Reading time: 2 Minutes

If you commute to London for work or are visiting the city on a trip this summer, be sure to stop by Canary Wharf and pick up some free short stories to entertain you on your way to work.

Following its success so far, international publisher Penguin Books has created ‘Short Story Stations’ where you can print out one, three and five minute readings. These can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry, and each month has a different theme. This month is South Asian Heritage Month, with contributions from Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, Women’s Prize winner VV Ganeshananthan and Empireworld Author Sathnam Sanghera and more.

To get your free reading pieces, visit any station in the Crossrail Palace Roof Garden or Jubilee Place in Canary Wharf. Find the reading station, press a button and print out a story for your commute!

Current stories include:

1. Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera
In his groundbreaking new book, Sanghera examines the legacy of the British Empire around the world.

2. Say you will be my Jaan by Naina Kumar
Meghna tried everything to find her jaan: Blind dates, the dreaded apps, even trying to talk to strangers. Anything but arranged marriage…

3. The feel-good solution by Lavina Mehta
Designed specifically to improve your health during perimenopause, menopause and beyond, this book provides quick, fun and effective bites of exercise, mind and lifestyle snacks that will benefit you both physically and mentally.

4. Knife by Salman Rushdie
A gripping account of survival and recovery by internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie.

5. The Girlfriend Act by Safa Ahmed
A wonderfully heartwarming story with lovable characters who find the courage to stay true to themselves and their dreams.

6. Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan
Exploring a family torn apart by civil war, this beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught between conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives.

7. Race and education by Kalwant Bhopal
Professor Kalwant Bhopal shows how race in Britain still determines who gets the best education and who falls by the wayside. Using case studies, her own research and interviews with students, teachers and academics, she shows how the emergence of privilege begins at a young age.