Gonzague Pichelin of Zague.Zoo.Films writes to say that Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man, their film about George Whitman and his famed Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, was broadcast on the Sundance Channel on Monday 10 October at 9pm, and will be rebroadcast as follows:

Thursday 13 October 2005 (twice)
Sunday 16 October
Monday 24 October
Saturday 29 October

Full details are available at http://www.sundancechannel.com/popup/index.php?ixFilmID=6413.

Those who know me know that, for many deep-rooted reasons, Shakespeare and Company is one of my sacred sites. Unfortunately I can’t get the Sundance Channel here, so if anyone out there is able to tape the broadcast, please get in touch. Merci…