A Few Good Books Could Get Your Goat

A goat for a poor family in the developing world, at any rate. That's what 15 books donated to British charity OXFAM can buy.

As an author, I'm not sure I felt all that great when I learned that the UK's second biggest bookseller is OXFAM. But when you consider how much good a few good books, shared the second time around, can do in the world, it's hard to argue.

OXFAM raises more than £20 million a year in its shops and 87 pence in every pound goes directly to the people you'd want to help - not to middle men or into the pockets of the Robert Mugabes of this world.

This month, OXFAM have launched their first book fair - two weeks of special events at hundreds of OXFAM shops around the country. Between now and July 18, you can take part in celebrity events, crossword puzzle competitions, children's book fairs, book donation drives and more all over the place.

So, if you are looking for somewhere to leave those paperbacks you bought to read on the way over to the UK, or considering buying some new books for your holiday journeys to come, think about dropping into an OXFAM shop to see what's going on.

To find an OXFAM shop or an OXFAM Bookfest event, visit the online OXFAM Bookfest Eventfinder.

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