First Capital Connect is piloting a book club for its passengers, giving away sample chapters on around 10 days each month
by: Alison Flood
Jammed into a packed commuter train on a Monday morning, the last thing most people would think of doing is striking up a literary conversation with their fellow travellers. But that's exactly what First Capital Connect is hoping they'll do after launching a new monthly book club for its customers.
Kicking off in March with bestselling US crime author Jonathan Kellerman's new thriller Evidence, which sees investigator Alex Delaware looking into the murder of a man and woman who have been bludgeoned to death on a building site, the initiative will see thousands of chapter samplers given away every morning and evening on around 10 days each month at First Capital Connect stations. Commuters will also be able to download samples from a website, with plans for discounts and competitions also in place.
First Capital Connect, which operates trains between London, Brighton, Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge and King's Lynn, said it hoped the scheme would brighten journeys and help improve its service. It plans to offer a new title in the book club each month, but did not comment on whether Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, in which a man is stabbed to death in his sleep on a train, might be a future offering for its readers.
From: Guardian
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