Word on the Water - Londons only floating bookshop - is being threatened with closure. Join over 4,000 people, including Stewart Lee, Cory Doctorow, Ben Okri, Robin Hobb, Tracy Chevalier and sign their petition to keep the London Bookbarge on the canals. (Theres a link for the petition in the article below - please sign and share): Word on the Water, Londons only floating bookshop, may be forced to close after the canal authorities turn down their application for a permanent mooring outside Paddington Station, instead awarding both the available places to a huge real estate corporation, who plan to replace the bookshop with the areas 13th coffee outlet and a tourist boat. The London Bookbarge has been open for four years, selling affordable books and running poetry events and live acoustic music performances on its stage roof. There are additional mooring spaces available on the site, but the Canal & River Trust refuses to make one available, despite using the Bookbarge in its own promotional magazines and websites as an example of the colourful cultural scene of Londons Canals. They are aware that this decision means closing the shop permanently.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:11:48 +0000
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