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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 17424964" data-attributes="member: 158020">-The Town of Books- Hay-on-Wye is a small market town and community on the banks of the  river Wye in Powys, Wales, adjacent to the English border. Often  described as "the town of books", Hay-on-Wye draws a large number of  book lovers looking for bargain across more than 40 bookstores selling  mostly second-hand books. The town is also home to the Hay Literature  Festival which brings some 80,000 writers, publishers and literature  fans from all across the world at end of May each year. It all  started in 1961 when Richard Booth opened his first second-hand bookshop  in Hay, in an old fire station. He hired a couple of strong men from  the town and took them to America, where libraries were closing fast.  There he bought books and shipped them in containers back to Hay-on-Wye.  Over time other libraries joined the initiative and started shelves,  shops and more ways to sell used books appeared in every corner. By the  1970s Hay had become internationally known as the "Town of Books".  Today, the town receives an estimated 500,000 tourists a year. Among the numerous bookshops in Hay, the most unusual and delightful  are the ones called “Honesty Bookshops”. These bookshops, sometimes  nothing more than a shelf on a wall, are usually unmanned. People simply  select books and drop the money in a small letter box. There is one  located on the grounds of Hay Castle – a 12th century fortress in the  heart of the town. This open air bookshop consist of wooden shelves,  stacked against the castle boundary walls, and lined with books. The  paperbacks are 10p each and the hardcovers are £1. There is a small box  with a slot in the front and a white card sign which says, “Pay Here”. Since  1988, Hay-on-Wye has been hosting the “Hay Festival of Literature &  Arts” that has, over the years, drawn writers such as David Simon,  Stephen Fry, Salman Rushdie and Simon Singh. Described by Bill Clinton  in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind", the festival has expanded in  recent years and now includes musical performances and film previews. <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p-PG6dJGe4s/VHL5XTirdXI/AAAAAAAA9NA/knorsAbtHyo/hay-on-wye-16%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fZ6cmRy5yzE/VHL5aQSfQCI/AAAAAAAA9NI/uCm7D8N5qRM/hay-on-wye-2%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fPFB956m0B8/VHL5eKJze4I/AAAAAAAA9NQ/Jm9JANUXkU8/hay-on-wye-3%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d0lK4FDZiao/VHL5j0k762I/AAAAAAAA9NY/7C4LBQiqxp8/hay-on-wye-4%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hxqxLa4ZBbI/VHL5oZYRg5I/AAAAAAAA9Ng/NTG1TO-BZ44/hay-on-wye-5%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PBe5rRJWNBo/VHL5wxgwPoI/AAAAAAAA9No/BYo0xWfQNMM/hay-on-wye-15%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-G4boFRdF3vc/VHL56zaZZqI/AAAAAAAA9Nw/CWWfPhcyx8M/hay-on-wye-6%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UmIHMdOdus0/VHL6E-iTF_I/AAAAAAAA9N4/JoAHdADmhM8/hay-on-wye-7%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bMJV_CbVmL0/VHL6IojA-mI/AAAAAAAA9OA/1r8t_xrRUIs/hay-on-wye-8%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aRJSJz3uHA0/VHL6be_EGBI/AAAAAAAA9OI/B_r_l0YD9K4/hay-on-wye-9%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-el4QtwsoA-E/VHL6e0WbY-I/AAAAAAAA9OQ/qnUG3y69X2M/hay-on-wye-10%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-REZljdYUyR8/VHL6g5gzx_I/AAAAAAAA9OY/SZ8S0hKD-cI/hay-on-wye-1%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WxhbKXYnAzk/VHL6jSzjxbI/AAAAAAAA9Og/waew4pZECzg/hay-on-wye-12%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nK9PiH-Q17g/VHL6lwwGBcI/AAAAAAAA9Oo/stbuvP69YOo/hay-on-wye-13%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--6PEFxe4OWY/VHL6oizYDtI/AAAAAAAA9Ow/OJFa0XGDOWg/hay-on-wye-17%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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