Iain Broome

A personal weblog. By Iain Broome, novelist, copywriter and founder of Write for Your Life.
“ It’s always difficult to explain to people with money what it’s like to have very little. It’s all very well replacing local libraries with enormous libraries—but for those families for whom getting on a train to visit the British Library is inconceivable, having a local branch 100 yards from your front door can change your life.
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Zadie Smith; Loses Battle to Save a London Library - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire (via peterwknox)

Absolutely right and it looks like Zadie Smith’s campaign to save her local library has failed too. Such a shame.

(via librarianista)

Source: theatlanticwire.com

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