ECHO Mobile Library

Esteemed librarian and now certified nutcase Dr Tulsi Parikh is walking 100km in 24 hours to raise money for our library.

Please support her by sponsoring her! (Link in our bio)

Tulsi, you are a legend. I hope you have some good walking boots.

"I miss Zeno now she is at the other camp. When you go take her this and say my heart and her heart are one. Can you bring her with the library next time?"

Here's a few sneaky shots of the past few weeks of sessions - it's been fun and lovely to meet lots of new people and be running such diverse sessions with people of ages and languages.

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ECHO 2016-2026 - Love our Library 10 year anniversary This year ECHO mobile library is celebrating its 10th birthday with a series of events, talks and fundraisers to help us continue our multilingual community library work in and around Athens.

We have made lovely new friends here at willows house publication at the Cairo book fair. They specialise in writers from Sudan and we are excited to be putting their books on our shelves very soon!

Late last year we were visited by Martin, a journalist and library enthusiast who was in Athens to see many things, including our bookmobile

For you Swedish speakers out there, here is the article he wrote about the ECHO mobile library.

Thank you Martin!

Biblioteksbuss ger plats för drömmar i grekiska flyktingläger - Biblioteksbladet Många av välgörenhetsorganisationerna har lämnat de grekiska flyktinglägren. Men människor är fortfarande på flykt, inte sällan i och runt Aten där några organisationer vägrar ge upp, trots små resurser. Bland dem finns tre radikala bibliotek, som Biblioteksbladet berättar om i en seri...

ECHO mobile library muses - 2025 fundraiser
!!!!!!!!!!FINAL DAY!!!!!!!!!!

We thought we'd save our favourite (it's no secret) til last.

Emma Goldman, the dynamite-eating anarchist. With a nomenclature like that she was clearly doing something right.

We hope you have enjoyed discovering the wonderful ECHO library muses as much as we did researching them.

A massive thank you to all our wonderful illustrators. We are overwhelmed with your kindness and generosity in giving your time and skills to make our muses a reality. We owe you a cup of tea and several slices of cake.

Our library cannot survive without your support. If you can, please donate today to keep us rolling into 2026.

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ECHO mobile library muses - 2025 fundraiser

Olympe de Gouges stood against slavery and advocated for equal rights of women at the dawn of the French Revolution. Unfortunately she was too ahead of her time, and quickly became disillusioned with the leaders of the revolution and their lack of attention to women's rights. She was executed in 1793, but her spirit lives on. Vive Olympe!

Thanks once again to Ester for her wonderful skills in service of our library muses.

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Peruvian poet, writer, political leader and all-round legend, may we introduce you to Magda Portal. Read to find out more this inspiring person.

Shout out to Francesca for the beautiful drawing :-)

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ECHO mobile library muses - 2025 fundraiser

Ursula le Guin was a strident and unique voice in the world of science fiction. She's also a particular inspiration for our librarians. We love you Ursula!

Thank you Hamish for this splendid representation.

Big love to those celebrating Christmas at this time, hope you all have a wonderful day with your favourite people and food.

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Dolores Ibárruri, or Pasionaria, was the daughter of a miner. She was forced through poverty to leave school at an early age, with her life experiences radicalising her to seek sweeping change to the repressive systems she witnessed. Joining the Communist party she became famous for her impassioned speeches and her most famous cry - No Pasaran (they shall not pass). She fought against Franco's fascism, but was forced to flee Spain, only returning after Franco's death.

With a big thanks to Simon for this delightful illustration

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ECHO mobile library muses - 2025 fundraiser

A muse like no other bell hooks really needs no introduction. However let us simply say she has changed the way we all think about so many pressing issues of identity, race, gender, class and love - a true intersectional queen.

Nuno wows us again with his drawing skills :-)

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