Located in the grounds of Hay Castle, Wales is the Honesty Bookshop, a 24-hour open air bookshop where people select books and post the money for them through a small letterbox. Hardbacks at 50p and paperbacks at 30p. The Castle is at Hay-on-Wye, the “town of books,” so much so that according to my guidebook “if you don’t like books, you should certainly avoid Hay-on-Wye.” If you’re of the sort who does, however, be sure to make it out for the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts. (thx, adam)
Hay is a wonderful place and I’ve been lucky enough to perform at the festival twice in the last few years. If you ever get the chance to go, you really, really must.
http://robaroundbooks.com/2008/11/bookshelf-of-the-week-honesty-bookshop/
