Possession in the Bookshop

Possession by A. S. Byatt

"Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other." - A.S. Byatt, Possession

 

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