A Busy Week Exploring by Stella Duffy
Wednesday, 16th May 2012 | 0 comments
A much busier week at the Library this one. And quite a bit of it not in the Library. More..
Writers In Residence
First Impressions from Stella Duffy
Wednesday, 9th May 2012 | 0 comments
It’s a week since I arrived here, the time seems to have gone very quickly and also incredibly slowly. Something about being away from my usual life, about not having to cook/clean/shop – all the ordinary things that get in the way of work, but which also punctuate a day, a week, so that it’s harder to notice the passing of time. More..
On Being a Liberal Writer
Monday, 16th April 2012 | 0 comments
What does it mean to be a liberal? There's something about generosity, I think, in the word itself. "Liberal with her praise." "Sprinkle olive oil on liberally." "A liberal application of money." Something about giving more than is strictly required and doing it gladly. That seems to me, when I ask myself, to be what I think of when I call myself a 'liberal'. I believe in being open, not closed. In looking, therefore, forward not back, because a generous attitude is also one which thinks that things certainly could be better in the future, that we will not find the best things only by conserving our meagre stock of ideas and achievements, but by passing them around in the expectation that others will do the same. More..
Nights in the library
Monday, 2nd April 2012 | 0 comments
9.40pm. Only 20 minutes to chucking-out time. But this is my favourite time in the library and on my last night here I want to savour every moment.
I feel I should reflect on my whole time here, but it seems too soon, somehow – I shall have to send a blog or two “from home” while I parse all that I've been thinking and feeling while I've been here.
Instead, tonight. A short meditation on this library at night.
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Book Group provides an opportunity for lively debate
Friday, 30th March 2012 | 0 comments
The first ‘proper’ meeting of ‘Seriously Books...’ got off to a flying start on Monday 12th March. Eighteen members met in the Glynne Room to discuss Naomi Alderman’s ‘The Lessons’. More..