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Round up of media coverage for Book Swaps for London
After our appearance at the London Policy Conference we’ve been mentioned in the media and blogs quite a few times! Here’s what we’ve spotted: Guardian, 12 December – ‘Book swaps at London tube and train stations ‘a good idea’, says Johnson’ Londonist, 13 December – ‘Book Swap Wins Ideas4Mayor Competition‘ HuffPost UK, 13 December – … Continue reading
Book swaps for London at #lonconf!
This (cold, but stunning) morning at the London Policy Conference Chris Gilson from Book Swaps for London presented the Book Swaps for London campaign plan to Boris Johnson, the London Mayor. Chris explained the vision to have book swaps in tube and train stations all over London by the Olympics, and how it could involve … Continue reading
We’re the winning idea of the #ideas4Mayor competition!
Yesterday, the Centre for London got in touch to let us know that the Book Swaps for London Campaign had been selected as the winner of the #ideas4mayor competition! On Monday, we’ll be presenting our plan to Boris Johnson at the inaugural London Policy Conference. The Evening Standard has a piece on it today, which … Continue reading
Update: Book swapping in Reading and take our survey!
It’s been a busy week here at Book Swap towers! Yesterday we finished the job we began on Monday of taking the books from the 1st to the 6th floor of OPEN Ealing. We had lots of help, so it didn’t take long. And this is what we have now: We’re going to spend the … Continue reading
How we plan on giving 15,000 books away
Well the reality of having 15,000 books (we double checked the numbers!) is now finally setting in. We really don’t want to hang on to these at all – we want to give them away to people who want and need them. So, how do we plan to do this? Well… We’ve found that we … Continue reading
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