Books for London
Chris
Book swaps success with Transport for London!
Success! Yesterday we met with Transport for London at their impressive offices at 55 Broadway. We outlined what we’d like to do, and they’re very much in favour of helping us to make book swaps in London’s tube stations into a reality. They’re very keen on safety and making the scheme as easy as possible … Continue reading
We want to know how you read!
Book Swaps for London has had the good fortune to have been partnered with the Masters in Service Design Course at the London College of Communication. The students there are doing some great research into how and what people read on public transport, and how book swaps in stations might work. They’re running a survey … Continue reading
Come and see us at Tooting Tales this weekend!
Here’s something for your diary this weekend – the south London based community organization, Brick Box is putting on Tooting Tales, a festival devoted to books and all things reading – and we’re going to have a stall! Ian and Anthony from Book Cycle will be giving away free books and will be answering all … Continue reading
Come and meet us at the Hackney City farm on 11 March!
Last week we had a great meet up at the Old Monk’s Exchange to discuss book swap plans. It was brilliant to see so many people from the London College of Communication come along and ask questions and exchange ideas (and make lists on flip chart paper). We also got to meet Ian from Bookcycle … Continue reading
We’re getting by with a little help from our friends! Who we’re partnering with
The tempo of our campaign is now really increasing. We’ve spent the last month meeting and talking with different groups around London and elsewhere and arranging possible partnerships. Hopefully our campaign around station book swaps can help them too. Here’s who we’ve been talking to:
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