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Browse pre-loved paperbacks, swap a book with a stranger and write to your future self at Ninetails on Radio this Aug

Two days of pre-loved paperbacks, a blind book swap and a letter to your future self – all free, all in one weekend at Ninetails on Radio Cafe & Bar

Kaweewat Siwanartwong
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Kaweewat Siwanartwong
Senior Staff Writer, Time Out Thailand
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Calling all book lovers: clear your weekend and give your favourite reads the send-off they deserve at the Reshelf Secondhand Book Market, the first-ever market from Reshelf, the platform where secondhand books change hands and start again.

It's a simple idea at heart. Every book you've loved and finished is just sitting on the shelf, spine cracked, gathering dust. This is where it finds someone new. The market runs August 29-30, 10am-6 pm, at Ninetails on Radio Cafe & Bar, and it costs you nothing.

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Photograph: The Commons ThonglorBangkok

The stalls come stacked with pre-loved paperbacks and hardbacks, chosen with real care and priced to move. Expect to crouch, flip covers and lose track of time. Then there's the bit everyone talks about: the Blind Book Swap. You bring something from home you're ready to release, wrap it in paper so nobody can peek, decorate it with the pens, stickers and tape laid out on the table and pass it on to a stranger.

The fun keeps going as you wander. Collect stickers from the booths as you browse, gather enough and you can redeem a Lucky Draw at the Reshelf table. Over in the postcard corner, you write a note to your future self, post it in the mailbox and wait. It reaches you at the end of the year, straight from you to you. 

Register ahead here and pick up a special gift when you arrive. One last thing before you head out the door: bring a tote bag. You're going to need it.

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