(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . New Day Cafe: World's Largest Floating Book Fair [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-03 It has visited 70 countries, welcomed about 8,000,000 visitors, and gives people in marginalized areas exposure to books they never would have had access to otherwise. From their website: www.gbaships.org/... “The world's largest floating bookfair, Logos Hope remains in each port for about two weeks and opens the gangways to thousands of visitors each day. On average, one million visitors have been welcomed on board one of our ships every year! The floating book fair offers over 5,000 titles. With around 60 different nationalities represented on board, the Logos Hope community is regarded as a genuine expression of international goodwill and understanding. The crew and staff are all non-salaried volunteers, including many serving in their professional capacity, such as seafarers, engineers, electricians, nurses, teachers and cooks. Sponsorship from friends, family members and civic organisations enables crewmembers to serve on board. The ship remains in each port for several weeks and opens the gangways to thousands of visitors each day. On average, one million visitors have been welcomed on board one of our ships every year! The floating bookfair offers over 5,000 titles, providing many visitors their first-ever opportunity to purchase quality literature.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/3/2161481/-New-Day-Cafe-World-s-Largest-Floating-Book-Fair Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/