US EditionNick Cave donates 2,000 books to charity shop
HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, UK, JUL 21 – Nick Cave donated 2,000 books with personal notes and trinkets to Oxfam, tripling sales and drawing large fan crowds within days of the July 17 release.
- Last week, Nick Cave donated 2,000 books to the Oxfam bookshop on Blatchington Road in Hove, priced between £2.99 and £4.99.
- After moving to Los Angeles several years ago, Nick Cave released his album Wild God last year and has been touring with Colin Greenwood, after living over a decade in Hove.
- Within hours fans arrived and by next morning queues formed outside the store, and they found plane tickets, notes and empty cigarette packets in the books.
- The store’s takings surged, and Maggie Rea, deputy manager, said the donation tripled the shop’s takings.
- Richard, Oxfam staff member, said the team will need until later this week to prepare the rest for sale, and customers could queue again by Wednesday or Thursday.
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