French authors vow to bail out rebel bookshops fined for opening in defiance of lockdown


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A handful of bookshops have openly flouted the shutdown, backed by writers, literary critics and tens of thousands of bookworms who argue that books are essential to well-being. Photo: AFP

One of France's best-known authors Alexandre Jardin vowed recently that writers would bail out rebel bookshop owners fined for opening in defiance of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

Literature lovers are fuming over the French government's shutting of bookstores, along with all other outlets selling "non-essential" goods or services, for the second time this year

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