Women around the world are Watch Class of Lies Onlinetoday celebrating International Women's Day 2017 (IWD) by hiding feminist books in plain sight in public places for people to find and enjoy.
SEE ALSO: Why Emma Watson is hiding books on the London UndergroundPeople in the UK, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Singapore, France, Italy, Germany and Hungary and Slovakia have been posting about their book-hiding endeavours.
Emma Watson tweeted about the global project, which is being organised in collaboration with The Book Fairies as part of her feminist bookclub initiative Our Shared Shelf's collaboration with Books on the Underground.
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Watson took to the London Underground in late 2016 to hide copies of Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom. But Watson has taken the project to a global scale to mark IWD.
Readers who find the books are encouraged to return the books to a public place for another person to enjoy.
Commuters in London woke up to books in train and Tube stations across the city.
Copies of Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Roadand Marjane Satrapi's Persepoliswere left at Platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross St Pancras station.
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An assortment of feminist books were left on benches at Elephant and Castle Tube station in central London.
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A copy of Caitlin Moran's How to be a Womanwas left at Clapham North station.
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In Milan, Italy, copies of books by Steinem and Moran were left in Piazza Gae Aulenti.
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People in Paris were also taking part in the initiative.
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In Budapest, Hungary, one reader found a copy of Persepolisat Deák Ferenc tér.
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In Berlin, Germany, copies of Mom & Me & Momwere left on benches at the Schönhauser Allee metro station.
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A copy of Moran's How to be a Woman popped up in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, copies of Persepolis were hidden in plain sight at metro stations.
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And a copy of Moran's book was left on public transport in Dubai.
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In Singapore, copies of Steinem's text were placed in the arms of statues on Market Street.
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And, in Auckland, New Zealand, a copy of Persepolis was hidden at the Britomart Transport Centre.
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Happy International Women's Day!
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