Gabriella Page-Fort

ALT The image is a poster with several elements. On a blue background, there are several elements of a flyer. There is a photograph of a person looking at camera. Below that, the person’s name, and a description: Arundhathi Subramaniam Poet and writer Next to it is this text: I am offering you and nine others an online conversation around writing on the life of a spiritual seeker for a donation of INR 3000 each to FLN. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

ALT We will have a deep conversation around writing on the life of the spiritual seeker — the challenges and possible ways to navigate those. This will be via online video chat, with up to 10 participants, for around 90 minutes on a Saturday in April. Bio of the artist: Arundhathi Subramaniam is a poet and a writer on the sacred. She has been active over the years as poetry editor, anthologist, literary and performing arts critic and curator. Author of fourteen books of poetry and prose, her recent work includes the acclaimed sacred poetry anthology, ‘Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry;’ a book of essays on contemporary women on sacred journeys, ‘Women Who Wear Only Themselves;’ and a poetry collection, ‘Love Without a Story.’ Below that, a QR Code, and these words: To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

ALT FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all. We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system. ===== Library Love (14–28 February) Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN. Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers. Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency.

ALT The image is a poster with several elements. In large text at centre are these words: ===== Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded. FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right. ===== In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.