The Shakespeare & Company Bookstore in Paris (France) allows you to sleep in the store for free, in exchange for 2 hours of work in the bookstore and a one-page biography of your life. www.shakespeareandcompany.com - ThreadSky

sabine34.bsky.social • 95 days ago

The Shakespeare & Company Bookstore in Paris (France) allows you to sleep in the store for free, in exchange for 2 hours of work in the bookstore and a one-page biography of your life.
https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

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poetandpriest.bsky.social•95 days ago

For how long?

sabine34.bsky.social•94 days ago

one night

poetandpriest.bsky.social•94 days ago

That is a good deal.

dugginsnews.bsky.social•91 days ago

https://www.apr.org/arts-life/2016-08-04/forsooth-a-visit-to-camp-shakespeare-extreme

shawnguerra.bsky.social•95 days ago

@jamesooonnn.bsky.social

cook1097.bsky.social•94 days ago

This would be my idea of heaven. I have a shiny new passport, and am an author. (also have worked in a local bookstore) Could I bring my Service Dog?

mr-wright.bsky.social•87 days ago

It’s real! https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/tumbleweeding

infinite-women.com•94 days ago

I need to see the cat's one-page biography.

richreedy2015.bsky.social•95 days ago

What a fantastic thing. As a once street kid this could have helped me had it been in my community.

We meet the people where they are. We should never assume anything. The person sleeping the night could be an MIT professor or one other countless possibilities. Love it.

cameron2112.bsky.social•94 days ago

Thank you for sharing that lovely pic...I would LOVE to play that piano!👍👍👍👍👍

ashasekayi.bsky.social•95 days ago

Any bookstore with a cat residence would get my patronage... 😍

omojuwadavid.bsky.social•94 days ago

How delightful -only in Paris 😀

ldurgavich.bsky.social•95 days ago

I love this place.

sceclements-writer.bsky.social•94 days ago

I love that place

smile-first.bsky.social•95 days ago

Lovely. 💖💖💖🌸

troubledirishman.bsky.social•94 days ago

One day many years ago I went in at opening time and emerged six hours eleven minutes later with two heavy bags and terribly light wallet.

lynx1200.bsky.social•94 days ago

Well, now I know where to stay if I travel!

farahghuznavi.bsky.social•94 days ago

Why bookish people are just DIFFERENT (and yes, I *am* going to say it 😉), and better!

sabine34.bsky.social•94 days ago

because they are open to the world, open to each other. Books make life more happy, more tolerant. I suppose you have noticed that the less educated people are (reading is a big part of self education), the more intolerant they are

farahghuznavi.bsky.social•94 days ago

True. Especially the self education part. Because reading promotes emotional intelligence, whereas formal education does NOT guarantee that.

magnificentseven67.bsky.social•95 days ago

So, not for free then!

hedgerowbob.bsky.social•95 days ago

Can’t see Waterstones copying this.

artemisenheduanna.bsky.social•95 days ago

I really want to do this.

cwjbrown.bsky.social•94 days ago

I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!!

woozle-taffy.bsky.social•95 days ago

@roodoodoo75.bsky.social OMG🤩

roodoodoo75.bsky.social•94 days ago

Except it so crowded all the time with long queues outside that it will be hard to find the peace needed for a nap…

woozle-taffy.bsky.social•94 days ago

I guess it's mainly influencers now anyway?😕 But the premise is lovely I think!🙂

roodoodoo75.bsky.social•94 days ago

The place is full of charm with plush couches, lazy cats, walls of hard to find books. But it is victim of its success and its location just in front on Notre Dame.

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