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Post by Swampirella on Mar 10, 2021 22:31:31 GMT
Right on cue, a two page article in today's Mirror, Why We must Protect Our Public Libraries, primarily an extract from Allie Morgan's new book, The Librarian, which highlights their value to the poorest members of the community as refuge, learning centre, means of internet access, meeting place, somewhere to keep warm ... Link I know I've used our wonderful public library for many years as a comfortable place to go when I needed to "get away from it all without spending (any) money. I used their desktop pcs before I gave in & got wifi at home & of course since childhood visited weekly or more often to get books.
Since it's inception in the late 60s it was open from 10am-10pm daily but for the last 10yrs or so started closing earlier on Saturdays & is only open half-days on public holidays. Naturally it's been closed altogether since the pandemic started, aside from Zoom activities & recent no-contact book pick-up that may or may not still continue.
Their reading areas are more spacious and comfortable than in my home....
Edit: Attached photos twice but they disappeared both times.
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Post by helrunar on Mar 11, 2021 14:33:42 GMT
So, I'm reading Elizabeth Hand's latest Cass Neary novel--and some of it really is quite the dire slog, which is what one would expect when the protagonist is a depressed, aging, possibly psychotic alcoholic prescription drug addict--are you still with me? Anyway, I just read a passage that had a book runner describing the scene at the Farringdon Road bookstalls in 1971 and it led me to this article. Not really the right thread for it, but I don't have time or energy this morning to seek out a more suitable lodging: www.bookride.com/2010/06/lost-bookstalls.htmlcheers, Hel |
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