Question of the week: Could you talk about one of your favourite bookshops in London? "Currently my favourite bookshop is Clerkenwell Tales. It has a number of things going for it: good selection of fiction (classic and modern, Anglophone and translated), and non-fiction (cooking and travel are key for me!), the owner and staff are very knowledgeable and friendly (and will make suggestions and order things they don't have), and it is close (so I don't have to carry any purchases very far). I can't think of a better combination of things to make a great local bookshop! And it's nice to support a real person, who really loves books, rather than a multi-national corporation - it just feels like the right thing to do.
Clerkenwell Tales is on Exmouth Market (just past the church). Their website is clerkenwell-tales.co.uk if you want to check them out online. Or, better yet, go in and have a chat!"
- Kris
* Photo by Frenkieb, used under Creative Commons.
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