Who wants to sleep over at a Waterstones bookstore?
As we previously reported, when an American became trapped in a Waterstones bookstore in London after staff closed up for the night, responses to the event on Twitter trended towards jealous.
So Waterstones is inviting patrons to spend the entire night.
According to the , the UK bookstore chain will have 10 winners (plus a friend) of a contest stay at Waterstones Piccadilly. The event will be held on Oct. 24, according to the contest page on the website , and those who want to participate should say in a single sentence what they would read if they were inside a bookstore all night. (Users must set up an Airbnb account to do so.) According to the site, the night is a 鈥渙ne-time opportunity.鈥�
鈥淲ith Waterstones Piccadilly all to yourself, saunter up and down our beautiful central staircase, from our Ground Floor Bestsellers to our Fourth Floor鈥檚 Russian Bookshop, and let your imagination loose,鈥� the site reads. 鈥淪ettle down on the comfy airbeds and sleeping bags provided and drift off surrounded by the fantastical tales, incredible true stories, and beautiful books of all shapes and sizes that are packed into the more than eight and a half miles of book shelves.听
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That鈥檚 not all though 鈥� there鈥檚 plenty of treats and surprises in store. Food (Grazebox and Weetabix to name a few), entertainment, bedding 鈥� we got you covered! The only thing you need to worry about is what to read next. And if someone will let you out in the morning鈥� But that wouldn鈥檛 be a problem would it?鈥�
There will be a tour of the store and 鈥渙ther treats.鈥澨�
Participants must be 18 or older, and the contest closes on Oct. 22 at noon GMT. Guests will be in the store from 9 pm that night to 9 a.m. the next day.
