S2 Ep11: (173) 17 - Amy and Pritchard's Independent Bookshop in Crosby
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Show Notes
Today at Building a Better Sefton, we speak to Amy Wright of Pritchard’s Independent Bookshop in Crosby, Sefton! We chat about books and reading and the importance of independent bookshops! Amy speaks well and her passion shines through!
You can support Pritchard’s via this link - http://libro.fm/switch?bookshop=pritchardsbookshop – Libro is a platform for audio books that helps local independent bookstores!!!
We cover: -
- The importance of reading.
- World Book Day.
- Book Clubs at Pritchard’s.
- Children and the benefits of reading.
- Encouraging creativity linked to reading with children.
- Pritchard’s links with schools and the community.
- The benefits of independent bookshops in an online world.
- Bookshops as part of the local economy.
- Chain bookstores as big corporations.
- Human contact in bookshops.
- Favourite books and the importance of recommendations.
- Why we read.
- Finding connection and meaning through reading.
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