Shantir Boi serves the local community through books – for buying, borrowing, reading and discussing. We have books in Arabic, Bengali, English, Somali, Sylheti and Turkish for sale, along with numerous other languages for borrowing. We have books on Christianity and Islam, history and biography, and some classic poetry particularly from Bangladesh.

We were on Fashion Street off Brick Lane for 10 years, but we’ve just moved into Husk Community Centre in Limehouse, opposite the DLR Station on Commercial Road and 2 minutes from a bus stop for the D3, 15, 115 and 135.

Previously, we have provided classes and discussion groups on different topics, as well as film and cultural events. We will aim to re-start these in Limehouse very soon.