Two best friends launched the project Books on the Rail, which encourages Australians to leave books on public transport so other can enjoy them too.
Self-proclaimed bookaholics, Ali and Mich started leaving their own books on the trains, trams and buses of Melbourne earlier this year. Excited by their idea, authors and publishers joined them, also leaving books behind.
Thanks to more than 500 "book ninjas", Books on the Rail is now everywhere in Australia.
"We set books loose on Australian public transport services. We have everything from historical fiction to memoirs to psychological thrillers to colouring in books in circulation. They're there to be taken, read (or coloured!), shared, and of course, enjoyed! Once thoroughly satisfied, the books are to be released back into the wild, ready to be discovered, time after time, by unsuspecting commuters", Ali and Mich explain.
If you find or leave a book in the wild, you can share it on social media tagging @BooksontheRail or #BooksontheRails
The book Young Digger, which we've talked about here, is among the books found in Melbourne:
Other books found thanks to Books on the Rail :
