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EPISODE · Jun 28, 2026 · 13 MIN

Justin Zoras: film director on his new documentary The Bookstore That Never Sleeps

from The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin · host Newstalk ZB

Director Justin Zoras walked past a bookstore in a small town in Nova Scotia one night, and this experience went on to inspire a documentary. Elizabeth's Books is run by 83-year-old former seaman Chris Webb and the store only opens at night - sometimes for a few hours or whenever the last customer leaves. Justin Zoras went on to use the store for The Bookstore That Never Sleeps, which is about to have its world premiere at DocEdge. "It's one of those things where you immediately see the store, it's open at night, and you immediately want to go - hey, that's quirky or that's odd. Which, frankly, it is. But when you actually talk to people about it and you say - hey, have you seen that bookstore? Have you walked by it, what's the deal there? And a lot of the time, people will go - oh that's just Chris...there's a story."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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