Book exchange site set up in Weymouth

A 'phonebox' full of reading material's been created on St Thomas Street

Weymouth Youth Councillors Joey and Elliot at the Book Exchange
Author: Faye TryhornPublished 24th Jul 2024

A former phonebox in Weymouth town centre has been transformed into a mini library.

A new book exchange project has been set up on St Thomas Street, for people to start using.

The town's Youth Council came up with the idea - with classics like Jane Austen’s Emma to Roald Dahl’s Matilda, fictional novels and Horrible Histories titles to choose from.

Anyone can pick up a book from there for free, with donations welcomed for the next users to sample too.

Members of the Weymouth Youth Council said:

“We are pleased the book exchange is up and running and just as schools have broken up. the idea is to take a book and leave a book in exchange, but don’t worry if you don’t have a book to leave you can still take one to read!”

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