Love letters to libraries
Authors and readers share their love for libraries and librarians
Readers' love letters to libraries
After leading authors showed their love for libraries in written and graphic form, it’s readers’ turn. From life-defining visits to treasured childhood memories, these are some of our favourite tributes
Love letters to libraries: Michael Morpurgo
The author of War Horse makes a passionate plea for free books for children - and demonstrates their importance with a scene from his novel I Believe in Unicorns, in which a librarian inspires a small boy’s love for books and reading
Love letters to libraries: the Etherington Brothers
The siblings who created Monkey Nuts join us in a celebration of libraries with an exclusive comic strip. Enter the wacky world of Robin and Lorenzo Etherington and discover their tribute to Arundel library
Love letters to libraries: Jacqueline Wilson
The former Children’s Laureate writes a love letter to Kingston Library, where she discovered Laura Ingalls Wilder and Virginia Woolf
Love letters to libraries: Chris Riddell
From his first adventures in reading, to the librarians who inspired him, follow illustrator Chris Riddell’s graphic journey through life-changing books - exclusively for the Guardian
Love letters to libraries: Alexander McCall Smith
A tiny library opened in 1680 in the Perthshire countryside has inspired the devotion of the Scottish writer
Love letters to libraries: AL Kennedy
The Scottish writer kicks off a celebratory week in which leading authors will write a love letter to their favourite library, which the Guardian will publish exclusively
Love letters to libraries: share your tribute to your favourite
From places to go for kindly advice to havens of hush, libraries play a special role in cultural life. With councils up and down the country wielding the axe, Book Week Scotland has launched a campaign to get readers to write love letters to their favourite temple of reading
