Waterstones to stop selling Kindle as book sales surge
Managing director James Daunt says: ‘Sales continue to be pitiful so we are taking the display space back.’
Source: Waterstones to stop selling Kindle as book sales surge | Books | The Guardian
Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature | Books | The Guardian
Chair of the Swedish Academy says Belarusian journalist’s work is a ‘monument to suffering in our time’
Source: Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature | Books | The Guardian
Brent SOS Libraries Light of Learning Relay
A little bit of excitement and at the library this weekend. The annual Brent SOS Libraries Light of Learning Relay takes place on coming Sunday 11 October.
There will be Cake outside the Cricklewood Library development 152 Olive Road, next to Oman Court, at 11.30am, the torch will arrive at 12noon from Willesden Green and our runner will set off for Neasden.
This marks 4 years since the closure of 6 libraries in Brent – come along and celebrate our steadfast commitment to continue fighting for our libraries.
Please share this info on your social networks, and do come along, if you can, to support the Cricklewood Library runner.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The British Library needs your help to solve this hidden message
How good are you at solving puzzles? Fancy a go at this one?
Source: The British Library needs your help to solve this hidden message
A variation on ‘the dog ate my homework’
Look after those library books, kids.
Source: 8-year-old wrote an adorable apology after accidentally ripping a library book