Shakespeare and Company
English-language independent bookshop in Paris selling new and rare books, gifts, and running a café and literary events
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- New on EvolcAdded 2026-11-01
About Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company is an independent, English-language bookshop on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame in Paris. It sells fiction, non-fiction, children's books, poetry, rare books and gifts, both in store and through an online shop offering click and collect and worldwide shipping.
Its customers are book readers and literature enthusiasts in Paris and online buyers. Besides book and merchandise sales, the business runs a café, a yearly reading subscription, a literary festival, a writing contest and a publishing arm, Shakespeare and Company Editions.
The bookshop was opened in 1951 by George Whitman on rue de la Bûcherie. It is now run by his only child, Sylvia Whitman, with David Delannet. Its free literary events are also published as a podcast.
Product: Independent bookshop selling books, gifts and merchandise in store and online, with a café, events, podcasts and the Shakespeare and Company Editions imprint.
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