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Wide of Oxfam book shop2. Wide of Bill Nighy at till with book, working behind the till3. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\"I'm an ambassador for Oxfam and I have been for some years now...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, UK, 6 July 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Oxfam book shop\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Bill Nighy at till with book, working behind the till\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm an ambassador for Oxfam and I have been for some years now and I do a bit of work for them because I admire them and because obviously there's an emergency on.\" \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Bill Nighy working behind till\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Bookfest is to highlight the fact that there are 130 Oxfam book shops in England and they make �20 million pounds (sterling) a year, which was quite surprising to me. They make 1.6 million pounds a month, which is enough per month to provide safe water for 2 million people, so it is a serious concern.  They are also very groovy and I like second hand book shops and I used to spend my youth in second hand book shops. I love books and they've come on since I was a young man, because they actually have first editions here and you can come and buy some seriously collectable books, or for ten pence you can buy one of many many millions of books.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of actor Bill looking at books on shelf\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a very satisfying way for people to help. If you've got any books in the basement or in the attic you can just put... a shopping bag full of books could provide a goat for a village in Africa and a goat for a village in Africa is a revolutionary act. These people live at such a level of extreme poverty that something of that kind radicalises their lives - and it is an emergency.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of actor Bill looking at books on shelf\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"87 percent of every pound or penny you give to Oxfam is delivered into the hands of the people that you are aiming for. That is the statistic, so if anybody tells you that the money doesn't get through they should revise their opinion. I'm putting that very politely.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of actor Bill Nighy posing for photos\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Just recently 8.7 trillion dollars has been promised to bail out the bankers in the recent financial crisis, if we redirected that money to extreme poverty we wouldn't have this conversation, you wouldn't have to listen to me again. You would never have to listen to any actor banging on  - it would be over. It is actually possible,it's not some hippy thing, it's not some pipe dream over fairytale, it is absolutely possible to put an end to extreme poverty. This is the modern world, we have everything, it's just over here and not over there.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of Bill Nighy posing for photos with Joanna Trollope (right of Bill) and Monica Ali\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You can just buy a book, you can buy a book in Oxfam while everybody else is working out who they want to kill next Oxfam quietly gets on with trying to help people to eat and to have basic human rights. Primary education, medical help, obviously AIDS is an emergency now in the world and people need help in that area and Oxfam provides help in all those areas and you can just bring a book down from your attic or put them in the boot of your car, or come here and buy one. It's a very satisfying thing, I've always liked second hand book shops and there's music here too, there's a wall of vinyl over there and you never know what you're going to find.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of Bill Nighy working behind till\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'd love to tell you that it went well, but it didn't go terribly well, I was a bit ham fisted on the till but it was my first go. I think I probably over charged someone and I couldn't do the credit card thing very well -  I've basically been getting in the way, but Joanna Trollope was much better than it than I am and Monica Ali is here and also for the next fortnight, until July 17th, if you check out your local Oxfam shop there will be some famous writer in there trying to sell you a book, so some of your favourite authors may turn up in your town.\" \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of Bill posing for photos while looking at books on shelf\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE ( English) Billy Nighy, actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am in the next Harry Potter, I will be Rufus Scrimgeour, who is the Minister of Magic and he is a very very important man. He's a very powerful Wizard and god knows why they thought of me, but I am in it. I am no longer the only English actor not to be in Harry Potter and I am very pleased.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of Bill at book shelf\u003cbr/\u003eCelebrities and authors including Bill Nighy, Joanna Trollope and Phillip Pullman launched the first annual Oxfam Bookfest, the first nationwide book festival on Monday (06JUL09.)\u003cbr/\u003eBill Nighy got stuck in as he helped volunteer at one of the charity's bookshops, serving customers and arranging the shelves for the launch.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also snapped up first edition copies of novels by two of his favourite authors - Ernest Hemingway and Kingsley Amis - at the store in London's Marylebone High Street.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I like second hand book shops and I used to spend my youth in second hand book shops. I love books and they've come on since I was a young man, because they actually have first editions here and you can come and buy some seriously collectable books, or for ten pence you can buy one of many many millions of books,\"  he said.\u003cbr/\u003eMonica Ali, Joanna Trollope and Mark Haddon were also volunteering in the Marylebone High Street Oxfam bookshop on Monday, working behind the counter, sorting and pricing books, and serving customers.    \u003cbr/\u003eOxfam has more than 130 specialist bookshops and sells books in nearly all of its 700 shops.   \u003cbr/\u003eThe festival aims to fight poverty through a love of reading by asking readers to donate to and buy from Oxfam shops, and come along to one of the hundreds of Bookfest events. \u003cbr/\u003eThe average selling price for one book is �1.60. \u003cbr/\u003eTwelve books would be enough to buy a emergency hygiene kit, while just four books could provide clean water for a family.   \u003cbr/\u003eMore than 280 book-related events will take place in bookshops and other venues around the country throughout the fortnight, featuring well-known authors from all over the UK. \u003cbr/\u003eThe events take in everything from author readings and poetry competitions to quizzes, auctions and even ghost walks, in venues from local Oxfam bookshops to the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.   \u003cbr/\u003eActor Bill Nighy said: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Oxfam Bookfest is such a wonderful idea. As a book lover and a long-term Oxfam supporter, I am so pleased to support the initiative - it will give everyone a chance to find a bargain and raise lots of money at the same time. I'd encourage everyone to get down to their local Oxfam bookshop, find out about their local Bookfest event or even donate any unwanted books they have. 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