“When I set out to plan the business, I wrote ten words - the world I always kept coming to was community.”
The Rippling Pages is all about curating the best writers to inspire you and your writing - today, we’re speaking to another curator. Eden Barnes is the owner of Next Chapter Books, an indie women-focussed bookshop in Leeds, and I had a quick chat with her in store.
There’s lots going on this week in Leeds. Leeds Lit Fest is starting, and it’s Indie Bookshop Week. Here someone who is at the centre of it.
Eden tells us:

The personal journey to opening a bookshop in Leeds

Why she focusses women’s writing

Balancing commercial and personal interests

Creating a safe space and sense of community for readers

What she’s got planned for next week and the rest of the year.

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