250,000 books on London’s South Bank

Here's something pretty amazeing to check out if you're visiting London's Southbank this month.....a giant maze of 250.000 books that will raise funds for Oxfam

A new pop-up art installation on London’s South Bank is sure to attract a few literature lovers – having been built out of 250,000 books.

A child plays in the ‘aMAZEme’ labyrinth (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The vast labyrinth of literature, entitled aMAZEme, has been installed in the capital’s Royal Festival Hall as part of the Southbank Centre’s Festival of the World.

Bookworms are invited to visit the project, built over the course of four days with the help of hundreds of volunteers.

They will get the chance to navigate the walled maze, with an accompanying audio tour further immersing the audience in a world of celebrated literature.

The maze is inspired by celebrated writer JL Borges (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty)

Created by Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo, the maze has been designed in the shape of celebrated writer JL Borges’ unique fingerprint.

Oxfam has loaned 150,000 used books to the project, while another 100,000 have been donated by publishing houses from around the UK.

A visitor gets lost in the aMAZEme labyrinth at The Southbank Centre (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty)

All of the books will be given to Oxfam once the maze is deconstructed, with the funds from the project being used for their work fighting poverty around the world.

aMAZEme will run until August 25 as part of a 12-week nationwide celebration.