Jane Cholmeley
Meet the Writers
English - March 03, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBooks Arts monocle music monocle magazine tyler brûlé culture current affairs design business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jane Cholmeley co-founded and opened the feminist Silver Moon Bookshop in London during the Thatcher era to promote the work of female authors. It quickly came to play a vital role in the second-wave feminist movement. Operating in a male-dominated space, the stop was often subject to threats of arson but maintained a safe space for customers, with community activism at its core. The bookshop frequently hosted writers such as Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Margaret Attwood. Cholmeley has recorded the cop’s 17-year history in her new book ‘A Bookshop of One’s Own.’
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