Tue, 10 Oct
|South Hill Park Arts Centre
Hello, Bookstore (PG) at South Hill Park
A quietly life-affirming documentary OBSERVER
Time & Location
10 Oct, 19:30 – 11 Oct, 19:30
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA, UK
About the Event
Directed by A B Zax | Documentary | 86 mins | USA | 2022
Matthew Tannenbaum, Shawnee Tannenbaum, Sophie Tannenbaum
In the shadow of the pandemic, small-town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore. A charming love-letter to literature and local cultural institutions and the connections they foster; poignant and intimate filmmaking at its finest.
Tannenbaum’s fondness for his store and its wares is a beautiful thing to behold NEW YORK TIMES
.......and for any who may be interested......
Hello, Bookstore Reading List (as in the credits)
The following are read from in the film:
Wendell Berry, Prayers and Sayings of the Mad Farmer
Willa Cather, My Ántonia
Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers
Billy Collins, On Turning Ten
John Crowley, Little, Big
Gustave Flaubert, November
Robert Frost, Good Hours
Donald Hall, String Too Short to Be Saved
Laurie Lee, Cider with Rosie
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Souvenir; Travel; My Heart, Being Hungry
Philip Roth, The Human Stain
Maurice Sendak, Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
William Shakespeare, Henry V
Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
Jane Smiley, The Worth of a Bookstore
Richard Zukowski, Dragonfly Days