Edinburgh bookshop in an international conversation about the industry's reaction to the pandemic

It’s been a tricky time for booksellers. More print books than ever have been sold in the UK, but months of lockdown and new buying habits have led to unprecedented challenges in the industry. Luckily, Krakow City of of Literature is here to help.

International booksellers from UNESCO Cities of Literature are chatting about the ways they’ve adapted during the pandemic in a series of events organised by the Krakow Festival Office. Edinburgh’s own radical bookshopLighthouse will be part of the discussions, which will look at the industry, and what it’s learnt from the past year.

These presentations and moderated discussions will explore ways that booksellers have coped with changes, from e-book shops to managing social media. Bookshops are an essential part of the Cities of Literature network, and Krakow UNESCO City of Literature’s Resilient Bookshops programme was developed as a support and protection programme for 23 bookshops in the city during the first pandemic wave.