--- --- # People Are Finding Emma Watson's Free Books Around the World on International Women’s Day,  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 8, 2017 8:09 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 8, 2017 8:09 PM UTC Keep an eye out for free copies of feminist literature around the world today, because book fairies—yes, [literal Book Fairies](https://twitter.com/the%5Fbookfairies)—are distributing a number of works by celebrated authors for free in honor of [International Women’s Day](http://motto.time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/), alongside Emma Watson’s [“Our Shared Shelf”](http://time.com/4172664/join-emma-watsons-feminist-book-club/) global book club project. This isn’t the first time that[ _Beauty and the Beast_ star](http://time.com/4689999/beauty-and-the-beast-review/) and equality advocate Watson has [made a play to indoctrinate](http://time.com/4554660/emma-watson-instagram-book-club/) unsuspecting people with feminist ideology. Meanwhile, this is the big launch of [the Book Fairies](http://ibelieveinbookfairies.com/our-shared-shelf/), who have 40 “fairies” in 25 countries working to get the (printed) word out. Copies of female-forward literature—like Alice Walker’s [_The Color Purple_,](http://time.com/4627805/hillary-clinton-standing-ovation-color-purple/) Caitlin Moran’s [_How to Be a Woman_](http://time.com/3479123/caitlin-moran-how-to-build-a-girl-interview/), and Gloria Steinem’s [_My Life on the Road_](http://motto.time.com/4695482/gloria-steinem-international-womens-day/)—are being dropped in public places from London to Berlin to Buenos Aires. Handwritten notes from Watson are slipped into many of the books, too. Lucky readers have already found a few of the books. > [](https://twitter.com/nathjones/status/839533112400936960) > [](https://twitter.com/lovealwayslala/status/839496624464347138) > [](https://twitter.com/MCeliaCR/status/839514122626678785) > [](https://twitter.com/julesbuddle/status/839466809967448066) > [](https://twitter.com/the%5Fbookfairies/status/839528959880593408) > [](https://twitter.com/zarinatweets/status/839466390331539456) > [](https://twitter.com/ohitsjean/status/839441689051869184) Watson herself prepared her followers for this sprinkling of magic. > [](https://twitter.com/EmmaWatson/status/839304817864499200) International Women's Day: Free Emma Watson Feminist Books ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/"},"headline":"People Are Finding Emma Watson's Free Books Around the World on International Women’s Day,","datePublished":"2017-03-08T20:09:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:44.621Z","description":"Copies of feminist literature are being dropped in public around the globe.","url":"https://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/","name":"People Are Finding Emma Watson's Free Books Around the World on International Women’s Day,"}}]}] ```