![]() ![]() There’s been many descriptions of it over the years: Henry Miller called it ‘a wonderland of books’, James Baldwin described it as ‘The old curiosity shop’ and Anaïs Nin wrote it was ‘a house of gentle warmth, with walls of books and tea ceremonies’. ![]() Since it first opened it has been a haven for everyone who’s walked through its doors. Literary festival in Paris by Shakespeare and co She’s had many creative ventures over the years - she’s launched a festival, opened a café, grown the bookshop and created a contest for unpublished novellas - but the beating heart of everything is, of course, the beautiful bookshop itself.įestivalandCo, The Shakespeare and Company Literary Festival Sylvia breathed freshness, energy and new life into the shop. Today Sylvia continues to own and run the shop, along with her partner (in life and business), David Delannet. Not long after, George put her in charge. In 2002, at the age of twenty-one, Sylvia Whitman, George’s only child, returned to spend time with her father in his kingdom of books. ![]()
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