Borrow a Person

We held three Borrow-a-Person events at Slough Library during February. The idea of ‘Living Libraries’ was introduced in 2000 by the Danish Youth organisation ‘Stop the Violence’. It has been developed in a number of countries and has been gaining popularity in English libraries. This is the first time that sessions have been offered in Slough. The ‘living books’ to be borrowed were ordinary members of local faith communities, who were happy to discuss their religion and traditions, faith and spirituality, beliefs and experiences and many other subject besides.

We hope to be able to continue with more of these events later in the year in conjunction with Slough Library.

Radio Berkshire interviewed ‘books’ Shah-Bano Razvi, Satish Sharma and Philip Ind on their Sunday Morning programme – sound file coming soon

Download BBC Radio Berkshire web report