UK Bookshop opens at 5am for local writers
May 2, 2024 3:40 AM Subscribe
A bookshop in East Sussex has launched an early morning initiative to help writers.
This just felt like a nice news story so thought I'd share.
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Kemptown Bookshop, in St George's Rd, Brighton, opens its doors at 05:00 BST on the first Wednesday of every month for a silent writing session.
Owner Cathy Hayward said: “There's no workshopping, just the motivation of being around other writers as the sun comes up.”
The bookshop opens to the general public at 09:00, but Ms Hayward says the early writers are welcome to stay.
This just felt like a nice news story so thought I'd share.
Enjoy.
Yeah, this would be a great idea for a late-night gathering! It's so hard to find a place to be out of the house at night that isn't a bar or just someone else's house. My DREAM is for more late-night operating hours for all kinds of businesses.
posted by knotty knots at 9:31 AM on May 2
posted by knotty knots at 9:31 AM on May 2
This is a very Brighton story. However…
“The local bakery usually delivers our pastries at about 07:00 to give you that extra energy boost.”
If I drag myself anywhere at 5am I would like pastries to be available. Waiting two hours is a big ask.
posted by The River Ivel at 9:34 AM on May 2 [5 favorites]
“The local bakery usually delivers our pastries at about 07:00 to give you that extra energy boost.”
If I drag myself anywhere at 5am I would like pastries to be available. Waiting two hours is a big ask.
posted by The River Ivel at 9:34 AM on May 2 [5 favorites]
It may not be a bad thing that pastries don't arrive till 7am.
I have limited experience of very-early-morning Brighton, usually looking for breakfast after dropping daughter off at LGW for some insanely early flight, but anywhere open at that time tends to attract an interesting clientele, left over from the excitements of the night before. If it became known that there was somewhere open at 5am with food, and pastries at that, they would very probably need a doorkeeper.
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 11:27 AM on May 2 [1 favorite]
I have limited experience of very-early-morning Brighton, usually looking for breakfast after dropping daughter off at LGW for some insanely early flight, but anywhere open at that time tends to attract an interesting clientele, left over from the excitements of the night before. If it became known that there was somewhere open at 5am with food, and pastries at that, they would very probably need a doorkeeper.
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 11:27 AM on May 2 [1 favorite]
That's very cool! I was just fantasizing about being a tumbleweed at Shakespeare & Company in Paris (which lets writers sleep among the shelves for free). This seems like a lower-commitment version of that.
posted by yankeefog at 4:09 AM on May 3 [2 favorites]
posted by yankeefog at 4:09 AM on May 3 [2 favorites]
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