No Llegiu

No Llegiu is an independent bookstore founded in October 2013 in the Poblenou neighbourhood of Barcelona. It opened in a 65 m² premises at Carrer de l'Amistat, 20, during a period when several historic Barcelona bookshops were closing and a new wave of small, specialised, community-oriented bookstores was emerging. The name, according to owner Xavier Vidal, is a deliberate paradox: in journalism one is taught never to use negative headlines, so a bookshop called 'No Llegiu' ('Don't Read') would be memorable. At the end of 2015 the bookshop ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to find a larger space, and in January 2016 it moved to Carrer de Pons i Sobirà, 3, a former fashion shop built in 1920 and remodelled in the late 1970s, with three floors and a terrace. The booksellers kept part of the original furniture to make it clear that customers are invited to try books on before buying them. The larger space allowed No Llegiu to expand its cultural activities, with a particular emphasis on poetry. Over the years the bookshop has opened two more locations: one on Carrer de València, known as No Llegiu del Clot, inaugurated in 2019, and a third in Palafrugell under the name No Llegiu Mediterrània, inaugurated in 2023. The bookshop also runs a rich programme of courses and reading clubs, including courses on North American literature, Russian literature, Spanish literature, European literature, medieval literature, Japanese literature, contemporary crime fiction, and a poetry reading club. Recordings of these sessions are made available online, and the bookshop has also launched a video-on-demand service called NOLLEGIUFLIXMIN. It also awards the Premis Nollegiu literary prizes. No Llegiu operates as a private independent business, with Xavier Vidal as owner. It is based in Barcelona and operates in the Catalan market, with shops in Barcelona and Palafrugell.

No Llegiu opened in October 2013 in a 65 m² premises at Carrer de l'Amistat, 20, in the Poblenou district of Barcelona. It was part of a wave of new small-format bookstores that emerged in Barcelona in the early 2010s, alongside Llibreria Calders, La Impossible and L'Espolsada, as historic bookshops such as Robafaves and Catalònia closed. These new stores sought to get closer to readers, specialise and increase the number of cultural activities, becoming cultural projects in their own right. The founder, Xavier Vidal, was a journalist who had previously worked in radio and in political and corporate communication. He chose the name 'No Llegiu' because, as he put it, in journalism 'they always say don't use negative headlines, and I thought that a bookshop called No Llegiu is a paradox and that it works because people will remember the name'. At the end of 2015 the bookshop ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to find a larger space. In January 2016 it moved to Carrer de Pons i Sobirà, 3, a former fashion shop founded in 1920 and remodelled in the late 1970s, with three floors and a terrace. The booksellers decided to keep part of the furniture to make it clear that they invite customers to try books on before buying them. The move allowed the bookshop to increase the number of cultural activities, with a particular emphasis on poetry promotion. Over the years, No Llegiu opened two more locations: one on Carrer de València, known as No Llegiu del Clot, inaugurated in 2019, and a third in Palafrugell under the name No Llegiu Mediterrània, inaugurated in 2023. The bookshop also developed a substantial programme of courses and reading clubs, including courses on North American literature, Russian literature, Spanish literature, European literature, medieval literature, Japanese literature, and contemporary crime fiction, as well as a poetry reading club. Recordings of these sessions are made available online, and the bookshop launched a video-on-demand service called NOLLEGIUFLIXMIN. It also awards the Premis Nollegiu literary prizes.

• 2023

  Opens third location in Palafrugell under the name No Llegiu Mediterrània.

• 2019

  Opens second location on Carrer de València, known as No Llegiu del Clot.

• 2016

  Moves in January to Carrer de Pons i Sobirà, 3, a former fashion shop with three floors and a terrace.

• 2015

  Successful crowdfunding campaign to find a larger space.

• 2013

  No Llegiu opens in October at Carrer de l'Amistat, 20, in Poblenou, Barcelona.

Independent, community-oriented bookstore and cultural project specialising in literary courses, reading clubs and poetry promotion.

• Books

  General and literary books, with a focus on poetry and contemporary literature.

• Literary courses

  Courses on North American, Russian, Spanish, European, medieval and Japanese literature, and contemporary crime fiction.

• Reading clubs

  Includes a poetry reading club.

• NOLLEGIUFLIXMIN

  Video-on-demand service offering recordings of courses and events.

• Premis Nollegiu

  Literary prizes awarded by the bookshop.

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2. 2No Llegiu - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3No Llegiu - Viquipèdiaca.wikipedia.org