This Cultural Adventures blog is evidence of my love of travel; it’s about me going places or reading about going places. This time I want to tell you about Alex Johnson’s new book: “Improbable Libraries: unusual places to bury your head in a book…” Improbable places like on the back of a camel, and in vehicles like buses or van, or on a boat. His ideas remind me of those tiny boxes on posts some folk place at the edge of their driveway where people may take book or leave books as they wish.
Some of the things challenging libraries now are sociological, or economic (think poverty), some are architectural, and some are technological (think digital books and apps). Your best bet right now is to go to the Guardian website and read the excerpt posted there from Johnson’s book of fascinating challenges about getting books to people!!! It very encouraging, and fun, and may get you thinking about sharing books in your community!
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