Recycling used books is City of Words’ side-hustle – on sale 24/7 in our open-air pop-up shop in West London, mostly in aid of the Dalgarno Trust, the local food bank. As long as the fine weather lasts the stall stays open round the clock, untended, a book night-market. The books are sold on trust; none have been nicked. (At 50p apiece they’re a steal anyway.) Some punters leave thank-you notes. And some of them, we hope, go online later to buy publications from City of Words.
Most of the books in the picture above are gone now, but stocks will be replenished soon. Any left unsold will be passed on to the Oxfam bookshops in Notting Hill for the benefit of other causes, doubtless at higher prices.
If you are in St Luke’s Mews, W11 and the weather holds, come and browse. You’ll find tourists taking selfies in front of the display; they may be under the impression that this is the bookshop that features in the movie Notting Hill. Visiting film stars are welcome.
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