Book Aid International

Book Aid InternationalSupplies much-needed books to developing countries, raising funds from publishers and general public; 'Reverse Book Club' is masterly idea-for just £5 ($10) month you can provide 48 books to go to where they're most needed donated 1.2 million books to readers in 22 different countries in 2023, published by the likes of Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Cambridge University PressPublishing business of the University of Cambridge; granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534 world's oldest publishing house; second largest university press in world; (http://uk.cambridge.org/aboutus/infoforauthors/electronic.htm) tells you how to submit manuscripts electronically, but only deals with non-fiction. (CUP), Oxford University Press (OUP) and Pearson.

Charity aims to give 10 million young people across the continent the books they need by 2030

Book Aid InternationalSupplies much-needed books to developing countries, raising funds from publishers and general public; 'Reverse Book Club' is masterly idea-for just £5 ($10) month you can provide 48 books to go to where they're most needed is announcing its Generation Reader campaign, which will see the charity work with its partners across Africa 'to give a generation of African young people access to the brand-new books they need to unlock their potential', according to the charity.

Giorgia Cerruti reports on how the charity works with a global network of partners to distribute appropriate books to libraries, schools, universities, refugee camps and prisons round the world

Our warehouse, in Camberwell, wasn't designed for book distribution - it was built to make violins! But over the years we've transformed it into a hugely efficient space, which can house up to 250,000 books. In 2013 we could send just 600,000 books a year. Last year we sent 62 shipments carrying 1.28 million books, all donated by our generous UK publishing partners.

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Last year a rural village called Mphako in Malawi received books for the very first time from Book Aid InternationalSupplies much-needed books to developing countries, raising funds from publishers and general public; 'Reverse Book Club' is masterly idea-for just £5 ($10) month you can provide 48 books to go to where they're most needed. Representatives of the Book Aid team were there to join in the celebrations, and see the joy that every book sent by the charity brings.  Read more