores, and has written a book entitled In Praise of Good Bookstores (Prince