It was handed to the community by author Mark Twain more than a hundred years ago. Now that community is fighting to keep it open. A group of protesters became a figurehead for the host of anti-library closure campaigns across the country yesterday as they barricaded the doors and stopped its shelves being stripped of books.
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Philip Pullman to publish new adaptations of Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Philip Pullman, the celebrated author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, is to publish new adaptations of 50 of his favourite Grimm’s Fairy Tales this autumn, 200 years after the works were first published.
Stop What You’re Doing and Read This! By Mark Haddon,
Michael Rosen, Zadie Smith et al
Monday 23 January 2012
Not having enough time to read is a common complaint.
From dogs to dinosaurs: Children's books of 2011
Sunday 11 December 2011
In the second of three Christmas specials, Daniel Hahn picks his books for those aged seven to 12, while our reviewers for adults choose their favourites
Outcry as Radio 4 stops broadcasting short stories
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Radio 4, the world's biggest commissioner of short stories, is to cut its broadcast output from three a week to one a week.
Heads Up: Rattigan's Nijinsky
Sunday 05 June 2011
The 'British Chekhov' leads audiences on a not-so-merry dance
Ideas festival: Great minds think and drink alike
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Charlotte Cripps considers the philosophical attractions of HowTheLightGetsIn, an ideas festival with a difference
Booker judge quits over prize for 'suffocating' Philip Roth
Thursday 19 May 2011
The Man Booker International Prize, which recognises an author's overall contribution to literature, is one of novel-writing's most prestigious prizes.
Sarah Sands: The first wonder of my universe is Brian Cox
Sunday 27 March 2011
The most bea-yootiful star on television is Brian Cox, who is winning every award going and every parental heart. He is a wonder of the television universe: for years, the medium has been run by highly educated people infatuated by popular culture. Cox is the reverse, a pop star who reveres education.
Read-in turns into night of protest
Monday 07 February 2011
Protesters occupied a library overnight after a national day of action over threatened closures. A group of about 40 people from the Save New Cross Library Campaign opted to continue their earlier "read-in" until noon yesterday.
Overnight protest held at library
Sunday 06 February 2011
Protesters occupied a library overnight after a national day of action over threatened closures.
Goodnight Mister Tom: Escape to the country
Wednesday 02 February 2011
On the 30th anniversary of its publication, the popular wartime tale Goodnight Mister Tom is to hit the stage. Arifa Akbar celebrates the rebirth of a children's classic
Skins, E4, Thursday<br/>Laura Hall: My Battle with Booze, BBC3, Monday
Sunday 30 January 2011
The British show whose American version was described as 'legal kiddie porn', makes a muted return – and film star Dakota Blue Richards doesn't help
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