

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Folkestone is a Library: World's Largest Book Swap
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: This spring, we’re heading to Sunny Sands for something special - the world's largest book swap. Imagine hundreds of people lined up along the beach, swapping stories as the bell rings, and coming together for a huge group photo to mark the moment. 

And we need your help to make it happen!

It’s free and open to everyone as part of Folkestone is a Library - a project celebrating books, stories and community while we wait for our town library to reopen. By joining in, you’ll help show that Folkestone itself is a living library, full of imagination and connection.

To take part, register in advance, bring one book you’d love to pass on, and swap it for another on the day. There’ll be live entertainment, official adjudicators, and press photographers ready to capture this incredibly special moment.

We’d love families, children and young people to be at the heart of this celebration. To make sure there are plenty of children’s books to share, you can donate spares at the Quarterhouse before the event.

This isn’t just about breaking a record - it’s about celebrating community, creativity and the joy of sharing stories.

ABOUT FOLKESTONE IS A LIBRARY:
Folkestone is a Library is a three-year Arts Council England-funded project turning our whole town into a place for stories. 

Working alongside local libraries, schools and community partners, we’re bringing reading and writing into streets, shops and public spaces – from a world-record beach book swap to poems in shop windows and a Young People’s Festival. 

Because 1 in 8 children in the UK doesn’t own a book of their own – and creative opportunity shouldn’t depend on postcode. 

Folkestone is already an art town. Now it’s becoming a town of storytellers. 

Join in.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/folkestone/folkestone-is-a-library-worlds-largest-book-swap/200029570662613
- **Event Categories**: festivals, art, photography, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 198

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/folkestone-is-a-library-world-record-book-swap-attempt/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=folkestone-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Folkestone
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Sunny Sands
- **lat**: 51.081497484352
- **long**: 1.1905564405085
- **full address**: Sunny Sands, Quick Dip, The Stade, Folkestone, CT19 6, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Creative Folkestone (https://allevents.in/org/creative-folkestone/17440068)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sunny Sands, Quick Dip, The Stade, Folkestone, CT19 6, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Creative Folkestone
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, art, photography, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Folkestone is a Library: World's Largest Book Swap ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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