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UK libraries become ‘death positive’ with books and art on dying

Written By Unknown on Sunday, July 25, 2021 | 7:16 AM

Scheme that started in Redbridge to help people talk about difficult subject is rolled out across country

In the middle of Redbridge Central Library in Ilford, among all the bookshelves and displays, is a phrase that may surprise some visitors: “The death positive library.”

The sign sits above a collection curated to help people deal with death, dying and loss, including books by former England footballer Rio Ferdinand, the late American novelist Toni Morrison and anthropologist Sue Black.

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