Foyles 'bookshop of the future' one step closer to realisation

Thursday 23rd May

Foyles 'bookshop of the future' one step closer to realisation

Posted at 7:53AM Wednesday 20 Feb 2013

Authors, poets, sales directors, librarians, booksellers, technology developers, publicists and literary agents gathered at Foyles's flagship bookstore at 113-119 Charing Cross Road in London in order to share ideas about what its new bookshop should look like and the nature of future bookshops in general. Foyles will move to its new premises at the former home of Central St Martins College in spring 2014.

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