'I love giving debut novelists a chance': Shakespeare and Company's Adam Biles
France 24 · 11/3/2026, 9:24:32 PM Philippine time
Excerpt from France 24. Read the original report below for the complete story.The literary director of the English-language Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company says that the shop has achieved such notoriety that invitations to authors to appear there are usually accepted. Adam Biles says the shop enjoys inviting both famous authors to speak there, as well as debut authors who deserve the exposure. Adam hosts the events himself, and over the years has interviewed hundreds of different literary figures of varying notoriety. Many of the shop's guests speak to us in Perspective before or after their appearances. We spoke to Adam in Perspective.