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Arvon Foundation, Totleigh Barton, Devon.

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My paddle along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal began with a meal aboard Morning Mist, moored in Rodley, before reading a few poems between the acts of Alarum Theatre's performance of Idle Women of the Wartime Waterways. Kate Saffin, one half of Alarum Theatre, kindly let me take a picture of her bookshelf -- full of books used while researching the Idle Women's story.

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In celebration of this month's Tour de France 

here's the single bookshelf at the Broken Spoke Bike Co-op, Oxford,

pleasant to browse while waiting for a spare tyre lever.

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The Library at Stiftung Nantesbuch, Germany.

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Charlotte Du Cann and Mark Watson

Dark Mountain HQ, Suffolk, UK

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The Institute of Gunnar Gunnarsson, Skriðuklaustur, Iceland

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The author Þórbergur Þórðarson’s library from his Reykjavik home

recreated at The Þórbergur Centre, Hali, Suðursveit, Iceland

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Old and new books on the shelves at The Red Bone Bindery, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Books read by Ellen MacArthur on board Kingfisher during the 2001 Vendée Globe

National Maritime Museum, Falmouth, Cornwall

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The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland

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The Library of the Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam

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Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam/ Amsterdam Public Library, the Netherlands