Shelf Life

Shelf Life: Anna Kloots


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Anna Kloots is a writer based in Paris. You may follow her on Instagram @annakloots already, more than half a million people do.


Anna's introduction (1:55) Miette's introduction (2:40) A measly bookshelf for a writer (4:35) Why books are meant to be given away (6:10) Doggy interlude (6:38) Books mirroring life (7:54) How divorce prompted her to write (9:18) The meaning of magic (10:14) The book to read if you are at a crossroads (11:28) The next best North American divorcé in Paris (13:08) Back to The Alchemist (14:30) At the pool at 10am, drinking wine (16:30) Finding humour in the darkest of times (17:10) An excerpt which hits her readers hard (18:40) Does improving yourself mean saying yes or no more? (20:30) Meeting readers at book readings (23:12) The power of a book (23:40) The only time colour-coded bookshelves are OK (25:20) Why audiobooks make you fitter (26:45) Favourite memoir of all time (27:20) The book she lost in the divorce (28:20) Can writers go too far? (32:40) Paris good stuff (34:00) Don't give up on your good ideas (35:28) Is it odd to not like fiction? (36:25) The literary dealbreaker.


Reading list:


The Diary of Anaïs Nin by Anaïs Nin


Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life by Cleo Wade


Psychopath Free by Jackson MacKenzie


The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


The Measure of My Powers by Jackie Kai Ellis


Budapest from Assouline  


The Michelin Guide France 


Born Standing Up by Steve Martin


Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey


David Sedaris 


On Writing: A Memoir by Stephen King


Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero by Amanda Kloots and Anna Kloots


My Own Magic: A Reappearing Act by Anna Kloots


The Little(r) Museums of Paris: An Illustrated Guide to the City's Hidden Gems


Harry Potter by JK Rowling


All the Light We Cannot See and Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr


Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant


I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley



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Shelf LifeBy Fleur Macdonald