About Project

On the evening of Thursday, November 3rd, around 11:30 pm, someone piled the Iliad Bookshop's free books up against the store's main doors and set fire to the stack. They taped flyers on the store's walls; the flyers are incoherent but indicate this was a deliberate act of arson. We were very lucky: neighbors saw the flames and flagged down a passing firetruck; had the firefighters arrived mere moments later, the entire store would probably have gone up. As it is, we suffered heavy damage to the main entry. The doors (which are metal) are still functional, but will need...