EPISODE · Dec 4, 2020 · 1H 1M
155: #155 | Ochtó Bliain Ag Fás: Tomás Kenny & Kenny's Bookshop
from Motherfoclóir · host HeadStuff Podcasts
Bookshops and their proprietors thrive on browsers, on customers asking for recommendations,on book launches and on all the little interactions which the pandemic has robbed us of. So what's it like to run a bookshop in a pandemic? As well as being a Galway institution for eighty years, Kenny's Bookshop is a family business for three generations and counting. Tomás Kenny is part of that third generation. He tells Darach about the book business - battles with censors, noticing when a book has been mentioned on TV and his shop's commit to Irish language publishing. You can find Kenny's bookshop online at www.kennys.ie --- Support Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach Get Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/ --- Contact the show: whatsapp - +353894784713 twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor email - [email protected] --- Want to record your own podcast? Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bookshops and their proprietors thrive on browsers, on customers asking for recommendations,on book launches and on all the little interactions which the pandemic has robbed us of. So what's it like to run a bookshop in a pandemic? As well as being a Galway institution for eighty years, Kenny's Bookshop is a family business for three generations and counting. Tomás Kenny is part of that third generation. He tells Darach about the book business - battles with censors, noticing when a book has been mentioned on TV and his shop's commit to Irish language publishing. You can find Kenny's bookshop online at www.kennys.ie --- Support Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach Get Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/ --- Contact the show: whatsapp - +353894784713 twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor email - [email protected] --- Want to record your own podcast? Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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155: #155 | Ochtó Bliain Ag Fás: Tomás Kenny & Kenny's Bookshop
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