Poetry in the Bookshop

French provincial cooking by Elizabeth David

Michael's Bookshop is closed on bank holiday Monday

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for." - Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Trigger Mortis in the Bookshop

"I need words and print... I need print like an addict. I could live without it, perhaps. But I hope I never have to try." - Margaret Drabble