Bernard Stone, Founder of London's fabled Turret Bookshop, Dies
The Turret Bookshop opened in the 1960's, was the kind of place where the owner would offer you a glass of wine as you walked in. Bernard Stone, bibliophile made it the kind of safe haven/comfort zone where poets and writers and readers could spend hours talking about books, and sipping the ubiquitous cocktail, reports the UK's timesonline. Through the years he became friend, mentor and publisher to many established poets and writers, sometimes lending them money until the advance check arrived. Stone died on February 4 at 84.