We are a not-for-profit Community Interest Company based in Luton, which has been set up to encourage a love of reading and creative writing at any age through a range of events, activities and initiatives, and to promote the early uptake of reading in children.
Our secondhand community book shop, Brown Books, is located at 77 High Town Road, Luton LU2 0BW. Our February opening house are 12 noon to 5pm, Tuesday to Friday and 11am to 5pm on Saturday. New, longer opening hours will start in March.
Plans are afoot! Keep checking back or keep an eye on our social media for updates.
We successfully delivered our first ever Book Festival in 2022, take a look at our Facebook page to see all the photos and videos from the day.
Past projects our fantastic team have been working on!
We produced a booklet with funding support from Luton Rising to showcase a selection of the creative pieces by those children who attended, and with some blank pages for those who came to the festival to have a go at creating their own works and to use in the events.
Download a copy using this link.
Mariana set up the CIC in 2019 to deliver a range of initiatives and projects to make books, reading and all forms of creative writing more accessible to all. Having started reading comic books from an early age, she firmly believes if someone can find a style of writing, a character or a storyline that is relatable, or that they can identify with, it can potentially open up thousands of worlds and adventures for any new reader to explore…
Phoebe was super excited to be asked to work with Luton Literature. She has always strived to contribute positively to her local community and is passionate about making books widely accessible to all. Having graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Liberal Arts and an Msc degree from the University of Edinburgh in Modern and Contemporary Art: Curation, Criticism and Art History, Phoebe knows the power of books in educating and inspiring both knowledge and growth.
