According to a study Opinionway Led last September, 51 % of French people say they are ready to donate their books, against 11 % which would rather favor resale. It is this momentum of generosity that the organizers wish to request to give new magnitude to the very large collection of books.
Since 2013, this event organized by Fnac and Libraries Sans Frontières, has become the title of largest collection of second -hand books in France. It has already allowed the redistribution of nearly two million books.
New partners
For its 13ᵉ edition, which will start on April 19, until May 11, the very large collection of books widens its network of partners with the arrival of brands like Darty, Nature & Découvertes, Cultura, Homebox, SNCF – Gares & Connexions and the good Left Rive.
Microbibilirasses from the borderless library program and the Cultura Foundation also join the operation. Thus, they will enrich their own funds, when others will make the works collected available to the Microbibli community.
What books to give?
But then, what books can we give? To this question, the event has a fully found answer: all books in good condition are welcome, with the exception of textbooks, travel guides, encyclopedias and dictionaries. The needs identified by the NGO, however, guide donations to certain types of works, namely children’s literature, novels, comics, beautiful books and documentaries, in all languages.
The works collected will be sent to the association’s warehouse, located in the Paris region. Once sorted and cataloged, they will join projects carried out by the NGO in France and abroad: microbibiliothèqueques located in territories without cultural infrastructure, emergency libraries, distributed reading kits to refugee children or local libraries in priority education areas.
A new godfather
To blow this new candle, the comic book author Riad Sattouf, at the origin of the series Arabic of the future (Allary, 201) has been appointed ambassador, alongside Augustin Trapenard, godfather of border without borders since 2018.
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