Libros has 101 inhabitants and needs to stay as much as its title and have a public library. They have been organizing the “My city reads” pageant for 3 years, by which famend writers take part. It is the one city on the planet referred to as ‘Libros’ and so they ask for donated books to have a library
Books seek for books. It might appear to be a tongue tornado, however no. Libros is a small city in Teruel that wishes to stay as much as its title and have a public library. It is the one city on the planet that is named like that: Libros.
The 101 residents of the Teruel city have began a marketing campaign by which they ask for copies that individuals now not use to make up their library. Since Teruel is among the few provinces that doesn’t have a ‘bibliobus’ service, the cell library that stops on the villages of emptied Spain.
The initiative is backed by the ‘Mi Pueblo Lee’ Association and the city council. All donations, each personal and editorial, are welcome. Some containers stuffed with copies have already begun to reach at Libros, and have acquired the assist of established writers similar to Irene Vallejo.
A city in Teruel with 101 inhabitants referred to as Libros —it is actual— lacks a public library. Its inhabitants dream of fulfilling the mandate of toponymy and reworking it into the studying capital. To obtain this, they invite us to collaborate with donations.#LibrosALibros pic.twitter.com/PCGk4GBinR
— Irene Vallejo (@irenevalmore) July 21, 2023
It is just not the one literary initiative of the city. They have been organizing a pageant referred to as “Mi pueblo lee” for 3 years and have managed to deliver established authors similar to Elvira Lindo, Rosa Montero, Javier Sierra or Sonsoles Ónega there.
Ten streets, all named after a author
Libros has ten streets that it has renamed with the names of present writers: from Javier Sierra, or Juan Gómez Jurado, and Rosa Montero, to Pérez Reverte, Luz Gabás, Francisco Ibáñez, Marta Sanz, Defreds, or Javier Marías. Even Antonio Muñoz Molina has been in Books.
“We began little by little, however in current editions greater than 500 folks have come collectively,” says Maribel Medina, author and alma mater of the initiative to make Libros the capital of tradition via “Mi pueblo lee”, a rural community of literary festivals in Spain.
Street devoted to Javier Sierra in Libros (Teruel) My folks learn
How to ship the books
To ship the copies to Libros it’s essential to ship an e mail to the deal with [email protected] with the topic “Campaign books to Libros” and they’ll give an deal with to ship them.
Books of all types are accepted. A minimal of 5 copies might be despatched and there’s no most restrict. All sorts of genres and authors are admitted. All books are welcome.
The municipality of Libros is stranded between mountains and close to the Turia river. It has some historic, and already in disuse, sulfur mines, in addition to plenty of stillness and tranquility. They hope that the library – which nonetheless doesn’t have a location – is yet another step to make the city a benchmark for literature.
The concepts don’t finish there, a literary promenade with book-shaped benches is already of their head and they’re already dreaming of constructing a writers’ residence.
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