![]() Anne Shirley was the one that was the most familiar to me, but this is also probably because it’s one of the books I’ve reread the most. ![]() Why do you think these kinds of characters endure, what makes them so special?ĪJ: It was really interesting going back and rereading a lot of children’s classics when I started writing Pages & Co and seeing which characters still chimed with me, which had dated, which were exactly as I remembered them. LM: Characters like Alice and Anne of Avonlea amongst many others play important roles in Pages & Co. We have some truly beautiful bookshops in the UK at the moment that seem to be flourishing, and I really hope that trend continues. A bricks and mortar bookshop is about community, and serendipity, and recommendations, and atmosphere, Amazon is just about convenience. What would you say to someone who doesn’t see the point of bookshops when Amazon is only one click away?ĪJ: Bookshops just offer a completely different thing to Amazon and I don’t think it’s super helpful to compare them. ![]() Yet last year the numbers started to rise again. LM: Independent bookshops in the UK have been disappearing steadily in the UK for over 20 years. ![]()
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