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#SchoolSpirit Day 4: I was in #College when I learned about this gorgeous bookstore, thanks to Before Sunrise. While I had the opportunity to visit the branch in Prague and New York, it was only two days ago that I got to visit this lovely store in Paris. Deeply thrilled about this. Now in Tours, France to deliver a keynote speech on “Diverse Picturebooks for Diverse Children: Reading for Socio-emotional Learning, Mental Health, and Well-Being.”

This is an absolutely gorgeous book. The charmingly chaotic structure of it kind of reflects the shop itself (a "socialist utopia masquerading as a bookstore"). The narrative of the history of the shop is interspersed with photos, drawings, magazine clippings, people's recollections, and the mini-biographies that the Tumbleweeds who stayed at the shop were required to write, making it like a beautifully messy scrapbook. Brilliantly evocative.

#ReadHarder challenge 10: a book set in a bookshop. Been really looking forward to this.

I couldn‘t find my own pictures of Paris and this bookstore, so I found one online.
Paris is my favorite city and I love visiting, and I can‘t wait to visit again.

I hope to be able to visit this fall, if not in the spring.

#HolidayEscape

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/15/100-years-shakespeare-and-company-...

Since I don‘t know when or if I‘ll get the chance to visit Shakespeare and Company this book is the next best thing! There is a section at the beginning highlighting Sylvia Beach, but the book centers on the new shop of the same name owned by George Whitman, his early travels (fascinating) the start of his bookstore in the 1950s and his vision of being a frère lampier. This is the history of the poets & writers who frequented the shop. Love this!

I made it to Shakespeare and Company. It was a solo adventure b/c poor Mr. B is not feeling well. And also got to see Notre Dame from multiple angles as my directions kept telling me to walk on streets that were ultimately closed off. It is still beautiful, despite what has transpired. And the bookstore was tres bien as well. Only bought two books and three totes. (Gifts for friends!) 🇫🇷📚🇫🇷📚

Oh, my goodness Helen! It got too late to post this last night. My heart is so full! ☺️ Thank you so much for sharing this piece of your honeymoon with me! 💕🧳✈️ The wooden bookmark from South Africa is just beautiful & the Parisian postcard & bookmark make me feel like I am right there! I am blessed! And I‘ve been inspired to keep all my #litsylove in my vintage train case. So just like reading, I‘m traveling the world with lovely friends! 😍

A wonderful bookstore, a delightful book. Reading this was like returning to Paris for a few hours every night. #nonfictionNovember

#bookmail 😀❤😀❤

This is the bench outside Shakespeare and Company bookshop and cafe in Paris.

“We spend our life, it‘s ours, trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench.” - Samuel Beckett

I wish I could should you guys some pictures of the amazing inside but understandably they ask for no pictures.

This was outside the Shakespeare and Company bookshop and cafe today in Paris!

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In Paris today, I finally went to the Shakespeare and Company cafe and bookshop!

This was were Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald and many others would hang out when they were in Paris! 🤤😍

It‘s amazing! The whole vibe and atmosphere is gorgeous! The books are lovely, the layout is generous!

If anyone finds themselves in Paris it is a must!!!

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I would love to go to France. The food, the wine, the view. More importantly, ever since I heard about Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company bookstore, I've wanted to go to Paris. I flipped through this book today and it's now at the top of my wish list.
#uncannyoctober #nfaboutacountryyoudliketovisit
@RealLifeReading

When in Paris, head to the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookstore! Small, and jam-packed w/English language books & tourists, patience is required; but the selection is excellent #getindie

(Pictured: My dau holding a copy of 'Shakespeare and Company Paris: A History of the Rag & Bone Shop of the Heart' edited by Krista Halverson. The book has an "Independent Bookstore Kilometer Zero Paris" sticker on the cover, and is stamped on the inside)

This is one beautiful book. The pictures really give you a feel of the place. If you have any curiosity about the bookstore, especially after Sylvia Beach ownership ends, this is a great thorough resource.

The iconic Parisian bookstore seen through the eyes of its guests and clients.

#TBRtemptation: Shakespeare and Company in Paris is maybe my favorite bookshop in the whole wide world - probably I'm just biased as I spent so much time there in my twenties. 😊 So this former 'tumbleweed' really wants to get her hands on this little gem. 😍😍

Getting ready to give my beloved wife, @BookishMarginalia , her #BookishValentinesGift

I am in love. This book is everything. History, Love, Hobo adventures, Paris, And of course, Books. And better yet it is full of photographs and first person accounts. Reading it is like spending a wonderfully rainy afternoon in your grandfather's attic; if your grandfather was a world traveler, iconoclastic intellectual who could has met every person of note to put pen to paper in the last 50 years!!!

Merry Christmas to all of you, I hope you are all healthy and happy ?I received this beautiful picture of the bookshop in Paris "Shakespeare and Company" ....shows that your best friend always knows you best...❤ #bookishgifts

"I hope one day, I can take someone here and they'll understand.
They'll understand completely, even if they didn't before.
There is something cathartic about this place reading other people's stories - our vain attempt to keep ahead of a thousand and one things - cities, parents, loves, literature - all these things that continue to slip through our fingers - like sand.
Even if your heart is aching now,
I pray one day you'll find it full again."

I almost hugged the postman today when he delivered this little piece of Paris to my desk. Shakespeare and Company in Paris are doing book mail right - there are so many special little goodies in my parcel, the highlight of which is the handwritten note. Such a special package.

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I think a trip to Paris is in order soon....