Al Ain: Al Ain Reads Book Show’s book exchange initiative will mark its third anniversary this year with the community and visitors having the chance in swap old books for new.
The initiative aims at encouraging the free circulation of literature and knowledge sharing. “It is recycling at its most active,” said Juma Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Director of ‘Al Ain Reads’. In a way it is environmentally oriented with the exchange giving books a second life instead of accumulating dust on owners’ shelves, he said.
The organisers of the book show have been looking to beat last year’s exchange record when around 400 people took up the initiative resulting in nearly 1,000 volumes being swapped.
Al Ain Reads Book Show and its book exchange will run from September 29 to October 5 at Hall 1, Al Ain Convention Centre. The book exchange will be supervised by student volunteers from UAE University who will play a key role in its organisation and the subject matter classification of books.
