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In a year when we all reassessed what was valuable (remember the run on toilet paper?) local bookshops came to mean much more than bricks and mortar. We asked writers what made a bookshop valuable to them this year by George Dunford, Content Director at ArtsHub and Screenhub.
Browing in Lello Bookstore in Porto, Portugal
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In the darkest days of the pandemic, bookshops became our lockdown lifelines to the larger world. Book launches moved online, lazily browsing shelves became looking at a Twitter feed, and some bookshops managed to keep their customers close with home deliveries.
For writers, bookshops serve as small places of solace where they can see and interact with their community. So as Amazon once again tries to own Christmas, we thought it was time to nudge you to shop local by asking four writers what makes a bookshop valuable to them all year round, and perhaps even name their favourites.
Source: ArtsHub
