Books for London
Chris
Update: what we’ve been up to at Book Swaps for London
We’ve been busy bees here at Book Swap Towers since winning the #ideas4mayor competition in December. We’ve been meeting with all sorts of fantastic people and groups who are all keen on reading and book swapping in London and the world! We had a great meeting with the folk at READ International who take book … Continue reading
We’re having a meet-up and you’re all invited!
On Tuesday, 31 January the Book Swaps for London campaign is having our first meet-up. It will be a chance for all you amazing people who are interested in getting involved to meet each other and chat about how we’re going to get book swaps in London’s tube and train stations in 2012! When: 7pm, … Continue reading
Bookmachine interviews Book Swaps for London!
Last week the folks at Book Machine got in touch to do an interview with Chris from Book Swaps for London. They’ve very kindly let us re-post the interview, so check it out! Read the original article. Book Machine (BM): What prompted the idea for the book swap? CG: In early 2010 the Guardian ran … Continue reading
Book Swaps for London has 15,000 books to give away!
At the end of November, Book Swaps for London took delivery of 15,000 free books from a publisher that was unable to afford to store them for any longer. We had loads of help unloading them from a truck, and we eventually got them all into the top floor attic of OPEN Ealing. Once we … Continue reading
Update – Photos from London policy conference and make a date for Book Swapping in January!
Well things are proceeding briskly now here at Book Swap towers. After a promotional tweet from our new friends at the IPPR, we’ve had nearly 20 people register their interest with our Book Swaps for London survey (which you can still take). It’s becoming clear that a lot of Londoners (and people outside of London … Continue reading
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