Guardian launches national Book Swap with 15,000-volume giveaway
The Guardian is launching its six-week autumn books season by setting 15,000 titles free in the wild this weekend.
From fiction to design, and children’s books to science, the Guardian has gathered thousands of books from publishers and authors and is distributing them around the country for free. Books will be left in public places where readers are liable to chance upon them, from stations and coffee shops to galleries and museums.
In the U.S. we’d get some
In the U.S. we’d get some scared citizens reporting this to police, who would respond as if the books might be bombs. Since 9/11 “We can’t be too careful” they’d say.