Library Books Come Alive Saturday

In the Living Library, people are the books -- and on October 18 from 12 to 4 p.m., the shelves of the Santa Monica Public Main Library are full of people.

A Buddhist, a teenager, a nudist and a raw foodist are just a few of the people you can check out for a 30 minute conversation at the Santa Monica Public Library’s first Living Library.

During this unique event a group of volunteers serve as “Living Books” who are willing to share their personal life story with a “Reader.”

Santa Monica Public Library is the first in a wave of libraries across the United States to host a Living Library. The Living Library Project was first presented to the public in 2000 at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. For more information on The Living Library Project visit http://living-library.org/.

For more information on the event, visit www.smpl.org