Authors including Cathy Cassidy, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Caitlin Moran are protesting the possible closure of 11 of 18 of Liverpools libraries
David Nicholls, Caitlin Moran, Malorie Blackman and Carol Ann Duffy are just a handful of the major literary names who have put their signatures to a love letter to Liverpools threatened libraries.
With Liverpool council planning to cut £2.5m from its library service following a 58% cut in government funding, 11 of the authoritys 18 libraries are facing closure, and Merseyside authors Cathy Cassidy and Alan Gibbons are spearheading a campaign to protest the plans. They have won the support of more than 500 names ranging from Barbara Taylor Bradford to David Almond, Jonathan Coe, Michael Holroyd and Philip Ardagh.
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