Literary Book Benches - In Reference to Murder

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September 04, 2014

Literary Book Benches

This summer, residents and tourists in London have had an added treat with the addition of literary-themed benches, from Shakespeare to more modern times. Here are a few highlights from the project, which aims to raise money for the National Literacy Trust:

Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sherlock Holmes stories bench_London

Charles Dickens

Charles-dickens-bench

James Bond (Ian Fleming)

James Bond Bench

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie Bench

Posted by on September 04, 2014 at 09:30 AM |

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Librarybody

Got to say the Bond bench is amazing! Whereabouts is it? I shall have to go and find it!
So far I have seen the Wind in the Willow bench, it was very pretty but hard to take a photo.

Posted by: Librarybody | September 04, 2014 at 12:41 PM

BV Lawson

The Nat'l Literary Trust has a web page with all the benches and maps (and info about how you can bid on each one!):

http://www.booksabouttown.org.uk/?action=ViewBench&Id=11

This one is in Bloomsbury Square Gardens.

Posted by: BV Lawson | September 04, 2014 at 01:29 PM

Librarybody

Thanks! I see that it is near the Agatha Christie bench, so I can see them both!

Posted by: Librarybody | September 04, 2014 at 05:39 PM

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