Way back in 1973 Barb Minett happily gave up teaching and began her career as a bookseller. She then realized how little she really knew and has been amazed every day by the plethora of wonderful ideas and stories that the book world has created. If asked to create a literary dinner party she would certainly invite Charles Darwin, Emily Dickinson, Maggie O'Farrell, Carol Shields, Chris Hedges and John Le Carre.
