The Bristolian Creator of Penguin Books

Season: 4 Episode: 21

Sir Allen Lane was a 20th-century pioneer of paperback publishing in England, whose belief in a market for high-quality books at low prices helped to create a new reading public and also led to improved printing and binding techniques. 

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

Penguin

Sir Allen Lane Foundation

The New York Times

Daily Herald - Friday 23 July 1954

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