Twenty young people with interesting stories to tell were made available for library visitors to borrow them for a half-hour conversation.

Included in the Living Library were local cricketing champions, immigrants, refugees and musicians.

Library assistant Amanda Martimbianco said they are planning on holding a second Living Library event in the next six months.

“This one was all young people for youth week, but next time they will be all ages,” Ms Martimbianco said.

“We’ll also be looking to increase the number of books taking part in the event.”

Around 50 borrowers turned up to use the Living Library, a total that exceeded expectations.

Ms Martimbianco said the feedback from the event, from both borrowers and books, was very positive.

“They all said they learnt something, and that they would come back to do it again,” she said.

“We were very happy with the way it ran.”

Though all the books in the Living Library were borrowed out several times, the most popular books were reportedly a young police officer, as well as youths representing different cultural backgrounds.

These included young people from Afghani and Indian cultures.