Delivering joy meet south London's lockdown book angel
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As libraries remain shut, Millie Ginnett has been delivering secondhand books to desperate readers. She talks about trading books for brownies, and which novels have been most popular
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In the three months since lockdown began, I’ve spent more on books than I care to admit. But with charity shops and secondhand bookshops shut, donating finished books seemed impossible – until I discovered the South London Book Swap. It is run by Millie Ginnett since she was furloughed from her advertising job in April, and she is bringing joy to the lives of those stuck at home.
“Everyone was asking how I was going to make my time on furlough ‘productive’. They were asking, what online courses I was planning to take, was I going to learn a language, none of which I wanted to do,” says Ginnett. “I was burning through books and after swapping a few with a friend, I resorted to buying some – which I knew would get expensive and was unsustainable.” Continue reading...
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