It talks, it walks, it speaks. It's a book.

There I was, sitting on my exercise bike at the gym, earphones plugged in and I hear a talk on The Human Library. The what? Well it is what it says: a library of human beings,whom you can take walkies in order to hear them speak about themselves. And what you can talk to them about are your prejudices, your hang-ups.

How do you feel about druggies, bank robbers, disfigured people, muslims, pro-life campaigners? You are bound to feel uncomfortable with the views or behaviour of some members of our society and the Human Library exists to try to overcome some of our (perhaps ignorant) views. Such libraries already exists in over 50 countries, including Switzerland, Hungary, Israel and Egypt with more joining.

Taking a 'book' out is free and you may be in for an interesting experience if you have a go. Best sellers include being a muslim, being HIV positive or you might have a problem with the idea of male nannies and want to address that. Find out more by Googling The Human Library Organisation.