bookshop owner penelope fletcher on literary paris, bookshops as community centers, and growing up in a dystopian utopia

meet penelope fletcher

meet penelope fletcher

You're most likely to spot Penelope Fletcher behind the cash register, on the ladder, or running between the three branches of her bookstore, The Red Wheelbarrow, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, right next to the Jardin du Luxembourg. She grew up on Hornby Island, off the coast of Canada, and moved to Paris in 1990. We spoke wi…