------ Kunden lesen Bücher in einer Filiale von Chinas Buchhandelskette Marke Fang Suo Kommune in Chengdu City, im Südwesten Chinas Provinz Sichuan, 3 Octo
--FILE--Customers read books at a branch of China's bookstore chain brand Fang Suo Commune in Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 3 October 2018. China's bookstore chain brand Fang Suo Commune clinched the Bookstore of the Year Award of The London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards, the LBF announced Tuesday. Located at Taikoo Hui, one of the high-end shopping malls in southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, Fang Suo Commune is an innovative bookstore nestled among luxury shops. It beat BOA Bookstore of Vietnam and Unity Books Wellington of New Zealand on the shortlist to win the award. "This award goes from strength to strength and the entries were exceptionally strong this year, " the LBF judges said. "Fang Suo is ... breath taking in scale and conception. (There are) A vast range and constant activities and events ... that gives you a glimpse of what bookstores of the future will be." Opened in 2011, Fang Suo Commune Guangzhou has bookshelves covering the walls from floor to ceiling. The 1, 800-square-meter store boasts a coffee bar, a boutique and a handicrafts shop, and welcomes more than 2 million visitors through her doors every year.
