Today there are believed to be around 10 million books in circulation in Hay-on-Wye, an extraordinary claim for a small market town of approximately 1,500 inhab

Today there are believed to be around 10 million books in circulation in Hay-on-Wye, an extraordinary claim for a small market town of approximately 1,500 inhabitants. It's possible to stumble across a bookstore every few moments while exploring the place. "By the 1980s there were 30-plus bookshops in Hay and it was at its zenith," ... "It was bubbling and it was all down to Richard."