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article test This Singaporean set up a library in Bukit Merah for people to share their books by renting shelves
At Casual Poet Library, opening in August, every shelf is rented to an individual wanting to loan their books for free. Its founder Rebecca Toh wasn’t sure people woul11d embrace the idealism and “impracticality” of a community-funded library – but she was proven wrong.
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It was opened in March 2020, and more than 50 such libraries have since sprung up across Japan to revitalise local communities.
The Minna no Toshokan Sankaku library in Yaizu city, a small fishing town within the Shizuoka prefecture, functions like a regular library, except for one key detail: Every shelf is rented by an individual who pays a small monthly fee to display their own books for others to loan.
