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"I look for you everywhere;" - Franz Kafka

meet the librarian strict, silent, and slightly judgmental.

This is where I post from

"Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better." —Ray Bradbury

She always went out with a book under her arm, and often came home with two. #Books #bookshops #reading. RT @BookTasters.

“Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.” ― Joseph Campbell, born #OTD in 1904

📣 TODAY IN REDLAND LIBRARY 🔰 Thursday 26th March 🔰 Getting To Know Your Place 🔰 An illustrated talk by Pete Insole 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

This is the catastrophic gradient against which the ACE vision of Let’s Create has been battling And why the Hodge Report, reorienting ACE priorities on Art, calls for local investment to be simultaneously repaired through newly delegated regional authority funds

Charity ‘concerned’ as Reform pulls libraries from refugee scheme artsprofessional.co.uk/news/charity-c…

Oooh just look at these. Absolutely stunning. To read to have and to hold I want

books are my friends illus. Studio LaWiene

📣 NEXT WEEK 🔰 Thursday 26th March 🔰 Getting To Know Your Place 🔰 An illustrated talk by Pete Insole 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

Words weave a secret garden in the mind.

Sunlight on books

Every book begins as paper and ends as part of you. Calm evening

The Readers Joseph Lorusso.

Polly Mabel

Good morning. 🪷 Check out the view of Claude Monet’s famous gardens, seen from the living room window of his home in Giverny, France. He lived there from 1883 until his death in 1926. Today, the house and gardens are open to the public, offering a glimpse into the master's life and inspiration.

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