Anyway, given that I heard about this place on the forums on the Bookcrossing website, I asked Andrew (the cool local) if he knew about Bookcrossing and if so, could I send a couple of books over from Taiwan to put in the library. He kindly agreed and I posted off a couple of books from my bookshelf for someone else to read and enjoy.
I casually mentioned this on the bookcrossing forum where this had all started and was suddenly overrun with messages from people who also wanted to send books to this library - bookcrossers from the USA, Scotland, Cornwall, the Netherlands and Canada - it seems that this whole idea had captured the hearts and minds of bookcrossers internationally and they wanted to be a part of it. Now Andrew is a fully signed up member of bookcrossing and receiving books from all over the place - goodness knows if it gets to be too much more of a phenomenon they may need to locate and convert a second phonebox!
Photo credit: Bob Dolby
I love this kind of thing: blogging and Bookcrossing bringing people and books together no matter where you are. It makes life more interesting and the global community just a touch smaller and more connected. Three cheers for Westbury-Sub-Mendip and for Bookcrossing!
Links:
My postcard on the village website
Oh my gosh! That's fantastic; it really is a small world now, what with the internet!
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I love the phone booth library. I'm in England this June, maybe I'll see if I can visit it! Thanks for the BookCrossing link!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What an amazing tale. Wow. :-)
ReplyDelete@Lisa: I know it's pretty cool huh?! Thanks for the award! :D
ReplyDelete@Helen: If you do, that'd be fantastic! Are you into bookcrossing? It's such a lot of fun and a neat way to connect with people all over the world.
@Shannon: Thanks for your comment :) It's cool to know it's not just me that finds it amazing!