LATEST AWFUL NEWS: Lambeth council suddenly proposes to cut 1 MILLION from libraries annual budget, which is only £4.7m - a sum almost unchanged for 40 YEARS! Come to Lambeth Town Hall, 4.30pm, Monday 24th Feb, before the 5pm Cabinet meeting set to rubber-stamp this destruction

TODAY Sat 18 IN PETERBOROUGH - libraries!

THE DCMS WON'T HELP CROYDON PEOPLE - due to lose whole libraries this week with no replacement at all. This breaks council's legal duty. BE AT SHIRLEY LIBRARY, 4pm Friday 8th to protest!

Haringey resident? This Thursday, 12 Sept, 5-7pm, "vox pop" at Stroud Green & Harringay Library. 2 local cllrs speaking, and a voice for YOU! Find out what is planned for the libraries (it's not good), have your say and get involved!

You may be surprised to learn why best-selling thriller writer Louise Candlish came to love libraries... Chat to her & fellow library supporters at The Library Campaign mini-conference Saturday afternoon 15 June. Free. Open to all. Live in London or online eventbrite.com/e/the-library…

NOW ONLINE: The Library Campaign's latest mag - whatever happened to the 1964 Act? grim summary of 14 years damage to libraries; IT in libraries; what Sanderson said; how adults put kids off reading; major research on what Friends groups do - and more. librarycampaign.com/wp-conte…

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