On their way to Australia, Ann Patchett and Lauren Groff explain why selling certain books demands grit these days.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.When Lauren Groff decided to open a bookshop in Florida that would specialise in selling banned books, she got a message from fellow author and bookshop owner Ann Patchett in Tennessee: “You fool! I’m so proud of you.”
the US state legal systems, politicians and religious and far-right campaigners forces librarians to remove them from the shelves Banned titles range wildly, from literary classics to contemporary bestsellers, from the works of Gustave Flaubert, Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood to those of Stephen King and Sarah J. Maas.Groff and Patchett, both guests of the Melbourne and Sydney writers festivals in May, are much acclaimed and admired authors of bestselling novels. Both have also had books banned. When Patchett discovered in January that her novelswere banned, it took her just 45 seconds to start a video on Instagram.
So she decided to set up Lynx with her husband, Clay Kallman, who comes from a family of booksellers. Hundreds of supporters sent in contributions via crowdfunding. “Lynx will be a lighthouse shining out to people who feel lost and left behind,” Groff says. “We’ll show them they are beloved, not hated, by the state of Florida.”
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