Trish, Kailana and Lisa have come up with an interesting monthly meme – Where in the World Are You Reading – to get bloggers to share a piece of home. Each month will have a different theme.
This month: Library
September: Used Bookstore/Thrift Store
I’ve already posted about my local library and the Royal Library of Belgium, so it was good timing that I heard about an urban art project in the near-by city of Ghent that suited this month’s topic perfectly.
Created by Italian artist Massimo Bartolini, it’s called Bookyard and it temporary changed a famous space in the city: the vineyard of St. Peter’s Abbey. Several rows of bookcases align with the grapevines and seem to grow from the grass. The surrounding fields, covered with apple trees, invite us to turn off anything digital and just pick up a book from the stacks.
Visitors are welcome to take books with them, but are encouraged to donate to a local literacy NGO.
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August 2, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Vasilly
What a fantastic idea! I wish my city would do something like this!
August 3, 2012 at 6:36 am
heidenkind
What a cool idea! What kind of books did they have in there?
August 3, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Sam (Tiny Library)
Oh, I could spend a few happy hours here!
August 3, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Ti
Very cool!! I’d worry about the books getting damaged though.
August 3, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Melissa
That’s a really cool idea. I love it!
August 5, 2012 at 9:38 pm
farmlanebooks
What a lovely idea! There should be far more bookshelves in fields 🙂
August 9, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Iris
Absolutely wonderful! And those pictures look great too. I can’t help but wonder what happens when it rains though..
August 16, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Lisa @ Books. Lists. Life.
That is just downright COOL. It is art, isn’t it?
August 23, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Peek a booK (@peekabook2011)
It’s a wonderful place, thank you for sharing! 🙂
Here you can find the post about my Library:
http://www.peekabook.it/2012/08/where-in-world-local-library.html
Valentina
http://www.peekabook.it
August 28, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Kailana
I would love to go here. How wonderful!!
August 28, 2012 at 5:45 pm
amymckie
That’s such a great idea, and looks beautiful! I’m glad you got to see it, and to share it with us.
September 5, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Trish
Whoa!!! How cool is that! I’ve been seeing pictures of local drop-by libraries or free libraries popping up but haven’t seen anything like this. So awesome!
I adore that picture with the apples in focus.