Fifty benches celebrating popular London-linked fiction have been scattered about London . The first was in the Strand Theatre, where a play by John Mortimer had just opened. The `` Books about Town '' trails , launched by two UK charities , the National Literacy Trust and Wild in Art , can be found in London 's Bloomsbury , Greenwich , Riverside and City areas until mid-September 2014 . Seating trails will be in place until September after which the benches will be auctioned for charity .
Fifty benches celebrating popular London-linked fiction have been scattered about London . The first was in the Strand Theatre, where a play by John Mortimer had just opened. Seating trails will be in place until September after which the benches will be auctioned for charity .