Oral histories /Jane Cholmeley

The Birth of Silvermoon Bookshop. Collective principles versus capitalistic hierarchy in bookselling. Politics behind the Silvermoon Café. 

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• THE BIRTH OF SILVERMOON BOOKSHOP 0:00

  … and the only thing we knew about was the book trade and we didn’t have enough money

• COLLECTIVE PRINCIPLES v CAPITALIST HIERARCHY IN BOOKSELLING3:19

  … but, you know, an awful lot of erm, radical bookshops worked on collective principles

• POLITICS BEHIND THE SILVERMOON CAFÉ5:37

  … we hoped that the café would be a means that regular folk who worked in offices would come in for lunch.