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The London Review of Books was founded in 1979, [2] when publication of The Times Literary Supplement was suspended during the year-long lock-out at The Times. [3] Its founding editors were Karl Miller, then professor of English at University College London; Mary-Kay Wilmers, formerly an editor at The Times Literary Supplement; and Susannah Clapp, a former editor at Jonathan Cape.
Mary-Kay Wilmers, Hon. FRSL (born 19 July 1938) is an American editor and journalist. She was the editor of the London Review of Books from 1992 [1] to 2021, and she remains consulting editor. [2]
London Review has formed the title or partial title of a number of periodicals, some of which lasted only for a short period. These include: (1775–1780) London Review of English and Foreign Literature, founded by William Kenrick (1782–1826) European Magazine and London Review (1809) The London Review, edited by Richard Cumberland
As a novel by a still relatively unknown writer, The Bookshop appeared to mostly condescending initial reviews. [3] The Times called it "a harmless, conventional little anecdote, well-tailored but uninvolving"; The Guardian a "disquieting" novel about "really nasty people living in a really nice little coastal town"; and The Times Literary Supplement, while calling it "marvellously piercing ...
Bookmarks is Britain's largest socialist bookshop. It was founded in 1973 by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and is based in Bloomsbury, London. The company has published books since 1979 and is the official bookseller for the Trades Union Congress.
Henry Sotheran Ltd is a bookshop in London, England, claiming to be the oldest continuously operating bookshop in the United Kingdom and the oldest antiquarian bookshop in the world. It is located at 18 Upper Brook Street in the Mayfair area of London.
The book store was established by John M. Watkins, a friend of Madame Blavatsky, in 1897 at 26 Charing Cross. John Watkins had already been selling books via a catalogue which he began publishing in March 1893. [2] The first biography of Aleister Crowley recounts a story of Crowley making all of the books in Watkins magically disappear. [3]
Housmans is a bookshop in London, England, and is one of the longest-running radical bookshops in the United Kingdom.The shop was founded by a collective of pacifists in 1945 and has been based in Kings Cross, since 1959.