<p>Fran Durako is owner of the <a href= "http://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/">Kelmscott Bookshop</a> in Baltimore, Maryland. We talk here about her love of <a href= "http://www.morrissociety.org/">William Morris</a>, fine printing and Victorian book illustration, the transition from book collector to seller, and art as a ‘positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to.’ </p>

Fran Durako is owner of the Kelmscott Bookshop in Baltimore, Maryland. We talk here about her love of William Morris, fine printing and Victorian book illustration, the transition from book collector to seller, and art as a ‘positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to.’

<p>Fran Durako is owner of the <a href="http://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kelmscott Bookshop</a> in Baltimore, Maryland. We talk here about her love of <a href="http://www.morrissociety.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">William Morris</a>, fine printing and Victorian book illustration, the transition from book collector to seller, and art as a ‘positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to.’&nbsp;</p>

Fran Durako on her Kelmscott Bookshop #15

THE BIBLIO FILE is a podcast about "the book," and an inquiry into the wider world of book culture. Hosted by Nigel Beale it features wide ranging, long-form conversations with authors, poets, book publishers, booksellers, book editors, book collectors, book makers, book scholars, book critics, book designers, book publicists, literary agents and many others inside the book trade and out - from writer to reader.

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