Tag: bookstore
A Belgian forensic doctor “gives voice to the dead” and becomes a bookstore star
News Published on 10/26/2024 at 12:02 p.m. updated on 10/26/2024 at 12:02 p.m. Reading 3 min. “Why shouldn’t we laugh at death?” A Belgian forensic doctor, Philippe Boxho, recounts his…
Russia threatens to block access to the pages of the Finnish bookstore Ruslania | Foreign countries
Russian authorities do not like the free sale of books about the war in Ukraine. Yevgeny Bogdanov, Anna Mattila The Russian communications surveillance service Roskomnadzor has added the prohibited information…
Chad: the country’s oldest bookstore threatened with closure
The “La Source” bookstore, the oldest in the country, is closed. She faces several difficulties. Its shelves are empty, the staff has not been paid for several months. Management is…
The “Utopiran, Perse en Poche” bookstore, a place of encounters and engagement in Paris
To the south-west of the capital, in the 15th arrondissement, the “Utopiran, Perse en Poche” bookstore has found its place in the Iranian district. A warm and friendly place, which…
In Hungary, a bookstore received record fines after selling a book featuring a boy couple
The background of the fines is the policy of Hungary’s populist government and the new “child protection decree”. A bookstore representative criticizes the government’s policy. The private Hungarian bookstore chain…
The “Calypso” bookstore, a window on the vast Caribbean and overseas world
In the 14th arrondissement of Paris, a unique place has taken place. The Calypso bookstore has had a makeover in its new setting dedicated to the cultures and authors of…
In Switzerland: with the writer Peter Stamm and the bookstore “L’etage”
Meeting with Peter Stamm born in 1963 in Switzerland. Journalist, writer, he is the author of a dozen novels since “Agnès” (1998) crowned by the Rauriser Literaturpreis p. He currently…
Braille books for the first time accessible at the single bookstore price
News Published on 01/05/2023 at 11:01 a.m. Updated 01/05/2023 at 11:01 a.m. Reading 2 mins. More than 2,000 books in Braille have been accessible since Wednesday at the price of…
Protests won’t stop Drag Queen Story Time: Sarnia bookstore owner
A group of protesters who showed up dressed in black outside of Susan Chamberlain’s Sarnia book store in late November didn’t stop its monthly Drag Queen Story Time from going…
Canada: in Montreal, an English bookstore creates discord
The Stiil Bookstore, in Montreal, opened in 2020 by Aude Le Dubé, a Breton, only offers books in English. Much to the chagrin of some… The books in the window…