PHOTOGRAPHER: DAVID TITLOW
STYLIST: MISCHA NOTCUTT
TRISTRAM BAWTREE
Age: 23
Shop: Shipleys,
Charing Cross Road Vice: What is working in a bookshop like?
Tristram: Why work in this pokey hovel? Why not work at a Borders and get free Starbucks? What is your favourite book of all time? Narcissus and Goldmund That sounds pretty intense. Ever seen anything like that round here?
Age: 28
Shop: Donlon Books,
Herald Street,
Bethnal Green Vice: You must really like books to work here all day.
Connor: You seem to sell pretty specialist stuff. Have the larger bookshops ever affected you? What would be your go-to book in a time of need? There’s also a gallery here. Anyone ever spilt some Beck’s on the books at an opening?
Shop: Lovejoys,
Charing Cross Road Vice: What is it about working in a bookshop that gets you going?
Thomas: There’s a big Books Etc across the road, why not work there? They look like they’d have a dental plan. Which single tome really stokes your coals? Papillon
Shop: ICA Bookshop,
St James’s Park Vice: What first got you into the whole working in a bookshop thing?
Paul: Why here and not Waterstone’s? Which book would you tuck up with on a cold night where it was so bleak that the TV was no longer even working? The So-Called Utopia of the Centre Beaubourg
Shop: The Riverside Bookshop, London Bridge Vice: Why work in a bookshop?
Stuart: How do you feel about independent shops being gobbled up by the chains? What book really gets you going? The Adventures of Augie March White Noise Treasure Island Lolita. The Picture of Dorian Gray What happens in here? It is pretty quiet. Doesn’t exactly seem a barrel of laughs.
Shop: Soho Books,
Charing Cross Road Vice: What first attracted you to spending all day working in a room surrounded by dead people’s words written down on paper?
Max: What has been your experience of the increasing dominance of the larger chains in the market? Which single book would you take over all others? Have you ever given a customer an incorrect piece of advice?
STYLIST: MISCHA NOTCUTT
Tristram wears jacket and cardigan by J.Lindeberg, shirt by Paul Smith and jeans by American Apparel
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Age: 23
Shop: Shipleys,
Charing Cross Road Vice: What is working in a bookshop like?
Tristram: Why work in this pokey hovel? Why not work at a Borders and get free Starbucks? What is your favourite book of all time? Narcissus and Goldmund That sounds pretty intense. Ever seen anything like that round here?
Connor wears jumper by Lacoste, shirt by Jil Sander and trousers by Ralph Lauren
CONNOR DONLONAge: 28
Shop: Donlon Books,
Herald Street,
Bethnal Green Vice: You must really like books to work here all day.
Connor: You seem to sell pretty specialist stuff. Have the larger bookshops ever affected you? What would be your go-to book in a time of need? There’s also a gallery here. Anyone ever spilt some Beck’s on the books at an opening?
Thomas wears jumper by Filippa K and shirt by Uniqlo
THOMAS BROCK Age: 22Shop: Lovejoys,
Charing Cross Road Vice: What is it about working in a bookshop that gets you going?
Thomas: There’s a big Books Etc across the road, why not work there? They look like they’d have a dental plan. Which single tome really stokes your coals? Papillon
Paul wears T-shirt by Ambiguous, cardigan by Fred Perry, tank top cardigan by French Connection and jeans by Levi’s
PAUL SAMMUT Age: 26Shop: ICA Bookshop,
St James’s Park Vice: What first got you into the whole working in a bookshop thing?
Paul: Why here and not Waterstone’s? Which book would you tuck up with on a cold night where it was so bleak that the TV was no longer even working? The So-Called Utopia of the Centre Beaubourg
Stuart wears T-shirt by Onitsuka Tiger, shirt and jacket by Diesel, jumper by Lacoste, jeans by Uniqlo and shoes by J.Lindeberg’
STUART HAMMOND Age: 25Shop: The Riverside Bookshop, London Bridge Vice: Why work in a bookshop?
Stuart: How do you feel about independent shops being gobbled up by the chains? What book really gets you going? The Adventures of Augie March White Noise Treasure Island Lolita. The Picture of Dorian Gray What happens in here? It is pretty quiet. Doesn’t exactly seem a barrel of laughs.
Max wears jacket by J.Lindeberg, shirt by Vivienne Westwood, jumper by Lacoste and trousers by Fred Perry
MAX HARRISON Age: 22Shop: Soho Books,
Charing Cross Road Vice: What first attracted you to spending all day working in a room surrounded by dead people’s words written down on paper?
Max: What has been your experience of the increasing dominance of the larger chains in the market? Which single book would you take over all others? Have you ever given a customer an incorrect piece of advice?
