Keira Dignan

Keira Dignan has been coordinating the ECHO Mobile Library since she moved to Athens in 2018. Keira is a passionate believer in the power of the people and our ability to bring about a more just world. Before becoming an Athenian, she organized in the climate justice movement in her hometown of London. Keira also works as a freelance writer for publications such as the New Internationalist, Al Araby and Twitter (@DignanKeira). Keira’s hobbies include bad quality baking and getting carried away on the dance floor.

ECHO Mobile Library is a library in a van. Stocked with books in eleven different languages, it travels across the south of mainland Greece, visiting ten refugee camps, community centers, and streetside spots on its rolling weekly schedule. The library is open to everyone – no money asked for, no paperwork needed. It is a space for lending, borrowing, book reading, tea sipping, debate having, guitar playing, skill sharing, language learning and sometimes impromptu dabke party having. ECHO is run democratically by a small collective of people with a range of backgrounds and reading tastes. You can find the library in Athens on Wednesday afternoons – check their facebook @refugeelibrary for the timetable and feel free to drop by for a book or a chat.