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James Daunt: Is the books industry a place where creativity and diversity truly thrive?

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Are You a Vocational Bookseller?

You were driven by Tamu Awaladi, a very significant cultural commentator and writer. He says booksellers should be serving their readers rather than their own ideological bias. Do you think you always uphold that principle? I think we do almost always. We have clear lines where we decide not to stock a book. If a book is anti-Semitic in a way, if it has really objectionable Peter Felier content in or something, we will not stock it. You're too young to have been around when the Satanic verses was first delivered. No, sadly, I was very much a bookseller when the Satanic verses first came out... Well, it was 1988, I

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