Monday, July 14, 2014

Event: Books about Town

The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe by Quad Digital Mandii Pope (at St George’s Gardens)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Quad Digital Mandii Pope at St George’s Gardens

The National Literacy Trust has installed fifty BookBench sculptures designed by local artists throughout London as part of its Books about Town campaign to celebrate London’s literary heritage and reading for enjoyment.  The benches will be on exhibit July 2nd through September 15th along this route.  Come October, they'll be auctioned to raise money to fight illiteracy.


The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe by Quad Digital Mandii Pope (at St George’s Gardens)

The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe by Quad Digital Mandii Pope (at St George’s Gardens)

Samuel Pepys ’ Diary (at The Cutty Sark)

Samuel Pepys’ Diary at The Cutty Sark

Sherlock Holmes Stories by Valerie Osment (at Woburn Square Garden)

Sherlock Holmes Stories by Valerie Osment at Woburn Square Garden

Around the World in Eighty Days by Valerie Osment (at Stanfords Book Shop)

Around the World in Eighty Days by Valerie Osment at Stanfords Book Shop

Around the World in Eighty Days by Valerie Osment (at Stanfords Book Shop)

The Canterbury Tales (at The Royal Naval College Of Greenwich, London)

The Canterbury Tales at The Royal Naval College Of Greenwich, London

The Origin of the Species (at Greenwich Park)

The Origin of the Species at Greenwich Park

Dr Seuss by Theodore Seuss Griesel (artwork) Created by Jane Headford (at More London)

Dr Seuss by Theodore Seuss Griesel (artwork) Created by Jane Headford at More London

Through the Looking Glass by Ralph Steadman (at More London)

Through the Looking Glass by Ralph Steadman at More London

Jeeves and Wooster Stories by Gordon Allum (at Brunswick Centre)

Jeeves and Wooster Stories by Gordon Allum at Brunswick Centre

Sherlock Holmes Stories by Valerie Osment (at Woburn Square Garden)

Sherlock Holmes Stories by Valerie Osment at Woburn Square Garden

Sherlock Holmes Stories by Valerie Osment (at Woburn Square Garden)

James Bond Stories by Freya Dean (at Bloomsbury Square Gardens)

James Bond Stories by Freya Dean at Bloomsbury Square Gardens

James Bond Stories by Freya Dean (at Bloomsbury Square Gardens)

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary by Sian Storey (at Red Lion Square)

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary by Sian Storey at Red Lion Square

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary by Sian Storey (at Red Lion Square)

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary by Sian Storey (at Red Lion Square)

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary by Sian Storey (at Red Lion Square)

Through the Looking Glass by Ralph Steadman (at More London)

Through the Looking Glass by Ralph Steadman at More London

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (original illustrations ) Created by Gerard Strong (at More London)

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (original) Created by Gerard Strong

The Librarian by Paul Kidby (at More London)

The Librarian by Paul Kidby at More London

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (at Greenwich DLR Station)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at Greenwich DLR Station


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