#acciobooks

The the picture is not the best I could have taken, but I am quite proud of this package!

In Italy, we have this website called Accio Books, where you put books you no longer want, and you can exchange them with other people. The website is great and I've been doing this for a year or so, it's a good way to give away books to people that will appreciate them, and receive something back!

Accio Books is in Full Swing!

Want to help your house win the house cup? There’s a bunch of different ways to earn points for your house. Including:

Recruiting a friend or family member to help you during Accio Books!

Starting an HPA chapter in your community

Completing a “We Need Diverse Books” diversity audit of your public or personal library collections. 

Having the local press coverage of your Accio Books campaign, project, or event.

And of course, donating books!

 (You can find the full list here)

Check out the Acciobooks 2019 tool kit to get all the information you need to know about our partners this year and where to mail books.

Books about books and books about reading are a very meta genre. As the HPA’s Library Advocacy Researcher, and someone who loves books and reading, it’s really interesting to think about books that are about those topics —  but as it turns out I haven’t actually really read many! This feels like an oversight that I should venture to rectify, and maybe you’d like to read these books with me. So, here are eight books about books and reading, one that I have read, and seven that I would very much like to:

Love Accio Books and want to do a little bit more to help your house win the House Cup? Sign up to be a Prefect!