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The Paper Lantern

A small bookshop with a big children's corner

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The story

The Paper Lantern is a one-room bookshop in Pontcanna run by a former school librarian who still reads everything before it goes on the shelf.

Every card tucked into a book is handwritten. If you want something they don't have, they'll order it in and usually have it within two days.

In the shop