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Tuesday 23 October 2007

The Good Library Blog

Via The Bookseller:


Library campaigner Tim Coates has made his last contribution to his popular blog, The Good Library Blog, and opened it up as a public web forum instead. "I wanted to change the tone and open up the discussion to other people. It was in a rut," he said.

Coates' last entry on 18th October attracted praise from both sides of the debate. One commenter, "Peter", said: "I don't always agree with your views, but you've raised many important issues (and some hackles) that needed to be aired." Another, Amanda Field, praised its "consciousness-raising" brilliance. "[It's useful to know] that people all around the UK are battling against the same problems."

Posted by Mark Thwaite
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Tuesday 23 October 2007

Halloween Horrors

Short notice, I know, but tonight at 7pm at The Salt Museum (162 London Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 8AB) -- Halloween Horrors: An evening of readings from Phobic: Modern Horror Stories with Nicholas Royle, Conrad Williams and & Emma Unsworth. Admission is £3 (on sale at the door; redeemable against the price of the book).

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Serendipoetry

The More Loving One

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.

-- W.H. Auden
Collected Poems (Faber and Faber)

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