Thursday 23rd September – libraries on Newsnight
Top news programme Newsnight (BBC2, 10.30pm) is planning to feature public libraries on Thursday. This, we understand, is part of an examination of what government cuts are doing to local…
ESSEX CAMPAIGNERS RENEW THE FIGHT
When a plan for mass closures shocked the whole county in 2019, people quickly came together to fight it.Within days SOLE - Save Our Libraries Essex - was formed. A…
READ FREE – 1 WEEK ONLY! Special issue on libraries
The Bookseller, the Bible of the book trade, has published a whole issue focused on libraries - for the first time ever. It includes, of course, a piece by us…
The Story They Tell,
The Story They Tell, set up by graphic designer and library assistant Helen Anderson, tackles two issues in particular - that of library advocacy projects typically running for set periods…
READ IT HERE: latest library news
OUT NOW: latest issue of TLC's Campaigner magazine, the only UK magazine focused on public libraries.READ IT HERE: https://librarycampaign.com/magazinesTLC MEMBERS exclusively get the print version, delivered to their door - you…
Read the book before you see the film…
Filming now are two star-studded book adaptations with a strong literary presence. Make sure you read the books before you see them! Music icon Harry Styles is joined by Emma…
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN OCTOBER?
Not many of us really know, for obvious reasons. But we all hope that libraries will be open, and will be working hard to encourage people back through their doors.That’s…
GRAB YOUR TICKET TO A GLITTERING CRIME GALA!
Crime books - from cosy to noir - are always a hit in public libraries. And the annual Dagger awards from the Crime Writers' Association are a great way to…
SWINDON: SPARKS FLY OVER THREAT TO LIBRARIES
Just in time for the local elections on 6 May… a row has erupted over the fate of two libraries in Swindon.A local library campaigner has decided to make the…
Library Campaign Zoom meeting 14 April 2021 Update
Our first Zoom meeting on 14 April was a success. People attended from all over the country. The feedback we've had chimes in with our own thoughts - people value…
THE LIBRARY CAMPAIGN URGES COUNCILS NOT TO SELF-SABOTAGE
The Library Campaign is urging local councils to set their budgets - without sabotaging their best post-pandemic asset. Despite dire financial problems, there is one cut no council should make... a…
LIBRARIES SAVED IN TOWER HAMLETS!
Saved - for now, anyway. That’s the great news from Tower Hamlets, east London, where a determined campaign led the council last week (4 March) to scrap its library cuts. There…
TELL YOUR MP NOW!
Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse (London) is rightlyalarmed at the drastic library cuts planned for her patch in TowerHamlets.She has set up an Early Day Motion on…
FIVE Croydon libraries under threat… AGAIN!
Residents in Croydon love their libraries. The campaigns for individual libraries combined forces as Save Croydon Libraries campaign to fight the cuts more effectively in the past, and are already networking again. Friends…
GRIM STATISTICS – BUT HANG ON!
It’s that time of year again… the always-awful national statistics collected by CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy). And as always, people are weighing in with their interpretations.…