Libraries – Pictures and Conversations

Molly Hilton: Library Assistant by Bertha Lonsdale

First of all, let me put my cards on the table. I am a Chartered Librarian. I qualified in 1990 and gained my Charter in…

How dated is this cover?! I never even thought about it when I first read See You Thursday by Jean Ure because I was a…

I had the very great pleasure of meeting Dan Smith when I was asked if I would like to host a couple of events on…

I discovered the Drina books by Jean Estoril serendipitously in Lossiemouth Library as a child. I read them in a random order as and when…

What a brilliant artist Emily Gravett is and what wonderful picture books she produces. Her first book was Wolves. Set in a library, it was,…

As I write, it is a beautiful autumn day: the sun is shining, the sky is blue and there is scarcely a breeze. The view…

Over the last few weeks I've met and listened to about as many authors as I could cope with! Without exception they've been lovely people…

Yesterday I met Anne Shirley. Well, not really, of course, but someone from Library and Archives Canada dressed up as her. This year, of course,…