An artist's image of the book shop A CROWDFUNDING plea to bring a community bookshop to St Helens town centre has reached its target of £40,000. The project needed to achieve the minimum amount to become a reality. At about 4.45pm on Sunday the project hit the target. The former Furniture Boutique on Bridge Street, part of Church Square Shopping Centre, will be transformed into a bookshop and could launch in March. The £40k mark was the minimum target to unlock the matched funding and organisers will leave the appeal open in the coming days in an effort to reach £45k, which would secure additional funds.