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Bookstore in Paris
The Red Wheelbarrow is two independent bookstores on the Left Bank of Paris opposite the Luxembourg garden. We are at No. 11 rue de Medicis and No. 9 rue de Medicis. No. 9 is now our children’s bilingual bookstore called The Red Balloon.
Originally we were in the Marais where we opened in 2001 at 13 rue Charles V. In 2003, we expanded to 22 rue Saint Paul. We closed in 2012 to reopen on rue de Medicis at 9 rue de Medicis in 2018 and we expanded to 11 rue de Medicis in 2021.
The Red Wheelbarrow
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
- William Carlos Williams
This poem was originally published in France in 1923 in a volume called Spring and All which was printed in an edition of 300 in 2023 by Maurice Darantière. Darantière was a printer based in Dijon, France, who had printed the first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses in 1922.
BOOKSTORE HOURS
Open everyday
Please double-check The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore on Google to verify our opening hours.
We are working on a more interactive website, but you can email us at parisredwheelbarrowbookstore@gmail.com !