THE Street Lit Books team has had an astonishing, busy and affirming year. To cap it all,  Windermere Centre offered them a much-needed space a few days before Christmas until the end of January.

“It is light and airy and in a prime location. The team, brilliantly supported by Mette Bunyan, set up shop in just a few hours. Three vendors will rotate turns in staffing the shop which has some great reads,” enthused Denis Hurley Centre director, Raymond Perrier.

He added, “In fact, Windermere Centre has two NGOs selling affordable books. At set times throughout the year, Anchor of Hope (whose focus is on youth literacy and libraries) sells their books during the week; we take over their space for the weekend. They have also been really generous in donating their surplus books to us. Our vendors had an info-sharing session with their team so we could both understand more about each other’s projects and support each other better going forward.

Also read: Denis Hurley Street Lit vendors show their gratitude for ongoing support

“And we are delighted that we are just about finished sorting, cleaning and managing the awesome donation of 20 000 books from Mandela month. Many of them have of course been sold already. So come January, we will once more be looking for more quality books to be donated to our project,” ended Perrier.

DHC has also been given a pop-up space at Glenwood Village Mall.  In their effort to try something new, they will be selling only CDs and DVDs from Monday to Saturday.

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