Josie Henley-Einion author of the brilliant Silence has been featured in an article about libraries in Wales in the South Wales Echo.
The article is about Cardiff's new city library that has come under criticism for closing to early and not provoding enough events and extra activities. Below is an extract:
"Novelist Josie Henley-Einion, who lives in Ely, Cardiff, won critical acclaim for her last book, Silence.
She said: “I did attend a book event in a library in London in the evening. If they did events like that they would attract people to go in there.
“But I’ve not seen many of those in Cardiff. Most of them seem to be in cafes or bars.”
A spokeswoman for the National Literacy Trust said of Cardiff library’s opening hours: “It does not seem very customer friendly.”
Brough Girling, a friend of Cardiff writing legend Roald Dahl and director of Readathon, said later opening hours would benefit younger readers.
He said: “Isn’t it true that children’s library lending is holding up better than adults’?
“The way to snuff out children’s reading is by restricting (library) hours.
“Children’s recreational reading only comes when they learn to love books and that can be through book ownership or borrowing and that is where the libraries come in.”
To read the article in full click here!
Lucy
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