well guardian has love letter to libraries on the website today. for me a a reader and a blogger wth out my local library I would be a poorer reader.
To Brim Library
Not cute or big but
a 100 paces from my door
You too this reader
A 100 miles and more in the mind
Dear brim library
you have filled my mind to the brim
Taken me as a reader to the rim
I love my library I use it every week near enough without it I wouldn’t been able to have done the last three shadow IFFP juries as they have always had some if not most of the books I wanted. In a time when we are talking about kids not read we need keep open our libreaires our shining beacons in the dark world of tech.I love the fact a click away is nearly every book I could ever want and the journeys I take in the world of translated fiction .
Stu library user .
It doesn’t have to be big or magnificent to do the job. Well done, Stu, for standing up for your local!
No they can get me he books I want and that is what I love
I love my library too, Stu, and I think society would be the poorer without them.
It’s fab you have a local place that can get you access to such a wide array of books – good for them! “Libraries gave us power….”
I love my library as well, or, to be more precise, the library systems in my area. I searched the catalogs for “translated fiction” the other day and was delighted to see how many books popped up. Interestingly enough, the smallest branch has the widest selection; it obviously has an awesome acquisitions librarian.
A bit before Xmas I was in my local library, which is quite small, when I overheard a child joyously exclaim ‘Wow! Look at all these books! What a cool place!’ It made me feel glad to be alive. 🙂