Public Libraries News : 4th May
Ed Vaizey agrees to defend his record … if he’s around long enough
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2015/05/ed-vaizey-agrees-to-defend-his-record-if-hes-around-long-enough.html

THE GUARDIAN : 1st May
Judy Blume makes plea to New York mayor for library funds
Ed Vaizey accepts a challenge from writer Alan Gibbons to debate the health of public libraries
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/01/judy-blume-makes-plea-to-new-york-mayor-for-library-funds 

Ludlow Advertiser : 4th May
Church Stretton Library campaigners to take legal action
http://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/district/12929591.Church_Stretton_Library_campaigners_to_take_legal_action/

Books

FINE AND NANDY?

That’s politics… the shadow libraries minister we met and liked, Lillian Greenwood, has been transported to transport. Now, after a nail-bitingly long wait, just as this newsletter was finalised, we…